Lt COLONEL AMY S. JOHANNSEN
Lt Colonel Johannsen is an Aircraft Maintenance Manager of four C-40Cs and approximately 220 personnel for the 932nd Maintenance Group and the 932nd Airlift Wing located at Scott AFB, Illinois as an Air Reserve Technician.
Lt Col Johannsen is a life-long Reservist/Guardsman with 34 years enlisted and officer experience. She has served from the Gulf War, Coronet Oaks and many operations up to today’s Global War on Terrorism. She delayed enlisted active duty August 1986 as an Aerospace Ground Equipment mechanic. After four years, she left Active duty and joined the Air Force Reserves at O’Hare IAP, IL with the same Air Force Specialty Code in 1991. In 1996, following a BRAC of O’Hare IAP, she then transferred to Peoria ANG, IL before coming back to the Air Force Reserves at Youngstown ARS, OH.
Through the Deserving Airmen Program, she was commissioned in February 2002 at the Academy of Military Science at McGhee-Tyson ANGB, TN. She was the Executive Officer for the 910th Maintenance Group as a Cyber Operations Officer, 33S3 and cross-trained as a Maintenance Officer, 21A, in 2009. Lt Col Johannsen has served in several billets from MOF Commander, AMU OIC, MXS and AMXS Commander and as a Deputy Commander at several locations and model design series aircraft. Lt Col Johannsen entered the Air Reserve Technician program at Niagara Falls ARB, New York from Grissom ARS, Indiana. Her most recent assignment was with the 442nd Maintenance Group, Whiteman AFB, Missouri as the Deputy Commander of 535 personnel and 27 A-10 aircraft.
EDUCATION
1995 Associate of Applied Science, Community College of the Air Force, O’Hare IAP, IL
1995 Bachelor of Science, Human Resource Management, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2002 Academy Military Science, McGhee-Tyson ANGB, TN
2003 Expeditionary Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, MS
2008 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL, by eLearning
2009 Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course, Sheppard AFB, TX
2011 Master of Arts in Organizational Management, Ashford University, Clinton, IA
2012 Jet Engine Mishap Investigation Course (JEMIC), Sheppard AFB, TX
2015 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL, by eLearning
2015 Maintenance Officer Intermediate Course, Sheppard AFB, TX
2019 Joint Combined Warfighting School, by distance learning and residence, Norfolk, VA
2020 Board President Course (BPC), Whiteman AFB, MO
2021 Air War College eSchool, Maxwell AFB, AL, by eLearning
2021 Greenbelt, Lean Six Sigma, by eLearning
ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1987 – February 1989, 435th Maintenance Squadron, Rhein Main AB, Germany
2. February 1989 – February 1991, 412th Maintenance Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA
3. August 1991 – November 1996, 928th Maintenance Squadron, Aerospace Ground Equipment Specialist, O’Hare IAP ARS, IL
4. November 1996 – June 1997, 182nd Maintenance Squadron, AGE Repair, Peoria ANG, Peoria, IL
5. June 1997 – December 2002, 910th Maintenance Squadron, AGE Repair, Youngstown ARS, OH
6. December 2002 – October 2008, 910th Maintenance Group Communication and Information Officer, Youngstown ARS, OH
7. October 2008 – October 2011, 910th Maintenance Operations Flight Officer, Youngstown ARS, OH
8. October 2011 – January 2013, 910th Maintenance Operations Flight Commander, Youngstown ARS, OH
9. January 2013 – October 2013, 434th Maintenance Operations Officer, Grissom ARB, IN
10. October 2013 – August 2015, 434th Maintenance Operations Section Commander, Grissom ARB, IN
11. August 2015 – February 2017, 434th Maintenance Squadron Commander, Grissom ARB, IN
12. February 2017 – September 2019, 914th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Commander, Niagara Falls ARS, NY
13. September 2019 – November 2021, 442nd Maintenance Group Trainee/Deputy Commander, Whiteman AFB, MO
14. November 2021 – Present, 932nd Maintenance Group Commander, Scott AFB, IL
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
AF Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
AF Good Conduct Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
AF Overseas Ribbon Long
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border with one oak leaf cluster
AF Longevity Service with five oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 2 ‘M’ Device with one oak leaf cluster
USAF NCO PME Graduate Ribbon
AF Training Ribbon with one oak leaf cluster
2015 434th ARW Field Grade Officer of the Year, 434th MXG, Grissom ARB, IN
2016 4th Air Force Raincross Award, 434th MXG, Grissom ARB, IN
2020 AFRC Maintenance Effectiveness Award, 442nd MXG, Whiteman AFB, MO
2021 Air Force Association’s Citation of Honor Award, 442nd MXG, Whiteman AFB, MO