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Boise, Idaho, United States

Boise, Idaho, United States

96th Operations Group, Eglin AFB, FL

• Flew initial developmental test flights of the MH-139A under experimental airworthiness civil aircraft operations. Developed airworthiness & safe-separation test plans.
• Command Chief Pilot for the UH-1N. Established operations & evaluation standards across USAF acquisitions & developmental test. Flew test flights to develop aircraft performance charts.
• Safety board president on investigations of F-22 & B-2 engine failures.
• Led organization with 1,316 people & an annual budget of $15 million to conduct ground & flight test on fighter, transport, helicopter & tilt-rotor aircraft as well as weapons development. Oversaw airfield operations.

413th Flight Test Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL

• UH-1N test pilot. Evaluated helicopter terrain avoidance warnings, health & utilization monitoring & electro-optical/infrared sensors.
• Flew CV-22 on terrain following radar testing to deconflict non-contiguous radar returns.
• Led team of 166 personnel conducting developmental flight test on CV-22, H-1, & H-60 aircraft as well as all Air Force & US Special Operations Command variants of C-130. Direct supervisor of 21 employees. Restructured.

HQ AF Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

• Managed global logistics & aircraft upgrades for 28 USAF & US embassy C-12 (BE-200) aircraft.
• Oversaw fleet management for all USAF developmental test aircraft including funding & flying hour allocation.
• Developed test policy for air force acquisition programs & managed test pilot school resources & student selection. Direct supervisor of 5 employees.

Detachment 1, 413th Flight Test Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV

• Commanded hover coupler evaluation flights including first automated landings of an HH-60G.
• Performed structural load analysis flights to resolve HH-60G aerial refueling probe divergent oscillations.
• Flew the receiver aircraft for initial aerial refueling certification of HC-130J.
• Evaluated tactics for search and rescue missions in contested urban environments.
• Led flight test for HH-60U initial acquisition including airworthiness data collection & systems integration.
• Led team of 18 personnel with $6 Million annual budget executing flight test on the HH-60W/U for the Combat Search & Rescue mission. Direct supervisor of 7 employees.

413th Flight Test Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL

• Crewed first flight of armed CV-22 with defensive weapons system installed.
• UH-1N test pilot. Evaluated NVG cockpit upgrade and un-commanded aircraft response to large exterior sensor. Maintained qualification in sling loads, fire bucket, controlled burn & paradrop operations.
• Ran training and standardization/evaluation for complex flying organization with 16 types of fixed-wing, helicopter and powered-lift aircraft.

U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, NAS Patuxent River, MD

• Completed 500 hrs of graduate-level academics in aircraft performance, flying qualities & systems flight test.
• Flew 170 hours in 20 aircraft. Maintained qualifications in TH-6 (MD500), UH-60L (S70) & C-12 (BE200).

Malmstrom AFB, MT & Kirtland AFB, NM

• Instructed initial qualification & crew position upgrades at the USAF UH-1N formal training school including high-altitude unprepared site landings, low-level, formation, hoist and night vision goggle operations.
• Flew security response missions including night vision goggle and adverse weather conditions.
• Commanded mountain search and rescue missions saving 7 lives including multiple 200’ hoists above 8000 ft.

Laughlin AFB, TX, Ft Rucker AIN, AL, And Kirtland AFB, NM

Introductory flight training, Undergraduate Pilot Training & UH-1N Initial Qualification

Flight Test

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aeronautical Engineering