About The Speaker

Major (Retired) David Ofosu Bartels entered GSTS in 1985 and completed O’Level in 1990. He continued his A’Level at Tema Secondary School. At GSTS he was a member of the Cadet Corps and Plots Monitor in Vanderpuye House.

David served as an Air Battle Manager in the United States Air Force (USAF) for 20 years and is currently retired. His duties included Command, Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance flying on Boeing’s E-3 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) and Northrop Grumman’s E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS). After retiring from active duty, David was the Senior Aerospace Science Instructor for the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AF JROTC) leading studies in aviation history, aviation and space science, college and career readiness, global studies, practical leadership, and health and wellness at Wilkes Central High School, Wilkesboro, North Carolina for two years.

David holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama (1999). He also earned a Master of Science in Management from Liberty University, Lyncburg, Virginia (2008). He graduated from the United States Air Force’s Squadron Officer School (2006) and Air Command and Staff College (2009). He completed the United States’ Joint Forces Staff College in 2012.