2021 STEM Hero Honorees

Captain Arturo Urquieta’s leadership and expertise have guided the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing through many technically challenging situations. He accomplished a complete rebuild of the local classified network, and led a team that developed and executed an installation plan to support the Base Information Transport Infrastructure’s $1 billion-dollar contract to renovate the infrastructure base-wide.

Each of these were massive undertakings for a well-manned and technically proficient team, but an even bigger feat when the resources and manpower are limited and Airman at your disposal newly-trained – challenges he navigated masterfully. 

Born in Chile, his American Citizen parents moved the family back to the United States when young Arturo was just Eight years old.  He attended the University of Washington on an Air Force ROTC Scholarship.

Captain Urquieta, whose call-sign is “Turbo,” has impressed his superior officers. One commented that “Turbo is a phenomenal officer, leader and Airman. He holds himself to such an incredibly high standard that he becomes the standard on which to measure and to whom I point my squadron as someone to emulate.”