CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Ga., Jan. 7, 2011 – Brigadier Gen. Thomas R. Moore, Commander of the Georgia Air National Guard was promoted to the rank of Major General on December 20, 2010.

Moore commands the 3,000-member Georgia Air National Guard, which includes two flying units and eight geographically separated communications, air control, intelligence and engineering squadrons located throughout the state as well as a Combat Readiness Training Center.

Commissioned in 1981 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of South Carolina, Moore has commanded the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base and the 165^th Airlift Wing located in Savannah. General Moore is a master navigator with more than 3,500 flying hours in the T-37, KC-135A/R, B-1B, C-130H, and E-8C.

Moore earned a Master’s Degree in Management from Webster University and is a graduate of the Air War College. In 2008, he attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

He has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), Distinguished Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters), Air Force Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), and Air Force Achievement Medal among others.