Will Price

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Jan 1989 - Jan 2010

  US Marine Corps Officer

  - Deputy Commander, MCAS Yuma AZ. Senior leader responsible for staff management and operations at the busiest joint-use civil/military airport in the US Marine Corps. F-5N Air Combat Instructor; Provided threat representative tactics for DOD training support flights. UC-12B (BE-200) Instructor Pilot and Examiner; provided passenger and cargo service, similar to Part 135 operations, for senior military and government officials. - Commanding Officer, VMA-513. AV-8B Harrier squadron senior leader; responsible for operations and maintenance of unit personnel and aircraft. Weapons and Tactics Instructor Pilot, Flight Leader, and Maintenance Test Pilot; Lead instructor responsible for training and flight evaluations of squadron and air group pilots across multiple fighter/attack mission sets.- Weapons School Instructor, MAWTS-1. Taught graduate level advanced training at the Marine Corps' premier aviation training organization. Developed training programs, evaluated and instructed pilots on AV-8B Harrier avionics, radar, advanced targeting pod and night vision systems. NAVAIR trusted agent operational test pilot; conducted R&D on numerous AV-8B aircraft and tactical systems. Show less

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  Lockheed Martin

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  F-35 Instructor Pilot

  - Conducted academic and hands-on simulator training for USMC, USN and USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Pilots. - Developed, edited, and reviewed Electronically Mediated Lectures (EML), Interactive Courseware (ICW) and Pilot Training Aid (PTA) courseware for all F-35 pilot syllabi. - Developed F-35B specific standard operating procedures integral to flight training operations.

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  L3 Technologies

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Corporate Pilot

  - Pilot In Command (PIC) of multi-piloted, multi-engine aircraft conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions in a demanding and high threat environment. - Multiple Beechcraft King Air series type ratings.

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  Tactical Air Support, Inc.

  Jan 2013 - now

  F-5 Instructor Pilot

  - Conduct commercial Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) and Adversary Air (ADAIR) training flight operations in company F-5 aircraft. - Administer pilot training and currency programs for our aircraft fleet that includes the Northrop F-5, Embraer EMB-314/EMB-312F Tucano, and SIAI-Marchetti SF-260.- Former Chief Pilot - Coordinated and supervised company and contract pilot flight operations for tailored customer commercial air services.

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  Southwest Airlines

  Jan 2018 - now

  First Officer

  Providing legendary customer service by performing all tasks associated with safe operation of Southwest Airlines aircraft.