Colonel Adam P. Sivulka is the Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. He provides guidance, direction, and oversight to 3,300 AFRC ISR Reservists to include traditional unit reservists as well as Individual Mobilization Augmentees. He is the command focal point for the planning and execution of operational intelligence support to 4th, 10th,and 22nd Air Forces which are comprised of 62 flying units and over 1,400 aircrews. As the director, he oversees the planning, programming and standing-up of AFRC critical capabilities meeting priority service and joint mission requirements.
Colonel Sivulka graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1997 with an Electrical Engineering degree and commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. He served on active duty from March 1997 until March 2001 as a Radar Signature Engineer at the National Air Intelligence Center. Following his transition to the Air Force Reserve, he served as a Measurement and Signature Intelligence Analyst and Defensive Counterspace Analyst at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. In February 2006, he joined Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) where he served in a variety of positions primarily focused on collection management, prior to becoming the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director of Intelligence at Air Forces Central Command at Shaw AFB, North Carolina. Following that assignment, Sivulka moved to the Pentagon as the Deputy Director of Intelligence Analysis, Partnerships and Engagements Directorate within the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Cyber Effects at Headquarters Air Force, Virginia. Prior to his current assignment, he was the IMA to the Wing Commander of 480 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing at Langley AFB, Virginia. Sivulka is a Level III Joint Qualified Officer.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Mich.
2002 Squadron Officer School (non-residence)
2003 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2006 Air Command and Staff College (non-residence) 2008 Intelligence Officer Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas 2014 Air War College (non-residence) 2018 Joint Combined Warfighter School (hybrid)
ASSIGNMENTS
1.March 1997 – April 1997, Student, Acquisition Fundamentals, Air Education and Training Command, Lackland AFB, Texas
2.April 1997 – March 2001, Radar Signature Engineer, National Air Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3.March 2001 – November 2001, Senior Radar Signature Analyst, National Air Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4.November 2001 – May 2002, Lead Sensor Data Analyst, Aerospace Data Facility, Buckley AFB, Co.
5.May 2002 – February 2003, Senior Radar Signature Analyst, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
6.February 2003 – February 2006, Defensive Counterspace Intelligence Analyst, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7.February 2006 – September 2007, Collection Manager, Special Operations Command Central, MacDill AFB, Fla.
8.October 2007 – May 2008, Student, Intelligence Officer Course, Air Education and Training Command, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
9. May 2008 – September 2009, Intelligence Plans Officer, Special Operations Command Central, MacDill AFB, Fla.
10. September 2009 – February 2010, Intelligence Technical Initiatives Requirements Officer, Special Operations Command Central, MacDill AFB, Fla.
11. February 2010 – February 2013, Chief of Collection Management, Special Operations Command Central, MacDill AFB, Fla.
12. February 2013 – July 2015, Deputy Chief, Intelligence Operations Division, Special Operations Command Central, MacDill AFB, Fla.
13. July 2015 – July 2017, Chief, Intelligence Management Division, Special Operations Command Central, MacDill AFB, Fla.
14. August 2017 – March 2020, IMA to Director of Intelligence, Air Forces Central Command, Shaw AFB, S.C.
15. March 2020 – November 2021, Deputy Director, Intelligence Analysis, Partnerships and Engagements Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR and Cyber Effects, HQ USAF, Pentagon, Va.
16. November 2021 – November 2023, IMA to the Commander, 480 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Langley AFB, Va.
17. December 2023 – Present, Director of ISR, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
(Current as of February 2025)