Travis (Trav) Smith Email & Phone Number

Offutt Afb, Ne

Offutt A F B, Nebraska

Majors Field, Greenville, Texas

Electronic Warfare and reconnaissance systems flight test

645Aess Majors Field, Greenville, Tx

* Leads a 35-person, multi-national ground & flight test team, $530M Electronic Intelligence acquisition program* Directs acquisition, installation, & flight test of cutting edge technology onto 20 uniquely modified aircraft* Translates operational and capability requirements into depot-level maintenance, engineering modifications, and flight test programs; provides oversight and assurance to government contract* Direct liaison with USAF field unit; plans, develops, and conducts initial training for baseline delivery* Newest baseline, with 250+ improved combat capabilities, delivered to USAF ahead of schedule, June 2014* Led RC-135 ELINT Wideband Global SATCOM flight testing; authored procedures and checklists for operator interface to newest equipment; pioneered cross-agency coordination procedures between Airborne Overhead Cooperative Operations and 55th Wing field units, establishing enhanced mission capabilities

Offutt Air Force Base, Ne

* Led preparation, training, sustainment, and deployment of 168 airmen* Ensured all combat & deployment training was current and accurate to accomplish overseas combat missions* Created and executed the unit deployment plan (“Became the Standard for all 55th Ops Group squadrons”)* Directed RC-135 Baseline 10 upgrade crew training (“Ensured 38RS was the first squadron to reach its training goal in the 55OG”); led 21 person instructor team, developed/executed courseware for 150 airmen* Lead 25 aircrew in first RC-135 Baseline 10 overseas deployment (RJ17); field tested newest technology

Stuttgart, Germany

* Joint Service Planning Officer for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations* Author, staff coordinator, and lead briefer for bi-monthly reconnaissance operations plan* Verbally articulated operational implications and details to EUCOM senior military decision makers, coordinated between staff directorates, finalized staff decisions to Washington DC leaders* Leader, EUCOM RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK Mission Planning Team; handpicked as #1 of 19 equivalent officers for team lead; RQ-4 arrived 1 month ahead of schedule, critical to Operation ODYSSEY DAWN (Libya)

Nsa Souda Bay, Crete

* Directed, planned, and executed RC-135 reconnaissance missions over Mediterranean Sea and North Africa* Led 140 airmen (ground and aircrew), direct oversight of $1.2M budget, 74 successful RC-135 sorties* USAF Liaison to US European Command, US Navy, and Hellenic AF to execute critical USAF mission* Restarted RC-135 Rivet Joint ops after 4 year inactive period; reorganized command and control procedures

Offutt Air Force Base, Ne

* Developed and implemented training curriculum for 750 students—pilots, navigators, electronic warfare officers, cryptologic operators, airborne systems engineers, and airborne communication electronic specialists; executed 3300 hour flying program, generating 500+ training sorties* Improved metrics tracking and grade book methodology, led syllabus and training task lists rewrite: improvements in sortie and training-day efficiency cut delays and improved training timeline sending qualified aviators to fighting squadrons (on average) 5 weeks earlier* Increased RC-135 mission commander training rate 83% over previous year* Ambassador between Government Contractor and USAF training unit—Lead Quality Assurance Evaluator for $24M government contract* 2006, rated #1 of 11 officers in same rank in Air Combat Command’s largest Flying Training Squadron* Master Instructor—2005, ranked #1 of 7 flight commanders and Flight Commander of the Year, #2 of 92 instructor Electronic Warfare Officers in the 55OG

Master'S Degree, Military Science, Leadership And Operational Art (International Land Warfare)

http://www.amu.apus.edu/index.html This program ensures that students will learn about the strategic and operational levels of military.

Military Science And Operational Studies

Military Operational Art And Science/Studies

Completed by Correspondence http://www.au.af.mil/au/acsc/index.aspx The Air Command and Staff College prepares field-grade officers.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: AFROTC, The Navigators, Baylor Riding Association http://www.baylor.edu/ Baylor University, a private Christian.

High School

Activities and Societies: Cross Country & Track (2 Varsity letters), Fellowship of Christian Athletes, YoungLife

Education record

ACQ101, Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management SYS101, Fundamentals of Systems Planning, Development and Engineering PQM101.