Colonel (COL) Al M. Niles, Jr. graduated from A.H. Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama and attended Tuskegee University where he was commissioned through the Army ROTC program as an Army Aviator in May 1997. Later, he earned four master's degrees during his military career. He obtained Dual Master's Degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2002; Master of Aeronautical Science and Master of Aviation Safety. In 2010, he received a Master of Science in Acquisition Management from Florida Institute of Technology. He also graduated from the Army War College with a Master’s in Strategic Studies. In July 2019, he was assigned to Program Executive Office Aviation at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama and served as the Project Manager for Cargo Helicopters (Chinook) at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. COL Niles’ acquisition assignments include PEO Soldier at Redstone, Alabama, where he served as the Assistant Product Manager (APM) Air Warrior and APM Personnel Recovery Support Equipment (PRSE) from 2006 to 2009. Later, he was the APM for the A/MH-6 Little Bird, MH-47 Chinook, MH-60 Black Hawk, Special Operations Forces (SOF) Future Vertical Lift and SOF Unmanned Aviation Programs at the United States Special Operations Command(USSOCOM), MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. He also served as a Training with Industry (TWI) Officer at Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support division in Orlando, Florida from June 2015 to June 2016. Afterwards, COL Niles served as the Product Manager for Special Operations Forces Training Systems (PM STS) at PEO for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in Orlando, Florida for Army and USSOCOM Programs from June 2016 to June 2018. COL Niles’ operational assignments include Camp Humphrey, South Korea, Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, GA and Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He served as a CH-47D (Chinook) Maintenance Test Pilot, Flight Operations Officer, Airspace Command and Control Officer and Company Commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom in January 2005(Task Force Warfighter). He is qualified in the TH-67 (Bell 206), OH-58 A/C, CH-47D Chinook, BV 234 and commercial fixed- wing. Operational support and multiple combat deployments with conventional and Special Operations units include Bosnia, Kosovo Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa, Bahrain and Qatar. COL Al Niles’ military awards and decorations include a Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medals (Three Oak Leaf Cluster), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medals (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medals (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Korean Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal with a campaign star, Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon with Numeral 3, National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Medal, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Senior Aviator Badge. Additional awards are the Order of Saint Maurice (Legionnaire), Tuskegee Airmen’s Pilot of the Year and Order of Saint Michael (Bronze).

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