{"id":296,"date":"2024-09-24T14:49:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/kosovarrefugeeconference\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=296"},"modified":"2024-09-25T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T19:34:48","slug":"billie-flynn-c-d-msc-mba-f-35-senior-test-pilot-retired","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/kosovarrefugeeconference\/people\/billie-flynn-c-d-msc-mba-f-35-senior-test-pilot-retired\/","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Billie Flynn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s8\"><span class=\"s6\">Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) <\/span><span class=\"s6\">Billie<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> Flynn<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 23 years<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> and <\/span><span class=\"s6\">presently serves as <\/span><span class=\"s6\">the Chief Technology Officer and 5<\/span><span class=\"s7\">th<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> Generation Expert at the International Test Pilots School in London, Ontario.<\/span> <span class=\"s6\">He has flown more than 5000 flight hours in more than 80 different aircraft in his 40+ years of flying. <\/span><span class=\"s6\">He<\/span> <span class=\"s6\">flew the CF-18 Hornet operationally in <\/span><span class=\"s6\">Canada, <\/span><span class=\"s6\">Germany,<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> and Italy<\/span><span class=\"s6\">. <\/span><span class=\"s6\">I<\/span><span class=\"s6\">n 1997, he was assigned as<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> Commanding Officer of 441<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> Tactical Fighter Squadron in Cold Lake, Alberta. 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He flew 25 combat missions over Kosovo and the former Republic of Yugoslavia, where his unit received Battle Honours from Queen Elizabeth II, the first such distinction for a Canadian fighting unit since World War II.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s8\"><span class=\"s6\">Billie is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada<\/span><span class=\"s6\">.<\/span> <span class=\"s6\">He attended the United States Naval Test Pilot School, graduating as an Experimental Test Pilot. \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s6\">He <\/span><span class=\"s6\">also <\/span><span class=\"s6\">has <\/span><span class=\"s6\">a <\/span><span class=\"s6\">Master of Science<\/span><span class=\"s6\">degree in Mechanical Engineering <\/span><span class=\"s6\">from California State University Fresno<\/span><span class=\"s6\">, a Master of Science degree in Aviation Systems from the<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> University of Tennessee<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> and a Master of Business Administration degree<\/span><span class=\"s6\"> from the University of Ottawa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[37],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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