User:Bricerobinson

Lieutenant Colonel Brice Robinson (USAF, Retired) entered the United States Air Force in 1983 as an Air Force ROTC graduate from Memphis State University after completing his primary education in South Africa, and Pakistan He has served in the USAF as a standardization/evaluation pilot, instructor pilot, squadron weapons officer, chief of tactics and training, flight commander, assistant operations officer, chief of search and rescue for 7th Air Force, chief of the joint USAF/ROKAF Korean Combined Rescue Coordination Center, 89th Airlift Wing deputy Inspector General, Air Force Two pilot, Chief of Wing Safety, Air Defense Operations Officer, and C-141 "Starlifter", and C-5 "Galaxy" Squadron Commander in the Tennessee Air National Guard. He commanded over 30 combat air missions during Operations JUST CAUSE, DESERT STORM, ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. Lieutenant Colonel Robinson is credited with saving six lives while flying search and rescue missions in Iceland and Greenland.

EDUCATION: 1979 Woodmead Boarding School, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa 1983 Bachelor of Science degree, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee 1989 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 1994 Master of Science degree, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida 1995 Air Force Weapons Officer School, Combat Rescue Division, Nellis AFB, Nevada

ASSIGNMENTS: 1. March 1984 - March 1985, student pilot, 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, Oklahoma 2. August 1985 - August 1987, C-130E pilot, 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan 3. August 1987 - February 1992, EC-130E/H standardization/evaluation pilot, assistant operations officer, 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 28th Air Division, Keesler AFB, Mississippi 4. February 1992 - January 1996, HC-130P standardization/evaluation pilot, flight commander, weapons officer, chief of tactics, assistant operations officer in the Air Force’s only active-duty combat rescue squadron, 71st Rescue Squadron, First Fighter Wing, Patrick AFB, Florida and 4411th Rescue Squadron, Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia 5. January 1996 - January 1997, staff officer assignment, chief of the Korean Combined Rescue Coordination Center (KCRCC), 607th Combat Operations Squadron, 7th Air Force, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea 6. January 1997 – May 2000, VC-9 special air mission pilot and 89th Airlift Wing Deputy Inspector General, Andrews AFB, Maryland. Selected to fly AIR FORCE TWO (Vice President of the United States) and the First Family on worldwide missions 7. March 2000 – February 2008, Tennessee Air National Guard C-5A, and C-141C Aircraft Commander, Chief of Wing Safety, Air Operations Officer, and Flying Squadron Commander. On long term military leave from Northwest Airlines Inc, since 9-11-2001. 8. February, 2008-Retired from active duty military and returned to Delta Airlines flying the Boeing 767-400 and Airbus 330. 9.September 2020-Retired from Delta Airlines due to downturn in the economy attributed to the China Covid-19 pandemic.

FLIGHT INFORMATION: Aeronautical Rating: US Air Force Command Pilot 12,000+ military and civil accident free hours in the C-5 “Galaxy”, C-141B/C “Starlifter”, C-130 “Hercules”, EC-130E ABCCC (Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center), HC-130P “KING” combat search and rescue, Soviet MI-24F “HIND”, and VC-9C (DC-9 series) special air mission (SAM FOX) aircraft with more than 350+ hours combat support time and 100+ hours combat time flown during operations JUST CAUSE, DESERT SHIELD, DESERT STORM, NORTHERN WATCH, SOUTHERN WATCH and ENDURING/IRAQI FREEDOM. Additionally, Lieutenant Colonel Robinson holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilot License with type ratings in the DC-9, A-330, A-320/319, L-382/C-130, C-141/L-100, and is qualified to fly single-engine land and seaplanes. OTHER - Member of the Royal Air Force Club, London, England. Lifetime Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (1 OLC) Air Force Air Medal Air Force Aerial Achievement Medal (5 OLC) Air Force Commendation Medal (2 OLC) Air Force Achievement Medal (3 OLC) Combat Readiness Medal (5 OLC) National Defense Service Medal Joint Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal (3 Service Stars) Air Force Humanitarian Service Medal (1 OLC) Kuwaiti Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) Kuwaiti Liberation Medal (Kuwait) State of Tennessee War Service Air Combat Command Rescue Crew of the Year, 1994