Col Richard A. Goodman is the Wing Commander, 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. He serves a diverse operational fighter wing equipped with F-15E and F-15SG fighter aircraft. The wing is comprised of 4,200 military and civilian members that support 18 squadrons including a squadron comprised of members from the Republic of Singapore Air Force. It hosts the 726th Air Control Squadron – one of only three active-duty Air Force control reporting centers in the U.S. – and the Idaho Air National Guard 266th Range Squadron. The wing operates, maintains and develops the Mountain Home Range Complex comprised of 9,016 square miles of associated airspace and 122,000 acres of land space used for two air- to-ground training ranges, five no-drop target complexes and 30 multi- size electronic combat sites. The command also includes the 390th Electronic Combat Squadron, which flies U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington.

Col Goodman entered the Air Force in May 1997 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Sciences. He completed pilot training at Vance AFB, Okla. in 1999. Col Goodman has flown combat sorties in Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, NORTHERN WATCH, IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE and DELIBERATE RESOLVE. A Weapons School Graduate and Instructor Pilot, Col Goodman also served two years as a solo pilot in the world’s premier flying demonstration squadron, the USAF Thunderbirds. Next, he studied at the Army’s prestigious School of Advanced Military Studies. Col Goodman then commanded the 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho where he was responsible for providing the Air Force a combat ready F-15E fighter squadron capable of all conventional fighter missions. Prior to his current assignment, Col Goodman, was the Vice Commander of the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia.