Lt Col Michael L. Hall is the Vice Commander, Space Delta 4 (DEL 4), Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. He supports an 800-person, total force, multi-national organization, operating three constellations of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) satellites and two types of Ground-Based Radars (GBRs). DEL 4 provides strategic and theater missile warning to Combatant Commanders. DEL 4 also performs missile defense, battlespace awareness, and technical intelligence missions in support of national security objectives.
Lt Col Hall received his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Brigham Young University in 2005. He has worked as a space and missile operational crewmember, evaluator, flight commander and operations officer in the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) and Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Department of Defense weapons systems, as well as national GEOINT Space and Ground intelligence systems. He completed a joint tour at USSTRATCOM as a Space Operations Officer and Executive Officer to the Director of Global Operations, as well as serving in the USTRATCOM Commander’s Action Group, USSTRATCOM, Offutt, AFB, Nebraska. Prior to his assignment as the Vice Commander, Space Delta 4, Lt Col Hall served as the Inspector General, Buckley Garrison & the 11th Space Warning Squadron Commander, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
EDUCATION
2005 Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
2005 Air and Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2009 Master of Administration and Management, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
2010 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2016 Air Command and Staff College, non-residence, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Jun 2005 – Mar 2007, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 479 Operations Support Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia
2. Mar 2007 – Oct 2007, Student, Undergraduate Space & Missile Training, 392 Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, California
3. Oct 2007 – Dec 2009, Missile Combat Crew Commander, Assistant Flight Commander, 742nd Missile Squadron, Minot AFB, North Dakota
4. Dec 2009 – Jun 2011, Evaluator, Chief ICBM Evaluation Operations, 91st Operations Group, Minot AFB, North Dakota
5. Jun 2011 – May 2012, Crew Commander, 11th Space Warning Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colorado
6. May 2012 – May 2013, Flight Commander, 11th Space Warning Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colorado
7. May 2013 – Jul 2014, Assistant Director of Operations, 11th Space Warning Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colorado
8. Jul 2014 – May 2016, Chief Systems Integration Branch, Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado, National Reconnaissance Office, Virginia
9. May 2016 – Aug 2017, Director of Operations, Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado, National Reconnaissance Office, Virginia
10. Aug 2017 – May 2018, Space Operations Officer, USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
11. May 2018 – May 2019, J3 Executive Officer, USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
12. May 2019 – July 2020, Special Assistant to the Commander, Commanders Action Group, USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
13. July 2020 – September 2021, Inspector General, Buckley Garrison, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado
14. September 2021 - July 2023 Commander 11th Space Warning Squadron, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado
15. July 2023 – present, Vice Commander Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with 1 oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal with 1 bronze star
Air & Space Campaign Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
Air Force Longevity Service Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 15, 2005
First Lieutenant May 15, 2007
Captain May 15, 2009
Major July 1, 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 2020
(Current as of July 2023)