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LIEUTENANT COLONEL BRETT M ROBISON
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Lt. Col. Brett "Zipper" Robison is the Deputy Director of the F-35 Academic Training Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. He is an Air Force Reserve Command officer providing the air reserve component presence within the 33rd Fighter Wing. Colonel Robison is responsible for all aspects of pilot and maintainer ground training associated with the F-35 Lightning II and oversees a 260,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility with the capacity for training in excess of 2,100 U.S. and international pilot and maintenance students annually.
Colonel Robison entered the Air Force in 1995 from the Ohio University Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Athens, Ohio. He completed flight training at Sheppard AFB, Texas, in 1996 and has subsequently completed numerous tours in F-16 operational units. Colonel Robison's previous assignment was with the 84th Test and Evaluation Squadron and was integrated with the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron as the F-16 project manager and test director at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. He was responsible for defining requirements for avionics updates to 616 Block 40/50 F-16s and operational testing of the software prior to fielding. A graduate of the Air Force F-16 Weapons School, Colonel Robison is a command pilot with more than 2,900 hours in the F-16 and 350 combat hours gained in combat operations in Southwest Asia.
EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Science degree in Airway Science, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1994 Bachelor of Business Administration, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1996 Undergraduate Pilot Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2001 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 USAF Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev.
2009 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence)
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1995 - December 1996, student, undergraduate pilot training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2. December 1996 - August 1997, pilot, F-16 Replacement Training Unit, Luke AFB, Ariz.
3. August 1997 - August 1998, F-16 pilot, 80th Fighter Squadron assistant weapons officer, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea
4. August 1998 - June 2001, F-16 flight lead, 13th Fighter Squadron chief of standards and evaluation, Misawa Air Base, Japan
5. Juen 2001 - July 2003, F-16 instructor, 389th Fighter Squadron flight commander, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
6. July 2003 - January 2004, student, United States Air Force F-16 Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev.
7. January 2004 - January 2005, F-16 instructor, 80th Fighter Squadron chief of weapons/tactics, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea
8. January 2005 - September 2007, F-16 instructor and F-16 Project Officer, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
9. September 2007 - April 2009, F-16 instructor and chief of weapons/tactics, 93rd Fighter Squadron, Homestead ARB, Fla.
10. April 2009 - May 2012, F-16 instructor and F-16 project manager/test director, 10th Air Force Eglin AFB, Fla.
11. September 2012 - Present, Deputy Director, F-35 Academic Training Center, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 2,900 hours
Combat hours: 350
Aircraft flown: F-16
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
AF Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device with three oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with three oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korean Defense Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Boarder
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Pistol)
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Dec. 20, 1994
First Lieutenant Dec. 20, 1996
Captain Dec. 20, 1998
Major April 5, 2005
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 20, 2010
(Current as of January 2013)
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