Brig. Gen. Tad Clark
Director of Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority, U.S. Air Force
Brig. Gen. Tad D. “TC” Clark is the Director of Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. He is responsible to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations for policy formulation, planning, oversight and leadership of the Air Force EMS enterprise.
Brig. Gen. Clark received his commission in 1996 from the U.S. Air Force Academy and earned his wings from Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Brig. Gen. Clark has served as an F-16 Mission Commander, Instructor Pilot, and Flight Examiner, led NATO’s largest Link-16 large force exercise comprising 85 aircraft, and was a member of the 2006-2007 U.S. Air Force ‘Thunderbirds’ Air Demonstration Squadron. He has commanded at the squadron and wing levels.
Brig. Gen.Clark is a command pilot with more than 3,300 flying hours in the T-37, T-38, AT-38 and F-16. He flew 118 missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with multiple expeditionary fighter squadrons culminating in more than 600 combat hours in the F-16. Prior to his current assignment, the general served as the Senior Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.