Robert Smith Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Valued member of UC Health Lifeline transport program; providing emergency and inter-facility transport in Colorado.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Valued member of UC Health Lifeline transport program; providing emergency and inter-facility transport in Colorado.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Part of Memorial Star Transport team providing emergency and inter-hospital helicopter transport in Colorado.

Scottsbluff, Ne

Part of Air Link team at Regional West Medical Center providing emergency and inter-hospital helicopter transport in the Nebraska, eastern Wyoming, southern South Dakota and northern Colorado regions.

Helicopter Training Squadron Eight (Ht-8), Milton, Fl

Flew over 1100 hours in the TH-57 (Bell 206) training Helicopter Pilots for United States Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and International Military.Standardization Pilot for Contact and Instrument Navigation Phases including Instructor Evaluations and Instrument Checks.As both Operations and Safety Department Head, supervised 55 Instructor Pilots in completion of over 70,000 mishap-free flight hours.

Commander Naval Air Forces, San Diego, Ca

Collaborated with Naval Air Systems Command and Marine Corps Department of Aviation to develop sound policy that enabled mission accomplishment while mitigating risk for entire Navy and Marine Corps Aviation.Key contributor to highly-effective Strategic Human Factors review process that reduced the Navy/Marine Corps Aviation mishap rate by 30%.

Uss Peleliu, Landing Helicopter Assault Ship Five (Lha-5), San Diego, Ca

Led 145 personnel in the safe movement, launch and recovery of embarked aircraft.Supervised Air Department personnel during a successful deployment to the Persian Gulf with 37 Marine Corps aircraft embarked, resulting in completion of 3,901 mishap-free flight hours with no injuries to shipboard personnel.

Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Three (Hc-3), San Diego, Ca

Qualified Maintenance Check Pilot, Standardization Pilot, Instrument Check Pilot and Night Vision Device Instructor.Flew over 750 hours in two years in the Sikorsky MH-60S (S-70 equivalent).Major contributor as Maintenance Check Pilot in maintaining aircraft availability during limited delivery of the MH-60S Airframe.

Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eleven (Hc-11)

Qualified Maintenance Check Pilot, Standardization and Instrument Check Pilot, and Night Vision Device Instructor.Flew over 1000 hours in the CH-46D (BV-107 equivalent).Completed Work-Ups and six-month cruise aboard the USS Bridge, conducting extensive vertical replenishment and Battle Group logistics missions.Completed deployment aboard USS Nimitz in support of repositioning to West Coast following 9/11. As Detachment Operations Officer, coordinated the logistics support required to transport 120 tons of cargo and 486 passengers.

Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Three (Hc-3)

Completed five months of Replacement Pilot training, flying 66.9 hours in the CH-46D.

Training Air Wing Five, Milton, Fl

Completed seven months of primary flight training at Training Squadron Three (VT-3), flying 100.8 hours in the T-34C Turbo-Mentor.Completed six months of flight training at Helicopter Training Squadron Eighteen (HT-18), flying 116.1 hours in the TH-57.

Nrotc Unit, Jacksonville University, Fl

Completed Enlisted Commissioning Program to become a Naval Officer.Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Computer Information Systems.

United States

Advanced to Petty Officer First Class prior to selection in the Enlisted Commissioning Program.Served two years in the Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department Cecil Field, FL repairing communication and navigation components for F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. Served as Work-Center Supervisor for over a year and made significant improvements in production.Served four years in Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) performing on-aircraft repair of communication, navigation and weapons systems and associated wiring on Grumman F-14A aircraft. Completed deployments aboard the USS America in support of Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield.Completed Advanced Avionics Training Course at NATTC Millington, TN.