| Birth Name: | Thomas Joseph Masiello |
| Nickname: | "Tom" |
| Serviceyears: | 1981–2016 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Commands: | 40th Flight Test Squadron Eglin Research Site (classified unit) Air Force Research Lab |
| Awards: | Defense Superior Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal (4) Aerial Achievement Medal (4) Air Force Commendation Medal (2) Combat Readiness Medal National Defense Service Medal (2) Iraq Campaign Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal |
| Spouse: | Wendy M. Masiello (wife) |
Thomas Joseph "Tom" Masiello is a retired United States Air Force Major General who served as the eighth commander of the US Air Force Research Laboratory.[1] He is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
Masiello was commissioned in 1981 as a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. A command pilot, he has logged more than 3,300 flying hours in more than 20 different aircraft. He has served as an experimental test pilot and test squadron commander conducting developmental flight tests on a wide variety of weapon systems. He has been Director of the Munitions Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wing Commander of a classified unit, and the Command Inspector General for Air Force Materiel Command.
Masiello has held other operational and staff assignments, including a tour as Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Central Command, where he spent the bulk of his tour at CENTCOM's Forward Headquarters in Southwest Asia; and Deputy Director for Operations — Operations Team Two, National Military Command Center, Joint Staff, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He has served as Deputy Director, Strategic Effects, U.S. Forces - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plans, Programs and Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Major General Thomas Masiello is married to Wendy Lee Motlong Masiello, who is an Air Force Lieutenant General.[2] The couple has two sons, who are also in the Air Force.
1981 Distinguished graduate, Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1986 Distinguished graduate, Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
1987 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
1990 Distinguished graduate, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California
1990 Master of Science degree in aeronautical science, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
1991 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
1995 Advanced Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
1999 Distinguished graduate, master's degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2005 General Management Program, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2007 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: 3,300
Aircraft flown: More than 20 different types including the F-15, F-15E, F-16, F-111, C-12 and HH-60
| Major General | June 3, 2011 | |
| Brigadier General | August 3, 2007 | |
| Colonel | April 1, 2001 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel | January 1, 1997 | |
| Major | September 1, 1993 | |
| Captain | May 27, 1985 | |
| First Lieutenant | May 27, 1983 | |
| Second Lieutenant | May 27, 1981 | |