Rip Rucker

About Rip Rucker

Professional pilot with 24+ years of DoD operational leadership and flight experience in multiple, military weapon system aircraft including the C-5M, C-5B, C-141, and C-12. Recent flight experience in Corporate Flight Department operations supporting Senior Executive leadership and Director level, global flight requirements as a Captain/pilot on the Falcon 900EX, Challenger 300 and Hawker 900XP for multiple Fortune 100 companies.*Professional aviation, leadership experience focused in worldwide passenger, cargo airlift in support of Department of Defense, U.S. State Department, POTUS, and affiliated U.S. Government global operations as well as Corporate Executive and leadership teams.*C-5M Flight Examiner, Instructor Pilot with operational leadership in the C-5M aircraft acceptance and Qualification Differences program for the USAF. Senior level pilot instructor/examiner experience in the C-5M/C-5B aircraft to include formation air refueling/airdrop aircraft commander experience in the C-141.*Senior level instructor experience in aerial refueling and night vision goggle (NVG) operations in the C-5 Special Operations Low Level II, Airland NVG operations, affiliated program development focused on operational integration and optimization.*Expert leader, manager and communicator across multiple national and international groups of senior level leadership/management, both U.S. and foreign governments, to facilitate multi-billion dollar aircraft weapon systems/aviation affiliated purchases through U.S. Government foreign military sales programs.*Related diplomatic protocol executing U.S. Government international security assistance through the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Secretary of the Air Force/International Affairs (SAF/IA), and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) joint goals. Extensive experience in Special Operations and Compartmentalized Program airlift mission planning and liaison operations.

Experience

1. Captain, Corporate Pilot

   FedEx

   Sep 2015 — Present

   Standards Captain executing FedEx corporate flight department operations and goals focused on safe and highly effective global passenger airlift in support of the FedEx Chief Executive Leadership and Management Teams. Execute all tasked flight operations supporting FedEx Board of Directors and affiliated passenger airlift.

Education

• Touro University International

  Master of Science, Emergency and Disaster Management

  2008 — 2009

• University of Pittsburgh

  Bachelor of Arts, Economics

  1992 — 1995