Maj. David Johnson

In this position, Johnson will have the responsibility for developing the multilateral relationship between the Georgia National Guard and the country of Georgia and helping to develop solutions addressing the unique challenges facing the former Soviet republic.

Johnson has spent his Air Force career in various assignments with the 116th, enlisting in the Georgia Air National Guard in 1982. He spent nine years on the flightline of the 116th Fighter Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base before earning his commission from the Academy of Military Science at McGhee-Tyson AFB, TN. He assisted in the relocation of the 116th to Robins AFB serving as a maintenance officer on the B-1B Bomber.

In 2002, when the 116th became the first ‘blended wing’ in the Air Force, Johnson became the acting commander for the 116th Aircraft Generation Squadron.  He deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom as a Maintenance Operations Officer and upon return was selected as the Deputy Commander of the 116th Maintenance Operations Squadron. He was the 2003 recipient of the Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Award for 116th Air Control Wing.

Major Johnson was one of eight ANG officers selected to attend Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB where he simultaneously fulfilled the requirements for his professional military education and earned a Masters degree. Upon his return to the 116th Air Control Wing, he was appointed Deputy Commander, 116th Maintenance Squadron.

 Prior to his current, Major Johnson was the Officer in Charge of the Georgia Joint Operations Center responsible for the coordination for the Georgia National Guard’s emergency response center.

 Georgia is among more than 50 state National Guard organizations that maintain active state partnership programs with countries throughout the world.