Frank J. Barone

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Nov 1999 - Nov 2019

  Attended 5-day planning conference and conducted unit capability presentation for headquarters senior leadership in support of Marine training exercise, sole Air Force representative in attendance. Satellite systems crew chief, led 10-member team on 3-missions, coordinated equipment checkout, shipping, setup, operation and redeployment, successfully provided a communications denied environment for the training audience. GPS systems crew chief, led 10-member teams on 3-missions, successful completion of 15-days of convoy operations with 4-5 vehicles covering 12K miles driven. Provided GPS denied environment in coordination with training audiences desired learning objectives.Unit travel program administrator, prepared 52 individual and 3 group orders, processed 75 vouchers covering 2,700 days man-days for a total of $480K in travel costs paid on time.Standards and evaluations SATCOM and GPS systems lead evaluator, conducted 15 evaluations and identified 5 areas of interest in the training program and initiated changes to correct them.Identified and corrected lack of certified evaluators, certified 3 new evaluators preventing late certifications and delays in the training program, key to 3 unit of the quarter awards. Show less Oversaw deployment schedule for over 3000 Communications personnel throughout United States Air Force-Europe and Air Force Forces Africa. Developed and reviewed squadron OPLANs and CONPLANs. Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Advised A6 Director on personnel, training, utilization and readiness of 3000 Cyberspace Support Airmen in 10 countries. Directed allocation/manpower requirements for 42 duty locations. Oversaw deployment posturing and readiness of personnel supporting contingencies/exercises across three Combatant Commands (CCMDs). Deployed over 1200 personnel throughout Europe, Africa, SW Asia, and US. Show less B-52 Test and Integration Systems Technician/Crew Chief. Advanced Cruise Missile, Air-Launch Cruise Missile, Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile, and Airborne Avionics telemetry systems installation. Conducted operations tests to in flight data collection equipment prior to installation. Performed operational checks between missile, aircraft, and ground station during in flight mission. Cable maintenance and construction, high reliability soldering • Performed checkout, troubleshooting, repair, modification, and installation of missile system instrumentation payloads down to the component level. Conducted nuclear and conventional weapon system testing in support of the follow-on evaluation program. Responsible for successful testing of 12-missiles valued at $10M each.• Conducted captive carry testing on the B-52H aircraft with the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) in concurrence with missile flight tests.• Installed bomber airborne video recording system, bomber airborne data acquisition system, and multi-application record and reproduce system into aircraft.• Team chief for 8 advanced cruise missile test missions, led 5-member team, installed data transmission and safety of flight equipment into missile/aircraft and conducted interface and pre-flight ground tests. • Maintained inventory and calibration schedule of 225 item precision measurement test equipment account.• Familiar with safe navigation of active runways and taxiways to support flight line maintenance and testing operations.2003 Airman of the Year for 2nd Bomb Wing/Associate Unit Group and 53rd Test and Evaluation Group Show less

  • Flight Chief, Standards and Evaluations

    Jun 2017 - Nov 2019

  • NCOIC, SATCOM Operations

    Feb 2016 - May 2017

  • Section Chief, RF Transmission Systems

    Dec 2013 - Feb 2016

  • Functional Area Manager

    Jul 2011 - Dec 2013

  • RF Transmission Systems Supervisor

    May 2009 - Jul 2011

  • Satellite Communications Supervisor

    May 2006 - May 2009

  • Satellite Communications Crew Chief

    May 2005 - May 2006

  • Test and Integration Systems Crew Chief

    Oct 2000 - May 2005

  • Airman Student

    Mar 2000 - Oct 2000

  • Airman Student

    Nov 1999 - Mar 2000
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  DynCorp International

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Senior Electronic Technician
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  CACI International Inc

  Jan 2021 - now

  Senior Electronic Technician