David Lee Wilson

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT DAVID LEE WILSON

44 YEARS EXPERIENCE USAF 20 yrs. Military Service, COLUMBUS AFB, MS DESIGNER / INSPECTOR 19••••95 ELLSWORTH AFB SD USAF/U.S. ARMY CORPS Liason/ INSPECTOR 19••••89 USAF 819th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers [RED HORSE], Combat Engineers at RAF Wethersfield, UK. Engineering Draftsman, Surveyor, and Soils/Pavements Tester: Responsible for siting, layout, and quality control of heavy repair construction projects in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Surveyed layout of new airfield lighting/landing/arresting system at Moron AB, Spain, to upgrade the airfield to NATO standards and equipped it to serve as an alternate recovery site for the space shuttle. Deployed in ‘87 to RAF Welford,(a major weapons storage area for RAF Lakenheath and supplier of most of the conventional weapons used in desert storm), to provide quality control for a RED HORSE mil-con project to rebuild earthen blast deflection barriers requiring specific placement, dimensions, height, and density, like flood levees, but with restrictions on the size of rock included to limit secondary blast damage. Utilized surveying instruments and nuclear density gauge to test material density, lift thickness, layout control, and height while maintaining standards for concrete pad placement and materials built by USAF personal, most of which were in training. Performed surveying and pavement materials tests for evaluation of host country contractors and military construction in remote classified African and Middle east locations performing field tests of asphalt density, proctor tests, destructive tests of asphalt material and sieve analysis. Team identified problems with supplied asphalt materials; including finding soluble fines used in mix, making the asphalt have unacceptably poor strength. Motto: CAN DO - WILL DO - HAVE DONE / LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY 19••••85 Wurtsmith AFB MI/Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany