Mike Fazio

Project Europe US Liaison

Lieutenant Colonel Mike Fazio leads teams of Airmen who deploy globally to perform Special Operations missions. He plans, executes, and debriefs sensitive operations with various government agencies, Geographic Combatant Commands, and foreign Special Operations Forces. He graduated from Boston University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program and received a commission as a Special Tactics Officer in 2004. Since then, he’s effectively leveraged the breadth of Air Force capabilities to solve problems of national significance. After his completion of a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University, he worked as a strategist on the Air Force Staff at the Pentagon and commanded a USAF Special Tactics Squadron. He also completed another Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies at the National War College in 2022 and now works on the Joint Staff. He’s a certified air traffic controller, SCUBA diver, C-licensed parachutist, avid learner, and staunch Yankees fan. While proud of his military service, the most rewarding thing in his life is being husband to his wife Julia, the finest intelligence analyst in the FBI, and father to his two children Finnegan and Fiona.