L. Scott Rice

Lieutenant General Leon Scott Rice (born 27 May 1958) is a former director of the Air National Guard. He previously served as The Adjutant General (TAG) and Commander of the Massachusetts National Guard and as an assistant to Gen Mark A. Welsh III, former commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe. Rice has also served as commander of USAF Forces deployed for United States Central Command in the Middle East Area of Operations. He is a Boeing 777 first officer flying for United Airlines (though currently on a military leave of absence) in Washington Dulles International Airport. On 3 April 2012 he was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick as The Adjutant General (TAG) of the Massachusetts National Guard and reappointed as The Adjutant General by Governor Charles Baker on 12 May 2015. Rice retired from the U.S. Air Force on 1 August 2020 after over 40 years of service. Rice is a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Rice attended local public schools and earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1972. He assumed the position of Director of the Air National Guard on 10 May 2016. He is currently on the board of directors at the American Heritage Museum.

Education 1980 Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 1981 Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 2000 Air War College, by correspondence 2009 Harvard University, National and International Security Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2009 George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 2010 George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 2010 Capstone Military Leadership Program, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia 2011 Senior Reserve Component Officer Course, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 2011 Combined Force Air Component Commanders Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama 2011 Harvard University, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, [Cambridge, Massachusetts] 2012 Syracuse University, National Security Studies, [Syracuse, New York] 2015 Harvard University, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, [Cambridge, Massachusetts]

Assignments May 1981 – May 1982, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas May 1982 – July 1982, student, AT-38B Lead-In Training Course, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico July 1982 – January 1983, student, F-111 United States Air Force Operation Training Course, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico January 1983 – November 1984, aircraft commander, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England November 1984 – October 1985, instructor aircraft commander, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England October 1985 – December 1985, student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama December 1985 – May 1986, student, F-111 Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho May 1986 – April 1987, chief of weapons and tactics/instructor pilot, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England April 1987 – April 1988, instructor pilot, F-111, 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho April 1988 – November 1989, chief of Wing Weapons Section, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho November 1989 – January 1992, pilot, A-10, 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts February 1992 – December 1994, pilot, A-10, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts December 1994 – December 1995, assistant flight commander of 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts December 1995 – June 1997, instructor pilot, A-10, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts June 1997 – June 1998, commander of Operations Support Flight, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts June 1998 – September 1999, commander of Operations Support Flight, 104th Operations Support Flight, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts June 2002 – April 2004, commander of 104th Operations Group, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts May 2004 – July 2007, director of operations, J2, Massachusetts Joint Force Headquarters, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts July 2007 – September 2010, assistant adjutant general-air, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts September 2010 – present, chief of staff, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts; dual hatted, February 2010 – February 2011, (A-6), assistant to the director, Air National Guard; dual-hatted, March 2011 – present, assistant to the commander of United States Air Forces Europe April 2012 – May 2016, The Adjutant General, Massachusetts National Guard, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts May 2016 – August 2020, director of the Air National Guard, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Awards and decorations

Other achievements 1972 Eagle Scout 2005 George W. Bush Award for Leadership in the Guard/Reserve

Effective dates of promotion