Colonel Matthew P. Sattler is the Deputy Commander, 557th Weather Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb. The Wing consists of more than 1,450 active duty and civil service personnel at 19 locations around the world providing centralized weather products and services, including climatological and space weather support to Air Force, Army, Joint Force, and other Department of Defense activities. The Wing executes worldwide weather operations to enable air and space superiority, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control in support of all geographic and functional combatant commands.
Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Colonel Sattler is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He was a Reserve Officer Training Corps Distinguished Graduate and commissioned into the United States Air Force in 2000. Colonel Sattler has a diverse background, with experience in space weather modeling, weather operations supporting the intelligence community, contingency operations planning, Army combat weather operations, Squadron Command, Policy and Doctrine at Headquarters Air Force, Group Deputy Command, and most recently as the Division Chief for Readiness and Integration at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces.
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Science, Meteorology (Special Distinction), University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
2000 Aerospace Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2006 Master of Science, Applied Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
2006 Squadron Officer School (Top Third Graduate), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2011 Air Command & Staff College (correspondence)
2014 Army Command and General Staff College (Top 20 Percent Graduate), Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
2016 Air War College (Outstanding Graduate) (correspondence)
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 2001 – July 2003, Lead Meteorologist, 25th Operational Weather Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
2. July 2003 – August 2004, Officer in Charge, Operating Location A, Detachment 1, 607th Weather Squadron, Camp Stanley, Republic of Korea.
3. August 2004 – March 2006, Masters Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
4. March 2006 – May 2008, Chief, Space Weather Integration Team, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebr.
5. May 2008 – May 2009, Flight Commander, Weather Intelligence Flight, 2d Weather Squadron, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebr.
6. May 2009 – May 2010, Executive Officer, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebr.
7. May 2010 – May 2012, Chief, AEF Operations Scheduling Section, Randolph Air Force Base, Tex.
8. May 2012 – June 2013, Chief, AEF Operations Support Scheduling Branch, Randolph Air Force Base, Tex.
9. June 2013 – June 2014, Student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
10. June 2014 – July 2016, Director of Operations, 7th Weather Squadron, Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Germany.
11. July 2016 – June 2018, Commander, 15th Operational Weather Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
12. June 2018 – June 2020, Chief, Joint Weather Policy and Doctrine, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
13. June 2020 – June 2021, Deputy Commander, 502d Force Support Group, Joint Base San Antonio, Tex.
14. June 2021 – June 2023, Chief, Readiness and Integration Division, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
15. June 2023 – Present, Deputy Commander, 557th Weather Wing, Offutt AFB, Nebr.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2001 Distinguished Graduate, Weather Officer Course
2003 Distinguished Graduate, Combat Weather Team Officer Course
2015 United States Air Forces in Europe Army Weather Support Field Grade Officer of the Year
(Current as of July 2023)