Stepp IV is the Assistant Adjutant General for Air and Commander of the North Carolina Air National Guard, Raleigh, North Carolina. He is the primary advisor to the Adjutant General on all programs, strategic planning and operations affecting the North Carolina Air National Guard. As Commander he is responsible for the readiness, training and equipping of more than 1,400 Airmen in the 23 units of
the North Carolina Air National Guard. General Stepp is also dual-hatted as the Air National Guard Assistant to the Director of Operations, Air Mobility Command (AMC/A3), Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. General Stepp was commissioned in 1993 through the Air Force ROTC program at North Carolina State University. General Stepp has served as a C-130H3 Instructor and Evaluator Pilot, Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System Instructor Pilot, and a variety of operational assignments to include Chief of Weapons and Tactics, Wing Plans Officer, Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Commander, Airlift Squadron Commander, Operations Group Commander and Air Reserve Forces Liaison Officer to United States Transportation Command. General Stepp has significant combat operations and staff experience supporting multiple contingencies, including Operations JOINT FORGE, ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. He is a command pilot with more than 5,900 flying hours in the C-130E, C-130H3 and C-17A aircraft, including more than 460 combat hours. Prior to his current position, the General served as the 145th Airlift Wing Commander, Charlotte Air National Guard Base, North Carolina.
