Colonel Joshua A. Moores is the Director, Joint Integrated Space Team –
NORAD/USNORTHCOM (JIST-NORTH) where he and the Team lead USSPACECOM
integration to empower partners to leverage the full potential of space power. On behald of
the CDRUSSPACECOM, the Team monitors, coordinates, advises, educates, and assists
connecting USSPACECOM with USNORTHCOM stakeholders while supporting
campaigning, planning, and operational activities.
Prior to his current assignent Colonel Moores was the Chief of Crisis Response, Global
Space Operations, J-3, United States Space Command. He graduated the NATO Defense
College in June 2024 and prior to that was the Director, Commander’s Action Group, Air
Mobility Command.
Colonel Moores received his commission from the United States Air Force Academy in 2006
where he majored in Systems Engineering Management. He has since earned a Master of
Aeronautical Science, was a 2013 White House Intern, and an Air Force Fellow assigned to the State Department’s
Presidential Special Envoy to Defeat ISIS and the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) and Chief of Staff of the Air
Force (CSAF) Commander’s Action Group.
He Commanded the 344th Air Refueling Squadron, America’s first KC-46 squadron, and was a Strategic Planner for
Transregional Threats, J-5, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff where he was responsible for the Department of
Defense inputs to the interagency Defeat the Islamic State Campaign Plan. He also served as the Protocol Officer to
the 18th and 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Colonel Moores is a command pilot with over 3500 flying hours and 900 combat hours in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom and has deployed as a C-130 Airlift Execution
Officer to the Air Mobility Division, Combined Air Operations Center, Qatar.
EDUCATION
2006 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2012 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2013 Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
2013 White House Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
2017 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2017 Air Command and Staff College, distance learning
2018 Air Force Strategic Policy Fellow, Washington, D.C.
2024 NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy
Curr Master of International Relations and World Order, Leicester University, United Kingdom
ASSIGNMENTS1. May 2006 – January 2007, Training Officer, 705th Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2. January 2007 – December 2007, Student, Joint Pilot Training, Whiting Field, Fla.
3. December 2007 – October 2008, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance AFB, Okla.
4. March 2009 – July 2011, C-5 Pilot, Budget & Resource Officer, 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
5. July 2011 – March 2012, C-5 Instructor Aircraft Commander, Chief Executive Officer, 22nd Airlift
Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
6. March 2012 – December 2012, Flight Commander, C-5 Instructor Aircraft Commander, 22nd Airlift
Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
7. December 2012 – January 2014, C-5 Instructor Aircraft Commander, Chief Pilot Training, 9th Airlift Squadron
Dover AFB, Del.
8. January 2014 – November 2014, Wing Executive Officer, C-5 Evaluator Aircraft Commander, 436th
Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, Del.
9. November 2014 – June 2015, Chief C-5 Standardization & Evaluation, C-5 Evaluator Aircraft
Commander, 436th Operations Group, Dover AFB, Del.
10. June 2015 – June 2016, Protocol Officer, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
11. June 2016 – July 2017, Strategic Planner, Transregional Threats Coordination Cell, J-5, Strategic Plans and
Policy, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
12. July 2017 – December 2017, Present, Air Force Strategic Policy Fellow, The Special Presidential Envoy to the
Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, State Department, Washington, D.C.
13. January 2018 – July 2018, Air Force Strategic Policy Fellow, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of
Staff of the Air Force Executive Action Group, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. July 2018 – December 2019, Student, KC-135 Initial Qualification Course, Altus AFB, Okla.
15. December 2019 – January 2020, KC-46 Evaluator Pilot, KC-46 Program Integration Officer, McConnell AFB, Kan.
16. January 2020 – May 2020, Chief, KC-46 Aircrew Training Detachment, McConnell AFB, Kan.
17. May 2020 – May 2022, Commander, 344 Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kan.
18. May 2022 – June 2023, Director, Commander’s Action Group, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
19. July 2023 – July 2024, Student, NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy.
20. July 2024 – June 2025, Chief, Crisis Response Operations, J-3, Global Space Operations, United States
Space Command, Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs, Colo.
21. June – Present, Director, Joint Integrated Space Team (JIST) – NORTH, United States Space Command,
Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs, Colo.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
June 2015 – June 2016, Protocol Officer, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington,
D.C., as a Captain
June 2016 – July 2017, Strategic Planner, Transregional Threats Coordination Cell, J-5, Strategic Plans and Policy,
Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a Major
July 2024 – June 2025, Chief, Contingency and Crisis Operations, J-3, Operations, United States Space Command,
Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs, Colo., as a Lieutenant Colonel
June 2025 – Present, Director, Joint Integrated Space Team (JIST) – NORTH, United States Space
Command, Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs, Colo., as a Colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight Hours: Over 3500
Aircraft Flown: T-34 Turbo Mentor, T-1 Jayhawk, C-5A/B/C Galaxy, C-5M Super Galaxy, KC-135R Stratotanker, and the
KC-46A Pegasus
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Department of Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Unit Award
AF Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 31, 2006
First Lieutenant May 31, 2008
Captain May 31, 2010
Major May 1, 2016
Lieutenant Colonel, October 1, 2019
Colonel, March 1, 2025
(Current as of July 2025)