Special Agent (Captain) Devin Payne currently serves as the officer-in-charge of the largest Major Crimes Flight in Europe and Africa, running felony-level criminal investigations and economic crimes involving members of the U.S. Air Force. Captain Payne is a consummate leader who motivates his team to strive for continued and sustained success and the highest performance. He is dedicated to ensuring his team responds quickly to every criminal allegation, sets the example for his team to emulate, and is passionate with every aspect of the law enforcement profession. 

Captain Payne has directed his team on the front lines to protect military bases, service members, and their families across the world. He worked to initiate the first-ever joint U.S. and German Internet Crimes Against Children operation, protecting local and military families from online threats. In Captain Payne’s leading of the Economic Crimes Flight, he directed the first-ever multinational European Deterrence Initiative fraud mission that resulted in 15 liaisons with 10 countries in protection of a $5.9 billion in assets, as well as overseeing an international fraud investigation totaling over $1.3 million.  

Captain Payne recognizes the opportunities education can provide and encourages his team and peers take advantage of them. He leads a team that is academically driven, with 75 percent enrolled in higher education, and many of his agents have earned distinguished graduate recognition. Thanks to these efforts, his team has been recognized as Team of the Quarter three times and Team of the Year for 2021. Captain Payne was recently selected as a Lance P. Sijan Junior Officer Leadership Award nominee, which recognizes the accomplishments of airmen who have demonstrated the highest quality of leadership in the performance of their duties in both their professional and personal lives. 

“I continually strive to push myself, because I want others to do the same.”