Colonel Jason Haney is the Chief of Plans and Resources Division (RSX), Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service. His team develops and implements policies and procedures to direct assignments and personnel actions for more than 2,890 Active Duty and Civilian personnel assigned to AFRS worldwide; including the headquarters, three active-duty recruiting groups and 28 recruiting squadrons dispersed across our 50 states, the Caribbean, European Theater and the Pacific Rim. He develops strategic plans consistent with the AFRS Commander’s vision, Air Force and Air Education and Training Command doctrine. Colonel Haney also manages AFRS’s future programmed funding and inputs, oversees worldwide AFRS anit-terrorism and force protection efforts, and directs all logistical and real estate functions for approximately 1,030 recruiting offices and over 1,900 government vehicles.
Colonel Haney received his commission from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Florida State University in 2002. Upon commissioning, he completed Undergraduate Navigator Training at Randolph AFB, Texas. Over the course of 21 years of active-duty military service, Colonel Haney was stationed in Georgia, Texas, Florida and Louisiana. At those duty locations, he held various positions in combat flying operations as well as Undergraduate Flying Training Instructor, Numbered Air Force Executive Officer and Expeditionary Commander. He is a master navigator with more than 1,000 combat hours, and over 875 instructor/evaluator hours in the T-43A, T-1A and E-8C.
Colonel Haney’s operational flying experience includes missions supporting operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. Prior to his current assignment as RSX Division Chief, he served as Deputy Commander of the 372nd Recruiting Group, after Commanding the 368th Recruiting Squadron, both located at Hill AFB, Utah.
EDUCATION
2002 Bachelor of Science, Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahasee, Florida.
2007 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
2010 Master of Business, General Management, American Military University, Charles Town, West Virginia.
2013 Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, by correspondence.
2021 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, by correspondence.
ASSIGNMENTS
- May 2002 – March 2003, Student, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training, 562d Flying Training Squadron, Randolph AFB, Texas.
- April 2003 – February 2003, Student, E-8C Navigator Initial/Mission Qualification Training, 330th Combat Training Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia.
- March 2004 – January 2006, E-8C Navigator, 128th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia.
- February 2006 – August 2008, E-8C Formal Training Unit Evaluator Navigator, Assistant Flight Commander and Assistant Chief of Training, 330th Combat Training Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia.
- September 2008 – December 2010, Flight Commander, T-43A Instructor Navigator, Undergraduate Navigator Training, 562d Flying Training Squadron, Randolph AFB, Texas.
- January 2011 – July 2013, Assistant Chief of Training, Chief of Training and Assistant Director of Operations, T-1A Instructor Combat Systems Officer, 451st Flying Training Squadron, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida. (July 2012 - January 2013, Chief of Plans and Programs, Thumrait Air Base (AB), Oman).
- August 2013 – July 2015, Chief, Operations Support, 608th Strategic Operations Squadron, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
- August 2015 – June 2016, Executive Officer, Headquarters 8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
- July 2016 – December 2016, Student, E-8C Combat Systems Officer Transition Course, 330th Combat Training Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia.
- January 2017 – January 2018, Chief, Wing Scheduling, 461st Operations Support Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia. (July 2017 - January 2018, Chief of Safety, Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait).
- February 2018 – June 2019, Assistant Director of Operations, 461st Operations Support Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia. (May 2018 - October 2018, Commander, 5th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron, Kadena AB, Japan).
- June 2019 – June 2021, Commander, 368th Recruiting Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah.
- June 2021-July 2023, Deputy Commander, 372nd Recruiting Group, Hill AFB, Utah.
- July 2023 – present, Chief, Plans and Resources Division, HQ AFRS, JBSA-Randolph, Texas.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Master Navigator
Hours: More than 2,800
Aircraft Flown: E-8C, T-1A and T-43A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters