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COL. ERIC T. FICK
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Colonel Eric T. Fick is the Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces; Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. He is responsible for the development, acquisition, integration and sustainment of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and special operations systems. This includes RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, AC-130, EC-130, CV-22, RC-135, and battlefield air operations, as well as small unmanned aircraft systems, sensors, data links and foreign military and classified programs--a total work force of over 1,300 personnel located at Wright-Patterson AFB and geographically separated locations.
Colonel Fick entered the Air Force in September of 1990 as a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a Distinguished Graduate of AFROTC Detachment 225, Notre Dame, Indiana. He started his career as a logistics plans and programs officer and F-16 mechanical systems engineer at Hill AFB, UT. Colonel Fick then served as a computational fluid dynamics research engineer and flight test program manager at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Later, at Eglin AFB, FL he became the Deputy Chief of the Weapons Test Flight and Chief of Test for the Counter-Air Joint System Program Office. Afterwards, he served as an Action Officer for the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Weapons and as Chief of Air Dominance Branch while working for the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. Colonel Fick then served as Deputy Chief of the Air Force Senate Liaison Office, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Legislative Liaison), Washington D.C. He then returned to Eglin AFB, serving first as the operations officer and then the commander of the 46th Test Squadron. Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Fick served as the commander of the Advanced Combat Systems Group, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Washington, D.C. He has logged more than 350 hours in the T-38, F-15, F-16, and other military and civilian experimental aircraft.
EDUCATION
1990 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering; University of Notre Dame
1995 Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering; Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (Distinguished Graduate)
1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1998 Experimental Flight Test Engineer Course, Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif. (Distinguished Graduate)
2003 Master of Military Operational Art & Science; Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (Distinguished Graduate)
2006 Air War College (via correspondence)
2007 Program Management Office Course, PMT-352B
2009 Master of Science in National Resource Strategy; Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C. (Distinguished Graduate; Honor Graduate)
2009 Senior Acquisition Course; Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C.
2010 AF Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, Charlottesville, Va.
2011 PMT-401, Program Manager's Course, Fort Belvoir, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1990 - March 1992: Logistics Plans and Programs Officer, Hill AFB, Utah
2. March 1992 - March 1994: F-16 Mechanical Systems Engineer, Hill AFB, Utah
3. March 1994 - December 1995: Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. December 1995 - December 1996: Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. December 1996 - December 1997: Flight Test Program Manager, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
6. December 1997 - December 1998: Student, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
7. December 1998 - July 2000: Deputy Chief, Weapons Test Flight, Eglin AFB, Fla.
8. July 2000 - July 2002: Chief of Test, Counter-Air Joint System Program Office, Eglin AFB, Fla.
9. August 2002 - June 2003: Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. July 2003 - September 2003: Director, Direct Attack, Air Force Program Executive Office (Weapons), Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
11. September 2003 - May 2004: Chief, Air Dominance Branch, Global Power Directorate, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
12. May 2004 - July 2005: Senate Liaison Officer, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Legislative Liaison), Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
13. August 2005 - June 2006: Operations Officer, 46th Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
14. July 2006 - July 2008: Commander, 46th Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
15. August 2008 - June 2009: Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft McNair, Washington D.C.
16. July 2009 - August 2011: Commander, Advanced Combat Systems Group, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
17. September 2011 - Present: Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: None
Flight hours: Approx 350
Aircraft flown: T-38, F-15B, F-15E, F-16, F-18, Learjet-24, E-3A, KC-135R, T-39E, C-17A, C-141C, MiG-15, T-43A, Challenger 604, C-12C, MC-130E, Bell 206, NC-130H, NU-1B, TH-6B, T-6G, Cessna Citation, CM-170, MB-326, L-039C, ASK-21, L-23, Grob-103, Schweizer 2-33
Non-rated Officer Aircrew wings awarded December 1998
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster Air Force Achievement Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant July 23, 1990
First Lieutenant July 23, 1992
Captain July 23, 1994
Major September 1, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2005
Colonel October 1, 2008
(Current as of September 2011)
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