Col Timothy "Papa" Murphy

About

Colonel Timothy “Papa” Murphy, representing the US Air Force, was a National Security Affairs Fellow for the 2018–19 academic year at the Hoover Institution.

Murphy commanded an operational F‐16 squadron in Germany and led the squadron on a deployment in 2016 supporting major ground offensives against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Prior to his tours in Germany and Italy, he served as a member of the Afghanistan/Pakistan Hands Program, an initiative created by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to build a cadre of military and senior civilian experts specializing in the complexities of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He earned his undergraduate degree in history from the US Air Force Academy. He holds a graduate degree in international relations from Troy University and a graduate degree in strategic studies from the National Defense University. He is the author of Kiffin Rockwell, the Lafayette Escadrille and the Birth of the United States Air Force (McFarland, 2016).

As a fellow at Hoover, he focused his research on grand strategy, Russia, and Iran.