Detachment 35 Commander - Lt Col Samuel Vandiver
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel (Sam) B. Vandiver is the AFROTC Detachment 35 Commander at California State University, Fresno. He arrived in Summer 2006 from his last duty assignment in Lisbon, Portugal where he was Senior U.S. Representative and Chief of Training for a NATO air operations center. A navigator on the Lockheed C-141B Starlifter, Lt Colonel Vandiver has performed duty at numerous bases throughout America and overseas. He’s navigated aircraft to over 90 countries and performed flight duty in various theaters of operation. Flight Instructor and Evaluator qualified, he flew a variety of strategic, tactical, and special operations supporting all U.S. branches of service, as well as special airlift missions for the Department of Defense, State Department, and United Nations. He has served at a MAJCOM (HQ AMC), Allied Air Component Command in Germany (AIRNORTH), and was a Distinguished Graduate of Air Command and Staff College. Lt Colonel Vandiver holds an undergraduate degree from Florida State University and two graduate degrees, one from Syracuse University and another from Air University.
