Mr. Brian Mansfield is a retired USAF Colonel with assignments to the USAF Thunderbirds, USAF Weapons School, senior US government representative on treaty verification missions, several combat deployments, and various other assignments and command positions, culminating in more than 2,000 flying hours in the E-3B/C Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), OC-135, Tu-154, An-30, and SAAB 340 aircraft, with combat deployments in the Control and Reporting Center (CRC).
He is a distinguished graduate of the USAF Weapons School, a qualified Joint Staff Officer (JSO), a graduate of the College of International Security Affairs (CISA), and the Command and General Staff College (CGSC). Staff assignments included the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and the National Defense University (NDU).