Full Name
Major General Ferdinand Stoss
Job Title
Director, Plans and Policy
Company
U.S. Strategic Command
Speaker Bio
Maj Gen Stoss is the Director, Plans and Policy, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The Director is responsible for the development and sustainment of Department of Defense strategic war plans, strategic support for theater combatant commander’s, and for contingency planning. He assists in formulating and implementing strategy for USSTRATCOM's Unified Command Plan assigned responsibilities to include strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, global strike operations, and missile defense. Gen Stoss also supports the development of nuclear force postures, arms control policy, and leads the integration of strategic deterrence activities with allies and partners.
General Stoss entered active duty in 1988 after commissioning through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Kansas State University. He holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Operations from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and another Master’s degree in History from University of Nebraska at Omaha.
General Stoss largely served in the nuclear enterprise. Positions held include ICBM launch officer, command operations evaluator, U.S. Strategic Command war planner, squadron commander, deputy group commander, vice wing commander, wing commander, numbered Air Force commander, and several nuclear-related staff positions. Other staff assignments include AFROTC instructor duty and Military Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Prior to his current assignment, General Stoss served as the Commander, Twentieth Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.
Gen Stoss’ major awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf.
Major General Ferdinand Stoss