Mark Spence’s Post

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Nice!

NAT tracks and East Pac having a typical winter day today.

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Impressive resume, person and patriot! Much respect. In 2017, Merryl Tengesdal retired from the Air Force as a colonel, with more than 3,400 flight hours and 330 combat hours. Over 1,000 of those flight hours are in the U-2. Aircraft Flown: T-34C, TH-57 B/C, SH-60B, T-6A, T-38A/B/C, U-2S Assignments: Officer Candidate School, NAS Pensacola, Florida, June 1994 – September 1994 Aviation Pre-Flight Indoctrination, NAS Pensacola, Florida, September 1994 – March 1995 Primary Flight Training, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, Squadron VT-27, March 1995 – September 1995 Helicopter Flight Training, NAS Pensacola, Florida, September 1995 – August 1996 SH-60B Fleet Replacement Squadron, NS Mayport, Florida, September 1996 – September 1997 SH-60B Pilot, NAS Mayport, Florida, September 1997 – June 2000 T-34C Pilot Instructor Training, NS Corpus Christi, Texas, June 2000 – December 2000 T-6A Pilot Instructor Training, Randolph AFB, Texas, December 2000 – October 2001 T-6A Instructor, Moody AFB, Georgia, October 2001 – March 2004 U-2 Student Pilot, Beale AFB, California, March 2004 – April 2005 U-2 Instructor Pilot/Sq Chief of Safety, Beale AFB, California, April 2005 – June 2006 U-2 Instructor Pilot/ Wing Chief of Flt Safety, Beale AFB, California, June 2006 – July 2007 U-2 /T38-A Instructor Pilot/9 PSPTS Director of Operations, Beale AFB, California, July 2007 – November 2008 Commander Det 2/WR-ALC Plant 42, Palmdale, California, November 2008 – December 2010 NORAD/NORTHCOM J8 Staff, Peterson AFB, Colorado, December 2010 – August 2013 Deputy Operations Group Commander, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, California, September 2013 – 2014 Inspector General, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, California, September 2014 - October 2015 Director of Inspections, Office of the Air Force Inspector General, Washington, October 2015 – August 2017