Responsible for support of highly sensitive HQ USAF operational plans and safe air transportation for Cabinet Members, senior military leaders, and visiting foreign dignitaries.Performs scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance, to include repairs, modifies aircraft structures, structural components and engines of complex to extreme difficulty, maintains and repairs aircraft components including but not limited to flight controls, engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems, and mechanical components, and applies technical knowledge of airframe and power plant systems in determining equipment malfunctions and applies technical expertise and guidance to solve complex problems by interpreting technical data such as; blue prints and manufactures manuals. Accomplishes inspections including, but not limited to preflight, thru-flight, basic post-flight, and phase inspections. Launches and recovers aircraft as required.Performs operational checks of all aircraft systems and maintains aircraft appearance and cleanliness. Operates all associated ground support equipment and uses hand tools, special tools, and fixtures applicable to aircraft. Performs all tasks associated with ground movement of aircraft. Annotates maintenance actions in aircraft records/forms and completes associated CAMS entries.

• Directs and performs comprehensive flight planning.• Accurately prepares mission-planning packages for aircrew.• Coordinates effectively and on a timely basis diplomatic clearance requests.• Coordinates international flying requirements in a timely manner.• Ensures weight and balance data are consistent with loads and itineraries.• Thoroughly reviews applicable guidance to determine primary and alternate airfield suitability.

• Operated/maintained special air mission aircraft (Gulfstream GIII, GV and G550) providing airlift supporting The President/Vice President of the US, Cabinet Members and high level government and military leaders.• Ensured proper functioning of all aircraft systems, calculated weight and balance and takeoff performance.• Accomplished aircraft preflight/post flight inspections, operational checks and applied technical knowledge in troubleshooting malfunctions at off-station locations.• Coordinated servicing, support, and performed unscheduled maintenance away from home station.• Documented aircraft records and annotated discrepancies of aircraft while off station.• Directed/managed aircrew initial qualification, upgrade training and maintenance currency for 30 personnel.• Developed and implemented policies and directives regarding flight engineer aircrew training issues.• Coordinated for simulator and maintenance training contracts valued at more than $9 Million.• Authored new training guide for all flight engineer training of 3 different aircraft types, standardizing training and decreasing timeline by 30%.

Planned, supervised and administered standardization/evaluation program for 31 assigned flight engineers.• Administered in-flight and ground evaluations, ensuring flight safety and unit worldwide mission capability.• Advised unit commander on trends that may affect the unit’s ability to perform combat missions.• Instructed flight engineers in aircraft systems, all phases of basic and tactical airlift operations.

• Dispatched up to 70 flights per day for a large regional airline flight planning and flight following.• Coordinated and monitored maintenance status of aircraft corresponding to airline operations manual.

• Conducted major and minor phase inspections of 52 USAF C-141 aircraft and prepped for return to service.