Farmhouse Plans: Coast Guard Search And Rescue

Coast Guard Search And Rescue

Is the Commander of the Air Force Coordination Center, 1st Air Force, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. As the United States' inland search and rescue coordinator, the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center serves as the single agency responsible for coordinating activities in the 48 contiguous United States, Mexico, and Canada. Lieutenant Colonel Russell graduated from Colorado State University in 1992 and was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He is a Senior Navigator with more than 1,780 flight hours, which includes 126 combat and combat support hours. Lieutenant Colonel Russell started his career an Acquisition Project Officer at AFB, California, before being selected to attend Undergraduate Navigator Training in 1997. Since earning his Navigator rating, he has served in multiple combat operations, to include Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, JOINT GUARDIAN, SHINING HOPE, and ALLIED FORCE. Over 82 combat missions were flown during Lieutenant Colonel Russell's tour as the deployed commander of the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron in Djibouti, Africa. He has also supported humanitarian efforts such as the 2000 Mozambique flood relief, which helped save over 650,000 lives. Prior to his assignment at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, as the Director of Operations of the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, his most recent assignment was the Director of Staff for the Air Force's legendary "Flying Tigers," 23rd Wing, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.