Col. Asan Q. Bui is the Director of Cyberspace and Technology at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Warner Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. In this role, he is responsible for the command’s cyberspace and communications policy, planning, resourcing, and programming along with the force development of 3,500 cyber personnel in supporting the command’s mission to provide combat ready forces. He serves as the Chief Information Officer and directly supports the command headquarters, Air Reserve Personnel Center, three Numbered Air Forces, and 684 Reserve units consisting of approximately 70,000 personnel.
Col. Bui entered the Air Force in May 2000 through ROTC from Louisiana State University. Bui completed technical training as at Keesler AFB, Miss in September 2000 with 13-years of active service and 12-years as a reservist. Prior to his current assignment, Col. Bui recently served as the commander of the 927th Mission Support Group, where he was responsible for over 250 officers, enlisted, and civilian personnel providing oversight, management and resource advocacy in manpower, military and civilian personnel, training, facility and public works, security, logistics, and communications for the reserve Wing. He has served multiple positions supporting aircraft maintenance, aeromedical evacuation, cyber, Air Staff, combat support agencies, acquisitions, rescue, and special operations.
Col. Bui’s family escaped Vietnam by fishing boat after the fall of Saigon in May 1975 and was found drifting in the South China Sea by the U.S. Navy that transported his family and relatives to the first refugee staging base, Camp Asan, Guam. Col. Bui and his wife, Annie, have two children – Cosette and Joe.
In his civilian capacity, Col. Bui serves as an Acquisition Program Manager at the United States Special Operations Command, Tampa, Florida executing $200M portfolio developing SOF unique capabilities directly for Theater and National Mission Forces while collaborating with coalition mission partners across the globe below the level of armed conflict countering violent extreme organizations and weapons of mass destruction.
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
2000 Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
2004 Joint Air Operations Planning Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2005 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 International Junior Officer Leadership Development Course, Toronto, Canada
2010 Master of Business Administration, Webster University, St. Petersburg, Fla.
2011 Cyberspace 300, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
2011 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (correspondence)
2018 AFRC Squadron Commander’s Course, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
2018 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (correspondence)
2022 Joint and Combined Warfighting School-Hybrid, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2023 AFRC Wing and Group Commander’s Course, Robins AFB, Ga.
2023 USAF Mission Support Group Commander’s Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2024 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2026 Global/Reginal Seminar: China, East Asia, Oceania, and INDO-PACOM Seminar, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS OR CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. June 2000 – September 2000, Student, Basic Communications Officer Training School, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
2. September 2000 – August 2002, Base Communications Officer, 374th Communications Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan
3. September 2002 – August 2005, Program Manager, Headquarters Materiel Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (November 2003 – June 2004, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.)
4. September 2005 – December 2006, J6 Information Systems Director, Joint Communications Support Element, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
5. January 2007 – December 2007, Platoon Leader, 2nd Joint Communications Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
6. January 2008 – September 2008, Deputy Commander, 482nd Force Support Squadron, Homestead Air Force Base, Fla.
7. October 2008 – December 2011, Executive Officer, 927th Maintenance Group, MacDill AFB, Fla. (March 2008 – December 2011, Acquisition Program Manager – Electronic Countermeasures/Force Protection, Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan; Joint Base Balad, Iraq; Headquarters United States Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.)
8. December 2011 – October 2014, Cyberspace OIC, 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 927th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla.
9. October 2014 – June 2018, Joint Staff Officer, Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, Reston, Va.
10. July 2018 – August 2020, Commander, 920th Communications Flight, Patrick Space Force Base, Fla.
11. September 2020 – December 2022, IMA to Director, Enterprise IT Division, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Va. (July 2021 – February 2022, Senior Air Authority/Director of Operations, 443rd Air Expeditionary Squadron, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq)
12. January 2023 – July 2025, Commander, 927th Mission Support Group, MacDill AFB, Fla.
13. July 2025 – May 2026, Division Chief, A6C - Capabilities and Integration, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
14. May 2026 – Present, Director, A6 – Cyberspace and Technology, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air and Space Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal with one service star
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border with one oak leaf cluster
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2006 Army Airborne Wings
2007 Italian Airborne Wings
2007 Dominican Republic Airborne Wings
2013 Field Grade Officer of the Year
2022 Joint Qualified Officer Level III
(Current as of June 2026)