As the Joint Functional Component Commander for Space and Global Strike, General Elder serves as the lead integrator for USSTRATCOM crisis action planning, conducts global strike planning to deliver rapid, extended range,
kinetic and non-kinetic effects in support of theater and national objectives, and provides situational awareness and integrated analysis of global mission capabilities for all STRATCOM operational responsibilities. General Elder also commands
Task Force 204, which is responsible for monitoring all nuclear bomber, reconnaissance, and cruise missile generation operations. The Task Force 204 battlestaff is a cross-functional team that manages the generation, sustainment, logistics, security and safety of more than 100
B-2,
B-52 Stratofortress,
U-2,
EP-3 and
RC-135 aircraft at seven bases.
Biography
Education
1970 University of Detroit Jesuit High School, Michigan[3]
June 1991, chief, Strategic and Space Forces Branch, later, Chief, Forces Division, Directorate for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
June 2003, commander, CENTAF-Forward Combined Air Headquarters; Deputy Commander, 9th
Aerospace Expeditionary Task Force; and Deputy Combined Forces Air Component Commander,
USCENTCOM, Southwest Asia
July 2004, commandant,
Air War College, and Vice Commander, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
June 2006, commander, 8th Air Force; Commander, Air Force Network Operations, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; and Joint Functional Component Commander for Space and Global Strike, U.S. Strategic Command,
Offutt AFB,
Nebraska
"Non-Invasive Assessment of Pilot Workload with Flight Computer Generated Primary Measures," doctoral dissertation, University Microfilm International, 1985
"A Strategic Approach to Advanced Technology Trade with the Soviet Union," Comparative Strategy, January–March 1992