Al M. Niles, Jr

Al M. Niles Jr. (born 1975) is a United States Army Colonel who is a decorated aviator and served as a wing commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 for Task Force Warfighter.

Career
Niles received his commission in 1997 through Army ROTC at Tuskegee University where he became an Army aviator. His operational assignments included the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia; Camp Humphreys in Korea; Fort Wainwright in Alaska; and Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. He has operated as an Airspace Command and Control Officer, Flight Operations Officer, and Maintenance Test Pilot for the CH-47D (Chinook). During Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005, he was a Task Force Warfighter commander. He is qualified in the CH-47D Chinook, OH-58 A/C, and TH-67 (Bell 206). He's deployed to combat and operational support details with conventional and special operations troops to Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Bahrain, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Qatar.

Education

 * B.S, Mechanical Engineering from Tuskegee University
 * M.S, Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 * M.S, Aviation Safety from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 * M.S, Acquisition Management from Florida Institute of Technology
 * M.S, Strategic Studies Army War College