Brian Denaro
U.S. Space Force officer (born c.1978)
Brian Angelo Denaro (born c. 1978) is a United States Space Force brigadier general who serves as the commander of the United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific. He previously served as the director of plans and programs of the Space Force and senior military assistant to the under secretary of the Air Force.
Denaro was born and raised in Long Grove, Illinois. He entered the United States Air Force after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. An Olmsted Scholar, he studied in Guangzhou, China. In the Air Force, he was a career foreign area officer, serving several intelligence and international affairs assignments in the United States Pacific Command. He commanded the National Air and Space Intelligence Center's Aircraft Analysis Squadron from 2013 to 2015. He then transitioned to the acquisition career field, working on RQ-4 Global Hawk acquisitions before getting assigned at the Space and Missile Systems Center.
In 2021, Denaro transferred to the Space Force, where he served as the first program executive officer space sensing and director of SSC's Space Sensing Directorate. During his tenure, he led the completion of the Space-Based Infrared System.
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