Major General Travolis Simmons

Major General Travolis A. Simmons is the Commander, Nineteenth Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Nineteenth Air Force is composed of over 18,000 total force personnel and 986 aircraft assigned to 11 total force wings across the United States. He is responsible for executing more than 350,000 flying hours and directs foundational aircrew training courses producing over 7,700 graduates annually. The training encompasses undergraduate and graduate fixed and rotary wing pilots, remotely piloted aircraft pilots, combat systems officers, air battle managers, weapons directors, and graduate career enlisted aviators, which provides fully qualified aircrew personnel to the warfighting commands.

Prior to his current role, General Simmons served as Director of Training and Force Management, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.

General Simmons holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama and received his commission in 1997 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He earned his pilot wings at Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), Texas. He is a command pilot with more than 2,100 flying hours and qualifications in the F-16C/D, F-117A, and F-22A.