Jay Austin

Experience

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  Springdale Air Service

  Aug 1997 - Sept 1998

  Captain

  Freight Dog

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  ACL

  Oct 1998 - Jun 2011

  Captain

  Captain flying King Air / CASA 235 / Gulfstream / Boeing BBJ Flew in support of US Embassies Worldwide to include operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Europe, and South America. Maintained Airdrop and NVG qualifications for tactical missions.

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  Rampart Aviation, LLC

  Jun 2011 - May 2012

  Lead Pilot/Captain

  Lead Pilot / Captain DHC-6 Survey OpsSite lead, crew manager, and customer liaison flying low level 300’ constant drapegeophysical LIDAR survey operations throughout Africa conducting petroleum exploration anddiscovery missions.

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  PGI Aviation LLC

  Mar 2013 - Sept 2014

  Captain

  Captain flying a modified Global Express experimental category aircraft on HALOE LIDAR mapping missions throughout Afghanistan.

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  CACI International Inc

  Sept 2014 - Feb 2016

  Instructor Pilot

  King Air 350er Captain and Instructor flying MARSS ISR missions in Afghanistan.

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  Momentum Aerospace Group (MAG)

  Feb 2016 - May 2017

  Site Lead / Instructor Pilot

  Site lead and BE300 Instructor pilot flying MARSS ISR missions out of Bagram, Afghanistan.Managed daily flight operations of 30+ pilots including Instructing,Standards, SOP’s, and scheduling.

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  Tenax Aerospace LLC

  May 2017 - now

  G-IV,G-V Chief Pilot

  Chief PilotOperate a G-IV and G-V aircraft in support of the US Army Geospatial Command. Responsible for thesafe operation of a LIDAR equipped aircraft as Pilot in Command, training, scheduling, reporting, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Operate from austere international locations under operational oversite of AR 95-20, FAR part 91, and international procedures and regulations.