Liquori speaks after taking command of the 50th Space Wing, July 10, 2013.
In July 2020, Liquori was nominated for transfer to the United States Space Force, promotion to lieutenant general, and assignment as deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, requirements, and analysis.[3]
Liquori retired from active duty on August 1, 2022.[4]
Assignments
Liquori, 50th Space Wing commander, navigates an obstacle course during Schriever Week in 2014.
1. May 1992 – July 1992, Student, Undergraduate Space Training, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado 2. August 1992 – March 1996, Chief, UHF F/O Procedures Section, Senior Satellite Operations Crew Commander, Satellite Engineering Officer, Satellite Operations Crew Commander, Student, 3rd Space Operations Squadron, Falcon Air Force Base, Colorado 3. March 1996 – June 2000, Executive Officer, Chief, Launch Readiness Division, Operations Support Flight Commander, Senior Flight Commander, Flight Commander, Office of Space Operations, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Space) with duty at the National Reconnaissance Office, Onizuka Air Station, California 4. June 2000 – December 2000, Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base 5. January 2001 – June 2003, Assistant Operations Officer, Missions Flight Commander, Instructor, 328th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base 6. July 2003 – June 2004, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base. 7. July 2004 – June 2005, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base 8. July 2005 – June 2006, Chief, Space Control and Force Application Branch, National Security Space Office, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia 9. June 2006 – June 2008, Commander, Space Operations Squadron, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. 10. July 2008 – June 2009, Student, U.S. Marine Corps War College 11. July 2009 – June 2011, Chief, Missile Defense Division, Strategy, Policy, Partnering, and Capabilities Directorate, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany 12. June 2011 – July 2013, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Fellow, with duty as Director, Space Policy Implementation, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Space), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Pentagon 13. July 2013 – May 2015, Commander, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado 14. June 2015 – February 2016, Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon 15. February 2016 – August 2018, Director, Space Policy, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C. 16. August 2018 – December 2019, Director of Strategic Requirements, Architectures and Analysis, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado 17. December 2019–August 2020, Director of Strategic Requirements, Architectures and Analysis, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, Peterson AFB, Colo. 18. August 2020–August 2022, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, VA.
Civilian career
After retiring, Liquori founded Polaris Strategic Insight, LLC, a consulting and mentoring firm for aerospace organizations and individuals.[5] In February 2023, he was hired by Intuitive Machines as the director of the board of directors.[6] In March 2023, First Command Financial Services tapped him to serve as a member of the First Command Military Advisory Board, a group of retired senior flag officers and senior enlisted leaders from each branch of the nation’s military services that advise the company on how to best serve the interests of career military families.[7]
Personal life
Liquori is married to Amy Liquori with whom he has three children.[8][1]
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