He coordinated the first-ever Cobra helicopter WSEP for a USMC unit that employed AIM-9M missiles against a QF-106 drone. He also engineered the first combined Combat Archer-Combat Hammer missions. These missions combined the air-to-air and air-to-ground WSEPs and created a synergy between the two programs that promised significant cost savings. In 1998, Kevin was assigned to a remote tour as the commander of Beni Suef Air Base's Peace Vector II unit. This unit comprised of active duty and civilian personnel provided training and support to Egyptian Air Force personnel at Beni Suef Air Base. While there Kevin inspired several improvements in facilities and fostered an unprecedented spirit of cooperation between the local unit and the American contingent. His success enabled the US to station a Marine tanker unit at Beni Suef for a week to support potential Noncombatant Evacuation Operations from the Middle East. He even ended up with a softball field being named in his honor. Kevin retired from active duty on 31 July 1999 after 20 years of service.
On 1 November 1999 Kevin was hired by Analytical Services, Inc. to work for Air Force Acquisitions Special Programs Directorate as a security policy analyst. The interesting part of this is that his resume reached the guy that hired him via a contact with a soccer parent of one of the girls on Catherine's soccer team. One weekend he passed it to him, and it got to the right guy. Talk about lucky! In February 2001 Kevin changed employers to Jacobs-Sverdrup Company when his prior employer lost his government contract to provide support contractors for Air Force Acquisition. Kevin still works in the job.
Kevin married Lisa M. Gramp on June 14, 1980. They have three children—Matthew, Catherine and Jennifer.
EDUCATION:
1994 Master of Science degree in Management, Troy State University, Troy, Alabama 1979 Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. July 1979 - September 1980, Student Undergraduate Pilot Training, Class 80-08, Air Training Command, Reese AFB, Lubbock, Texas
2. September 1980 - December 1980, Student Fighter Lead In Training, 416th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Tactical Air Command, Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico
3. January 1981 - July 1981, Student F-4 Replacement Training, 307th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Tactical Air Command, Homestead AFB, Homestead, Florida
4. August 1981 - August 1984, F-4 Instructor Pilot, 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron, US Air Forces Europe, Ramstein AB, West Germany
5. September 1984 - March 1988, T-37 Instructor Pilot, Fight Commander & Assistant Section Commander, 8th Flying Training Squadron, Air Training Command, Vance AFB, Oklahoma
6. April 1988 - June 1988, Student F-16 Replacement Training, Air Training Command, Luke AFB, Arizona
7. June 1988 - April 1991, F-16 Flight Commander, 13th Fighter Squadron, Pacific Air Forces, Misawa AB, Japan
8. May 1991 - March 1994, War Planning Officer, Headquarters United States Air Forces
Europe, Ramstein AB, West Germany
9. April 1994 - January 1996, F-16 Chief of Standardization, 347th Wing, Air Combat Command, Moody AFB, Valdosta, Georgia
10. June 1995 - September 1995, F-16 Chief of Standardization, 4404th Wing (Provisional), Operation Southern Watch, Central Command, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
11. January 1996 - June 1998, F-16 Operations Officer, 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron, Weapon System Evaluation Program, Air Combat Command, Tyndall AFB, Florida
12. July 1998 - July 1999, F-16 Commander, Peace Vector II Extended Training Service Specialist, Beni Suef AB, Arab Republic of Egypt
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters Air Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Commendation Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
3500 hours flying the F-16, T-37 and F-4 2 QF-106 Aerial kills