Lieutenant Colonel Javier A. Delucca is the Commander, AFROTC Detachment 755, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Lieutenant Colonel Delucca graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in History.  His first assignment was as an Admissions Advisor at the Air Force Academy.  Following this assignment, he completed undergraduate pilot training at Columbus AFB, MS.  In 1992, he was assigned to the 380th Supply Squadron, Plattsburgh AFB, NY, before completing KC-135 initial qualification training in 1995. During his two flying assignments, Fairchild AFB, WA and Kadena AB, Okinawa, he held numerous squadron level positions including Chief of Safety and Chief of Scheduling and was a KC-135R/T Instructor Pilot.  In 2001 was selected as the Assistant Air Attaché to Colombia, where he served as the primary advisor to the Chief of Mission and embassy country team on all aviation matters pertaining to the Colombian Air Force.  In June 2003, he was assigned to Travis AFB, CA as Assistant Operations Officer, 715th Air Mobility Squadron (AMS) and later, Operations Officer, 570th Global Mobility Squadron.  While assigned to the 715th AMS, he deployed to U-tapho, Thailand in support of Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the tsunami humanitarian relief operation in Southeast Asia.  Most recently he served as the Commander, 478th Expeditionary Operations Sqaudron, Manta Forward Operating Location, Ecuador supporting U.S. counter-drug operations in the Eastern Pacific and South America. 

Lieutenant Colonel Delucca is a senior pilot with more than 2,200 flying hours in the KC-135 R/T and C-12 C/D.  He flew 52 combat support sorties during Operation Southern Watch, enforcing the no-fly zone over Iraq and participated in Air Expeditionary Force II (AEF II), the first ever multi-fighter and tanker force, which deployed to Kingdom of Jordan in 1996.

EDUCATION:
1990   Bachelor of Science degree in history, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1994   Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2001   Masters of Science in international relations, Troy State University
2004   Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS:
1.         May 1990 – July 1991, admissions advisor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2.         July 1991 – October 1992, student, undergraduate pilot training, 50th Flying Training Wing, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi
3.         October 1992 – May 1995, mobility officer, material management officer, 380th Supply Squadron, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York
4.         May 1995 – August 1998, copilot, aircraft commander, resource advisor, and executive officer, 96th Air Refueling Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
5.         August 1998 – December 2000, aircraft commander, instructor pilot, chief of safety, and chief of scheduling, 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan
6.         December 2000 – June 2001, student, Joint Military Attaché School, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia  
7.         June 2001 – June 2003, assistant air attaché, US Defense Attaché Office, US Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia
8.         June 2003 – August 2006, assistant operations officer, 715th Air Mobility Squadron, later, operations officer, 570th Global Mobility Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California
9.         August 2006 – August 2007, commander, 478th Expeditionary Operations Squadron, Manta FOL, Manta, Ecuador
10.       August 2007 – Present, commander, AFROTC Detachment 755, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

FLIGHT INFORMATION:
Rating: Senior pilot
Flight hours: More than 2,200 hours
Aircraft flown: KC-135R/T, C-12 C/D

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and eight oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two bronze stars

OTHER ACVIEVEMENTS
15th EMTF Field Grade Officer of the Year 2004
12th AF Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award (Field Grade Officer) 2007

EFFECTIVE DATES OF RANK:
Second Lieutenant                            May 30, 1990
First Lieutenant                                 May 30, 1992
Captain                                              May 30, 1994
Major                                                    July 1, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel                              July 1, 2006

(Current as of September 2007)