Lt. Gen. Jason T. Hinds is the Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa; Commander, Allied Air Command, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar, Germany. He leads the air component to U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command and is responsible for delivering full-spectrum warfighting capabilities to both combatant commanders across an area of responsibility encompassing 104 nations in Europe, Africa, Asia as well as the Arctic and Atlantic regions. The region possesses more than a quarter of the world’s population and generates more than a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product.

Lt. Gen. Hinds received his commission from Florida State University in 1996. He was a distinguished graduate of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, in 1997 as well as a distinguished graduate from the F-15 Replacement Training Unit at Tyndall AFB, Florida, in 1998. He has held a variety of flying positions to include 1st Fighter Wing Commander, F-22 fighter squadron Commander, F-22 Instructor Pilot and Flight Examiner, F-15C Instructor Pilot and Weapons Officer and U.S. Air Force Weapons School Instructor. Lt. Gen. Hinds served as the Senior Air Force Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Prior to his current position, Lt. Gen. Hinds was the Deputy Commander for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.