Meet the Military Flight Training USA Speakers

2026 Conference Chair

Major General Jim Sears
Former Deputy Commander, Air Education and Training Command
U.S. Air Force

Lieutenant General Clark Quinn
Commander, Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
U.S. Air Force

Rear Admiral Max McCoy
Chief of Naval Air Training
U.S. Navy

Brigadier General Travolis Simmons
Commander, 19th Air Force
U.S. Air Force

Rodney Stevens
PEO Training Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
U.S. Air Force

Air Vice Marshal Ian Sharrocks
AOC 22 Gp
U.K. Royal Air Force

Brigadier General Paolo Rubino
Chief of Staff of the Air Education Training Command / 3rd Air Region
Italian Air Force - AETC

Brigadier General Daniel Coutts
Commander
Royal Canadian Air Force - 2 Canadian Air Division

Captain Sylvester Foley
Commodore, Training Air Wing ONE
U.S. Navy

Colonel Jamie Johnson
Chief, Persistent Attack & Reconnaissance Division, Directorate Operations, ACC
U.S. Air Force

Captain Clay Waddill
Commodore, Training Air Wing Six, CNATRA
U.S. Navy

Colonel A.W. Kellner
Commodore, Training Air Wing Five, CNATRA
U.S. Navy

Captain Daniel Thomas
Commodore, Training Air Wing Four, CNATRA
U.S. Navy

Colonel Jonathan Izworski
Commander, 7th Maintenance Group
U.S. Air Force

Colonel Christopher Mulder
Commander, 80th Flying Training Wing
U.S. Air Force

Colonel Gabe Arrington
Chief International Affairs
U.S. Air Force

Colonel James Long II
Commander, 12th Flying Training Squadron
U.S. Air Force

Lieutenant Colonel James Carfagno
Commander, 31st Combat Training Squadron
U.S. Air Force

Lieutenant Colonel Phillip Bourquin
Director of Operations, 99th Flying Training Squadron
U.S. Air Force

Lieutenant Colonel Evan Dale
Fixed Wing Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (FWAATS) Commander
U.S. Army

Christy Stephens
Chief of Curriculum, Flying Training Center of Excellence, 19th Air Force
U.S. Air Force

Jay Hennette
HQ AETC A4M
U.S. Air Force

Jennifer Walcutt
Human Development Technical Advisor, Force Development Directorate (AF/A1)
U.S. Air Force

David Timm
SME, Future Fighter Training, Air Combat Command
U.S. Air Force

Colonel Vito Cracas
Assistant Director
NATO Centre of Excellence Joint Air Power Competence Centre

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