Scott Sauter

 

Colonel Scott A. Sauter is assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Readiness, Training, and Mobilization). As the Deputy Director for Training Program Management, he develops plans and policy for matters referred to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.

 

Colonel Sauter entered the Air Force in 1988 as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. Following completion of Undergraduate Pilot Training in 1990, he was assigned to the 35^th Flying Squadron at Reese Air Force Base, Texas as a T-37 Instructor Pilot, Check Pilot, and Assistant Flight Commander.  In 1994, he transferred to the 22^nd Airlift Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, California where he served as a C-5 Aircraft Commander, Flight Examiner, and Flight Commander. Colonel Sauter transitioned to the Air Force Reserve in 1998, and served as a C-5 Aircraft Commander and Flight Examiner at Kelly AFB, Texas.  In 2001, he was recalled to active duty in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. He later served as a Developmental Engineer and the Director of System Safety and Test at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma as well as the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the 34^th Operations Group Director of Standardization and Evaluation at United States Air Force Academy before accepting a position as a TG-10 Instructor Pilot with the newly-formed 302^d Operations Group Detachment 1. In 2006, he was selected to command the 70^th Flying Training Squadron, directing all reservists assigned to augment AETC’s management of aviation programs at USAFA.  In 2009, he was selected to attend the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, graduating in 2010 prior to being assigned to the Pentagon. 

 

Colonel Sauter is a commercial airline pilot and flight instructor for United Airlines. He has also held positions with Booz-Allen & Hamilton and Scitor Corporation supporting Air Force Space Command and the Intelligence Community.  He is a graduate of Catholic University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and has several advanced degrees to include a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University.  He is married to the former Diane Dunn, of Orange, Texas. They have three sons, Nicholas, Zachary, and Joshua.