Dr. Jonathan D. Hood is the Chief of the Accessions Division of the Air Force Historical Research Agency, headquartered at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. The Air Force Historical Research Agency serves as the repository for Air Force historical documents. The Agency's collection, begun in Washington, DC, during World War II, moved in 1949 to Maxwell Air Force Base, the site of Air University, to provide research facilities for professional military education students, the faculty, visiting scholars, and the general public. It consists today of over 100,000,000 pages devoted to the history of the service and represents the world's largest and most valuable organized collection of documents on US military aviation. 

Dr. Hood's responsibilities include supervising three teams (Document Control, Media Migration, and Digitization), developing policies, procedures and training materials related to support of Department of the Air Force archival activities.

EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Arts, History, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1997 Master of Arts, History, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2004 Doctor of Philosophy, History, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
2009 Historian Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL
2010 Historian Contingency Course, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL
2010 Air Intermediate Staff Course, Hurlburt Field, FL
2011 Joint Task Force Training Level 1, Warrior Preparation Center, Einsiedlerhof, Germany
2012 Contingency Warplanner's Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL
2012 DTRA Nuclear Weapons Orientation Course, Ramstein AB, Germany
2015 Air Force Oral History and Archives Course, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2017 NMUSAF Museum Orientation Course

ASSIGNMENTS
1. Feb 2008 – Nov 2008, Center of Military History, Ft. McNair, D.C.
2. Nov 2008 – Sep 2010, 3WG Historian, Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK
3. Sep 2010 – Sep 2011, 3AF Historian, Ramstein AB, Germany
4. Sep 2011 – Nov 2014, HQ USAFE History Office, Ramstein AB, Germany
5. Nov 2014 – Sep 2016, 673 ABW, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK
6. Sep 2016 – Sep 2020, Chief, AEDC History Office, Arnold AFB, TN
7. Sep 2020– Present Chief, Accessions Division, Air Force Historical Research Center

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1. American Historical Association
2. American Association for the History of Medicine
3. Society of Military History

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2008 Guest lecturer at U.S. Army War College
2016 Under contract with Stephen F. Austin University Press

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Robert F. Futrell Award for Excellence in Historical Publications – 2012
Exemplary Civilian Service Award – January 2014
Global War on Terror – Civilian Medal – January 2014
NATO Non-Article 5 Medal: International Security and Assistance Force – January 2014

(Current as of January 2023)