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Highly Experienced

Tactical Flight Services aircrew are carefully screened before becoming part of the TFS team. TFS aircrew are fully qualified military aircrew currently on active flight status with the Reserves or Air National Guard. With over 250 combined years and 75,000 hours of military flight experience behind the aircrew and engineering team, the TFS background includes:

  • USN TPS Graduate
  • Weapons Instructor Course Graduates
  • Major Weapon System Instructors
  • Combat Experience
  • Electronic Warfare Officer
  • Distinguished Flying Cross
  • FAA DER
  • FAA DEP
  • NVG Qualified Aircrew
  • Airlift and Fighter Aircrew
  • Experimental Test Flight
  • Engineering Test Flight
  • Functional Check Flight
  • Experimental Type Rating
  • Government Flight Representative
  • OT&E Program Experience

Airframe experience background includes:

C-130A/B/E/H/J, HC-130H, MC-130P, KC-130, C-141B, C-5B, KC-135E, F-4D, F-16C/D, A-10, T-38A, T-37B, T-6B, T-1A, L-39C, and TS-11.

TFS can also provide aerospace engineering consultation. TFS engineering personnel have over 20 years of major weapon system and aerospace engineering industry experience on the F-15E, JAS 39 Gripen, F-22, and C-130J programs.

Priority is Safety

TFS is dedicated to flight safety and risk management. This is the top priority. TFS aircrew have exercised a flawless safety record with no accidents or incidents over both military careers and during TFS flight operations. While flight test has inherent risk involved, TFS takes extensive measures to mitigate risk. TFS conducts and practices mission Operational Risk Management (ORM) analysis and Crew Resource Management (CRM) that emulates USAF safety standards. ORM is a logic based, common sense approach to making calculated decisions on human, material, and environmental factors before, during, and after all operations. TFS also conducts periodic no-notice and semi-annual Internal Safety and Compliance Inspections. This ensures that all TFS operations are continuously compliant with directives to ensure safe and incident free operations.

TFS aircrews were recently credited with saving an aircraft during a serious in-flight emergency. The safe outcome of this situation can be credited to the depth of experience, knowledge, and professionalism of the aircrew team that TFS employs.