Lt Col Josh Lyons

Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Q. Lyons is the Commander of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 752 and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Wilkes University, Pennsylvania. He is responsible for the recruitment, training, and development of United States Air Force and United States Space Force officer candidates from Wilkes University and 11 crosstown schools.

Lieutenant Colonel Lyons was commissioned in 2004 after graduating from Bloomsburg University through Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Wilkes University. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Weapons School and the National Intelligence University, from which he received a Masters of Science and Technology Intelligence degree with a concentration in cyber intelligence.

Lieutenant Colonel Lyons has served as the commander of the 57th Intelligence Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and senior intelligence officer for the 366th Operations Support Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. He has served in a variety of positions at the squadron, group, and wing levels. His notable joint assignments include NATO Kosovo Force Headquarters, the U.S. Military Training Mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Intelligence Directorate. He has served as an intelligence officer or instructor for units operating the A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 25/40/50/52, F-15E Strike Eagle, Republic of Singapore F-16 Block 52 and F-15SG, and Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S and F-15SA.

He has also served as an intelligence instructor in the 19th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nevada, F-16 Fighting Falcon Intelligence Formal Training Unit at Luke AFB, Arizona, and F-15E Strike Eagle Intelligence Formal Training Unit at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

• 2004 | Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Bloomsburg University, PA.
• 2005 | Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, AL.
• 2009 | U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, NV. 
• 2011 | Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL. 
• 2012 | Master of Operational Art and Science, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL.
• 2016 | Master of Science and Technology, Intelligence: Cyber Concentration, National Intelligence University, D.C.
• 2022 | Air War College, by correspondence, Maxwell AFB, AL.

1. August 2005 – May 2005 | Student, intelligence officer training, 315th Training Squadron, Goodfellow Air Force Base, TX.
2. May 2005 – March 2007 | Intelligence Officer, f-16 intelligence operations, 56th Operations Support Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ.
3. March 2007 – January 2008 | Deputy Chief, f-16 intelligence instruction, 56th Operations Support Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ.
4. January 2008 – May 2008 | Chief, f-16 intelligence readiness, 56th Operations Support Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ.
5. May 2008 – July 2009 | Chief of Intelligence, 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan AB, Republic of Korea.
6. July 2009 – December 2009 | Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, NV.
7. January 2010 – January 2013 | Chief, intelligence weapons and tactics, 4th Operations Support Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.
8. January 2013 – October 2013 | Weapons School Instructor and flight commander of training and readiness, 19th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV.
9. October 2013 – July 2014 | Weapons School Instructor and flight commander of operations, 19th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV.
10. July 2014 – July 2015 | Weapons School Instructor and assistant director of operations for weapons school support, 19th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV.
11. July 2015 – July 2016 | Student, National Intelligence University, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling AFB, D.C.
12. July 2016 – July 2018 | Senior Intelligence Officer, 366th Operations Support Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, ID.
13. July 2018 – July 2019 | Intelligence Training Specialist, United States Military Training Mission, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
14. July 2019 – December 2020 | Branch Chief, Intelligence Directorate, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, HI.
15. December 2020 – June 2021 | PED Coordinator, Intelligence Directorate, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, HI.
16. June 2021 – June 2023 | Squadron Commander, 57th Intelligence Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX.
17. June 2023 – Present | Detachment Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies, Air Force ROTC Detachment 752, Wilkes University, PA.

1. July 2018 – July 2019 | Intelligence Training Specialist, United States Military Training Mission, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as a major
2. July 2019 – June 2021 | Branch Chief, Intelligence Directorate, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, HI., as lieutenant colonel

• Defense Meritorious Service Medal
• Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
• Joint Service Commendation Medal
• Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
• Air Force Achievement Medal
• Kosovo Campaign Medal
• Afghanistan Campaign Medal
• Korea Defense Service Medal

• Second Lieutenant | Aug. 06, 2004
• First Lieutenant | Aug. 06, 2006
• Captain | Aug. 06, 2008
• Major | Feb. 01, 2015
• Lieutenant Colonel | Jul. 01, 2019