Colonel Wallace Turnbull

Colonel Wallace “Rhet” Turnbull III is Deputy Director, Space Systems Integration Office, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. The Space Systems Integration Office defines and manages an integrated, threat-based, system-of-systems space enterprise to deliver warfighting capabilities. Colonel Turnbull entered the Air Force in 1995 as a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He has led at the Materiel Leader and Senior Materiel Leader levels and has served in a variety of operations and acquisitions positions, including spacecraft engineer, program manager and chief engineer. Colonel Turnbull has deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM as Ministerial Engagement Officer at International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan Joint Command, Kabul, Afghanistan. Colonel Turnbull has served in staff assignments at the Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike and at Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Command. Prior to his current assignment, the colonel served as the Director, Cross-Mission Ground & Communications Enterprise, Los Angeles AFB, California. He transferred to the United States Space Force in 2021.