Albert Elton
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Albert M. "Buck" Elton II is a retired United States Air Force major general who last served as the commander of the Special Operations Joint Task Force–Afghanistan and NATO Special Operations Component Command–Afghanistan. Previously, he was the deputy director for special operations and counterterrorism of the Joint Staff. Raised in Lone Pine, California, Elton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in management from the United States Air Force Academy in 1989. He later received a Master of Aviation Science degree from Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in 1996. He has the rating of command pilot and more than 4,300 flight hours, including 190 combat hours over Afghanistan, Iraq, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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| Preceded byStephen A. Clark | Commander of the 27th Special Operations Wing 2011–2013 | Succeeded byTony D. Bauernfeind |
| Preceded byMichael Kurilla | Deputy Director for Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism of the Joint Staff 2016–2018 | Succeeded byChris Donahue |
| Preceded byJames B. Linder | Commander of the Special Operations Joint Task Force–Afghanistan and NATO Special Operations Component Command–Afghanistan 2018–2019 |