Wes McIntosh

Experience

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  US Navy

  Apr 2003 - Apr 2010

  T-34C NATOPS Instructor Pilot. Train Navy and Marine Corps student aviators basic and advanced visual, instrument, formation, and aerobatic flying procedures. Developed new inter-squadron Flight Instructor Training Unit (FITU) to qualify Instructor Pilots for VT-27, VT-28, and VT-31. Served as Administration Department Head. Instructor Pilot and Aircraft/Mission Commander responsible for the safe and orderly conduct of flights over the US and North Atlantic in support of USSTRATCOM. As Flight Officer, was responsible for overseeing scheduling of domestic and international flight schedules of E-6B aircraft and crews.

  • T-34C Instructor Pilot, Department Head, Flight Instructor Training Unit

    Oct 2006 - Apr 2010

  • E-6B Mercury Instructor Pilot and Flight Schedules Officer

    Apr 2003 - Oct 2006
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  U.S. Coast Guard

  Apr 2010 - Jun 2023

  HC-144A Aeronautical Engineering Officer: Responsible for the HC-144A maintenance management & logistics support of aircraft operations. Mid-level manager whose duties include management of maintenance division supervisors & personnel. HC-144 pilot responsibilities include all operations associated with all-weather search and rescue, law enforcement, and homeland security. HC-130J Instructor Pilot, Mission Commander, Aeronautical Engineering Student. Commanded $87 million large, all weather, global-transport aircraft and crew of 7 in multi-mission tasking.

  • HC-130J Product Line Engineering Officer

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Assistant Aeronautical Engineering Officer, HC-144 Instructor Pilot

    Jul 2014 - Jul 2021

  • HC-130J Instructor Pilot, Aviation Materiel Officer

    Apr 2010 - Jun 2014
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  Delta Air Lines

  Jul 2023 - now

  A220 First Officer