Kira Coffey

Active Duty Director Profile

Olmsted Scholar Class '16

Assignments:
2024 - Present:
National Defense Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2022 - 2024:
Commander and C-130J Instructor Pilot, 36th Airlift Squadron, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota AB, Japan
2021 - 2022:
Director of Operations and C-130J Instructor Pilot, 36th Airlift Squadron, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota AB, Japan
2019 - 2021:
Aide-de-Camp to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
2018 - 2019:
Strategic Planner, INDOPACOM/JIATF-W J5, Camp Smith, HI
2015 - 2018:
Olmsted Scholar Program – Guangzhou, China
2014 - 2015:
KC-10 Instructor Pilot, Wing Executive Officer, 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ
2013 - 2014:
KC-10 Instructor Pilot, Flight Commander, 2d Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire AFB, NJ
2012 - 2013:
Phoenix Reach/KC-10 Pilot, KC-10 Initial Qualification Training, McGuire AFB, NJ
2009 - 2012:
C-130J Instructor Pilot, Stan/Eval Liaison Officer, Scheduler, Assistant Flight Commander, 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany
2008 - 2009:
Student, C-130J Formal Schoolhouse, Little Rock AFB, AR
2007 - 2008:
Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin AFB and NAS Corpus Christi, TX
2006 - 2007:
Intelligence Support Officer, Tinker AFB, OK
Education:
2018:
Master of Military Operational Art and Science – Joint Warfare Concentration – Air Command and Staff College
2018:
MBA – Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China)
2011:
MA International Relations – University of Oklahoma
2006:
BS Business Administration – University of Missouri – Columbia