Dolan received his commission in 1986 through the
University of Northern Colorado’s ROTC program. He has held various squadron, wing, headquarters, and combatant command level positions in multiple overseas and deployed assignments. His staff duties included serving on Capitol Hill and directly for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of the Air Force. His commands include the U.S. Air Force F-16 Weapons School,
8th Fighter Wing,
451st Air Expeditionary Wing,
Kandahar Air Base (NATO),
5th Air Force and
United States Forces Japan.
2014 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course,
Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2016 Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Military assignments
October 1986 – August 1987, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training,
Reese AFB, Texas
September 1987 – September 1988, student, F-16 Replacement Training Unit,
MacDill AFB, Florida
October 1988 – December 1992, F-16 Instructor Pilot, Flight Examiner, Assistant Chief of Standards and Evaluation,
Misawa AB, Japan
January 1993 – June 1993, student, U.S. Air Force Weapons Instructor Course,
Nellis AFB, Nevada
July 1993 – June 1996, F-16 Weapons Officer and Flight Commander,
Spangdahlem AB, Germany
July 1996 – June 1999, F-16
U.S. Air Force Weapons School Instructor, Flight Commander, Chief of Wing Scheduling, Assistant Operations Officer,
Nellis AFB, Nevada
July 2009 – May 2010, chief of Senate legislative liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
May 2010 – May 2011, commander of 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, South Korea
May 2011 – October 2012, deputy director, legislative liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
November 2012 – November 2013, commander,
451st Air Expeditionary Wing and Kandahar Airfield (NATO), Kandahar, Afghanistan
January 2014 – May 2014, assistant deputy commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command and Assistant Vice Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force,
Shaw AFB, South Carolina