CMSGT Wesley Helseth

CMSGT Wesley Helseth

CMSGT Wesley Helseth

Chief Master Sergeant Wesley E. Helseth is the Senior Enlisted Leader, 5th Maintenance Group, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. He serves as the principal advisor to the maintenance group commander on issues concerning 1,713 personnel from 18 Air Force Specialties performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on 27 assigned B-52H aircraft, 476 Air Launched Cruise Missiles and 155 Minuteman III Re-entry systems valued at over 11 billion dollars. Additionally, he is responsible for the morale, welfare, readiness, professional development, and training of the group’s Airmen, ensuring they are ready to execute the 5th Bomb Wing’s peacetime and wartime mission, guaranteeing two legs of the Nation’s nuclear triad are poised and ready.

 Chief Master Sergeant Helseth grew up in Modesto California and entered the Air Force in 1999 as an Electrical and Environmental Systems Technician. His background includesholding key duties within

7 different MAJCOMS to include Aircraft Mechanic, Flight Chief, Senior Enlisted Leader, Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement program manager, and various leadership positions at the Squadron and group level. His stateside assignments include bases in New Mexico, California, and Florida. He also served overseas in Spain and Turkey and has deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Inherent Resolve, and Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.

EDUCATION
2003 Airman Leadership School, Rota NS, Spain
2007 Associate’s degree in Instructor of Technology, Community College of the Air Force
2008 Associate’s degree in Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force
2008 Bachelor’s degree in Professional Aeronautics, University of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 2009 Non-Commissioned Officer’s Academy, Tyndall AFB, Florida
2014 Senior Non-Commissioned Officer’s Academy, Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Alabama 2019 Chief Leadership Course, Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Alabama

ASSIGNMENTS
March 1999 - May 1999, Trainee, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas
May 1999 – September 1999, Student, Technical Training School, Sheppard AFB, Texas
September 1999 – August 2002, H-53 Aircraft Electrical and Environmental Systems Mechanic, 551st Special Operations Squadron, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
September 2002 – August 2005, Electrical and Environmental Systems Craftsman, 725th Air Mobility Squadron, Rota NS, Spain
August 2005 – August 2010, Flight Chief, 373d Training Squadron, Detachment 14, Travis AFB, California
August 2010 – August 2014, Assistant Aircraft Maintenance Unit Superintendent, 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Beale AFB, California
August 2014 – August 2016, Lead Production Supervisor, 39th Maintenance Squadron, Incirlik AB, Turkey
September 2016 – May 2018, AC-130J Assistant Aircraft Maintenance Unit Superintendent, 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida
June 2018 – January 2020, Superintendent, 412th Maintenance Squadron, Edwards AFB, California
January 2020 – July 2020, Superintendent, 436th Maintenance Squadron, Dover AFB, Delaware
July 2020 – July 2022, Superintendent, 436th Maintenance Group, Dover AFB, Delaware
July 2022 – July 2024, Senior Enlisted Leader, 5th Maintenance Group, Minot AFB, North Dakota

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Achievement Medal
Meritorious Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with six oak leaf clusters 
National Defense Service Medal
Air & Space Campaign Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal Global War on TerrorismExpeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border and two oak leaf clusters

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2003 John L. Levitow Award, Airman Leadership School
2009 Academic Achievement and Distinguished Graduate, NCO Academy 2015 Maintenance Professional of the Year, USAFE
2016 General Lew Allen Trophy, USAFE

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CMSGT Wesley Helseth

CMSGT Wesley Helseth

CMSGT Wesley Helseth

CMSGT Wesley Helseth

CMSGT Wesley Helseth

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CMSGT Wesley Helseth

CMSGT Wesley Helseth

CMSGT Wesley Helseth