Col. Andrew C. Looser is the Commandant of Air University’s Global College of Professional Military Education, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The college educates and develops Air Force and Space Force officers and enlisted members, as well as Department of the Air Force civilians, through distance-learning professional military education and the Online Master’s Program. He leads more than 350 personnel, including faculty members with doctoral degrees, research faculty, learning architects, student services professionals and military members representing numerous Air Force specialty codes.
Col. Looser received his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Auburn University in 2005. A career munitions maintenance officer, he has served at the squadron, group, joint and combatant command levels. His assignments include command of the 377th Maintenance Squadron at Kirtland AFB, N.M.; service as an armaments and munitions adviser to the Royal Saudi Air Force; and duty as a nuclear current operations officer in the U.S. Strategic Command Global Operations Center. He also served as Director of Inspections, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
Prior to his current position, the colonel was the Dean and Vice Commandant, Squadron Officer School, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
EDUCATION
2005 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and History, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
2005 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2006 Munitions Maintenance Officer Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2008 Nuclear Maintenance Officer Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2010 Nuclear Accountability Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2012 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 Master of International Relations, Troy University, Troy, Ala.
2013 Marine Corps Staff College, Quantico, Va., by correspondence
2016 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2020 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2024 Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 2005–June 2008, Flight Commander, Munitions Accountable Systems Officer, and Executive Officer, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Group, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.
2. June 2008–January 2011, Weapons Safety Officer and Munitions Accountable Systems Officer, 701st Munitions Support Squadron, Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium
3. February 2011–February 2014, Positive Control Action Officer and Nuclear Current Operations Duty Officer, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
4. February 2014–October 2014, Operations Officer, 9th Munitions Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif.
5. October 2014–April 2018, Flight Commander, Assistant Director of Operations, and Vice Dean, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (January 2017–August 2017, Director of Inspections, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar)
6. April 2018–May 2019, Advisor to Director, Armaments and Munitions, Royal Saudi Air Force, and Munitions Advisor, Air Force Division, United States Military Training Mission, U.S. Central Command, Saudi Arabia
7. June 2019–July 2021, Commander, 377th Maintenance Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
8. July 2021–August 2024, Doctoral Student, Air Force Institute of Technology Civilian Institution Program, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
9. August 2024–June 2026, Dean and Vice Commandant, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. July 2026–Present, Commandant, Global College of Professional Military Education, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. April 2018–May 2019, Advisor to Director, Armaments and Munitions, Royal Saudi Air Force, and Munitions Advisor, Air Force Division, United States Military Training Mission, U.S. Central Command, Saudi Arabia, as a major
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
PUBLICATIONS
The Effects of Self-Efficacy on ROTC College Students, doctoral dissertation, Auburn University, 2024
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 8, 2005
First Lieutenant Sept. 9, 2007
Captain Sept. 9, 2009
Major Feb. 1, 2016
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 1, 2020
Colonel July 1, 2026
(Current as of July 2026)