Colonel Mike Kelley is the Commander of the 102nd Mission Support Group, Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass. He leads a group of over 400 military and civilian personnel providing engineering, contracting, supply, transportation, personnel, services, communications, calibration, logistics and security to the 102nd Intelligence Wing and operational support to 31 tenants and 5k personnel on Joint Base Cape Cod.
Colonel Kelley earned his commission through the Academy of Military Science in 2003 after previously serving as an Aircraft Armament Systems Mechanic supporting the F-15 Eagle. He served five years as a maintenance officer before cross training to the intelligence career field. As an intelligence officer, Colonel Kelley served in a variety of operational and leadership positions across three squadrons in the 102nd ISR Group. Colonel Kelley has supported multiple contingency operations including Operations NOBLE EAGLE, IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM and INHERENT RESOLVE at home station and Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM while deployed.
Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Commander for the 101st Intelligence Squadron, leading over 230 military personnel from various intelligence disciplines providing near real-time processing, exploitation, and dissemination of intelligence directly supporting fielded forces, allies and other United States combatant commander requirements. In addition, he served in a combat mission ready status as a Mission Operations Commander (MOC) for the MQ-9 Reaper, U-2S Dragonlady and RQ-4 Globalhawk. Colonel Kelley additionally served as the Director of Operations for the 693d Intelligence Support Squadron (DGS-4) Ramstein AB, Germany in support of a Total Force Initiative for five months.
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Arts, Management, Curry College, Milton, Mass.
2002 Airman Leadership School, Alpena CRTC, Mich.
2005 Aircraft Mishap Investigation Course, Kirtland AFB, NM
2006 Air Force Combat Ammunition School, 9th Munitions Squadron, Beale Air Force Base (AFB), Calif.
2013 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2015 Cyber Operations Fundamentals Course, 229th Information Operations Squadron, by correspondence
2017 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2017 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2018 ANG Intermediate Development Course, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
2021 Air War College, by correspondence
2024 ANG Commander Senior Leadership Course, Washington DC
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1997–October 1997, Honor Graduate, Basic Military Training, 331st Training Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
2. October 1997–February 1998, Distinguished Graduate, Technical Training School, 363d Training Squadron, Sheppard AFB, Texas
3. February 1998–August 2003, Aircraft Armament Systems Mechanic, 102nd Air Generation Squadron, Otis Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Mass.
4. August 2003–September 2003, Student, Academy of Military Sciences, McGee Tyson ANGB, Tenn.
5. October 2003–November 2003, Student, Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course, 362d Training Squadron, Sheppard AFB, Texas
6. November 2003–January 2007, Commander, 102nd Maintenance Operations Flight, Otis ANGB, Mass.
7. October 2004—February 2005, Sortie Generation Officer, 85th Maintenance Squadron, Keflavik NAS, Iceland.
8. January 2007–March 2008, Maintenance Officer, 102nd Maintenance Squadron, Otis ANGB, Mass.
9. December 2007—June 2008, Assistant Director of Operations, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Ali Al Salem Air Base (AB), Kuwait
10. April 2008–May 2013, C-Flight Officer-In-Charge, 101st Intelligence Squadron, Otis ANGB, Mass
11. January 2009—August 2009, Student, Intelligence Officer Course, 315th Training Squadron, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
12. December 2010—November 2011, Assistant Director of Operations, 322d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, Bagram AB, Afghanistan
13. June 2013—June 2014, Chief of Current Ops, 102nd Operations Support Squadron, Otis ANGB, Mass.
14. July 2014—August 2015, Director of Operations, 102nd Operations Support Squadron, Otis ANGB, Mass.
15. August 2015—March 2019, Director of Operations, 102nd Intelligence Support Squadron, Otis ANGB, Mass.
16. August 2018—January 2019, Director of Operations, 693d Intelligence Support Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany.
17. April 2019—July 2020, Commander, 102nd Operations Support Squadron, Otis ANGB, Mass.
18. July 2020—February 2025, Commander, 101st Intelligence Squadron, Otis ANGB, Mass.
19. February 2025—present, Commander, 102nd Mission Support Group, Otis ANGB, Mass.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with seven oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Unit Award with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with ten oak leaf clusters
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Air Reserve Component FGO of the Year, 480 ISRW – 2017
Air Reserve Component FGO of the Year, 480 ISRW – 2015
Outstanding CGO of the Year, 102d FW, Otis ANGB, MA – 2005
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Airman First Class, July 14, 1997
Senior Airman, April 1, 1999
Staff Sergeant, August 26, 2002
Second Lieutenant, September 26, 2003
First Lieutenant, September 26, 2005
Captain, September 26, 2007
Major, October 1, 2013
Lieutenant Colonel, December 11, 2017
Colonel, March 1, 2025
(Current as of March 2025)