Bio

Dave Reese graduated from Chambersburg Area Senior High School in June 1976. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and began active duty in March 1978. He completed Basic Military Training in April 1978. From there he graduated from Basic Russian Language Training at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California, in February 1979, followed by technical training and aircrew survival training as an Airborne Cryptologic Linguist in September 1979.

From September 1979 to August 1987, Dave was assigned to the 6990th Electronic Security Group, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, where he held the positions of RC-135 RIVET JOINT Airborne Mission Supervisor, Aircrew Evaluator, E-3 AWACS Area Specialist, and Noncommissioned Officer In Charge of Advanced Systems Analysis. Dave also served with the 6949th Electronic Security Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, as RC-135 RIVET JOINT and COMBAT SENT Airborne Mission Supervisor, Deputy Chief of Standardization/Evaluation, and Noncommissioned Officer In Charge of Mission Analysis.

During these periods, Dave directed numerous overseas aircrew deployments and operational missions out of Clark Air Base, Philippines; RAF Mildenhall, England; and Hellenikon Air Base, Greece.

After completing electronic combat training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Dave was assigned to the 6919th Electronic Security Squadron at Sembach Air Base, Germany, from April 1990 to July 1991, where he worked as EC-130H COMPASS CALL Mission Crew Supervisor and Noncommissioned Officer In Charge of Operations Plans and Readiness.

In June 1991, Dave was selected for special duty as a Human Resources Intelligence Debriefer/Interrogator. After completing specialized Department of Defense training, he was assigned to Detachment 31, Pacific Special Activities Area, later the 315th Intelligence Squadron, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, from August 1991 to September 1995. There he served as Noncommissioned Officer In Charge of Controlled Operations and later as Operations Superintendent.

In October 1995, Dave was assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency's Aerospace Research Liaison Office at Yokota Air Base, Japan, where he worked as Superintendent until November 1998. He then returned to his old unit on Okinawa, now known as the 390th Intelligence Squadron, to work as the Operations Superintendent.

Dave has amassed over 4800 hours of flying time on the RC-135M/U/V/W, EC-130H, and E-3A aircraft. He flew 28 combat and combat support missions targeted against Iraqi air defenses while deployed with the 7440th Combat Wing (Provisional) to Incirlik AB, Turkey, with Joint Task Force PROVEN FORCE in support of Operations DESERT STORM and PROVIDE COMFORT.