Reg Carruthers is the Director of the Advanced Test and Training Environment in the Air Warfare Centre which includes responsibility for the Woomera Test Range.
Reg joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1981, graduating from the RAAF Academy in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science. After graduating as a Navigator, he flew 5000 hours as the tactical coordinator on the P3C Orion completing numerous operations and exercises nationally and internationally. He completed a three-year exchange program flying the CP140 Aurora in Canada, and completed numerous commands including 28 active reserve squadron, three years as officer commanding 92 Wing detachment in Butterworth Malaysia, 10 Squadron RAAF Edinburgh and the AP3C Operational Task Group on active duty in the Middle East Area of Operations.

Reg’s last military command was as Commander of the Aerospace Operational Support Group (now Air Warfare Centre) responsible for electronic warfare, cyber, intelligence, aviation medicine, aviation publications and flight test, weapons and engineering squadrons, as well as the Woomera Test Range. Reg was also the Director of the Woomera Test Range for four years, overseeing the upgrade of the range systems and creating a new RAAF Base and organisational structure.

Reg completed 8 years working for the South Australian government in Defence SA as Executive Director Defence and Space responsible for the economic development of both sectors in SA with strong links to industry, academia and federal and state government agencies.
Reg is a graduate of the Australian Staff Course and a Distinguished Graduate from the US National War College conducted in Washington DC, and has Masters Degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies and International Relations.