Eddie Boxx

Visiting Military Fellow

Col. Eddie Box (USAF) is a visiting military fellow at The Washington Institute.

Biography

Eddie Boxx, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, directed the Air Component Coordination Element for Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS) in Key West, Florida, where he was responsible for integrating Air Force assets to counter aerial and maritime smuggling operations across the U.S. southern border. A veteran combat air battle manager, he has qualified in both the E-3 AWACS and E-8 Joint STARS aircraft. Colonel Boxx has logged 1,500 combat and combat-support hours in the Near East in support of air operations in Yemen, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. While deployed in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he participated in aerial counter-IED smuggling and employment operations. He also flew missions in support of the northern and southern no-fly zones in Iraq in the 1990s.

At The Washington Institute, Colonel Boxx's research will focus on missile defense in the Persian Gulf.