JAMES GREGORY FORD
MURFREESBORO, TN 37129
acn0q0@r.postjobfree.com
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
● Excellent Supervisor/Trainer patient and effective when working with a wide range of
personalities.
● Proven performer at any level project oriented and stays on task until completion.
● Positive attitude and flexibility makes for success in learning and comprehending new
systems and/or methods.
● Over 11 years Active Duty Navy Aviation.
● A&P licensed.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
● Record keeping
1. Maintains and annotates On The Job Training Qualification records for all work center
personnel.
2. Seamlessly incorporated all personnel records into an online paperless system (ASM).
3. Conducted countless work center audits as Quality Assurance inspector as well as work
center Supervisor.
4. Records and updates daily aircraft maintenance repairs and status in MTX OPS.
● Supervising/Training
1. Directly supervised countless Naval personnel and equipment.
2. Trained in Expeditionary Combat skills, Small Arms Weapons, Unarmed Self Defense,
with over 1 year experience conducting operations, overseeing the care and control of
over 70 Detained Enemy combatants at CAMP DELTA Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
● Maintenance/Technical
1. Over 11 years experience maintaining and troubleshooting F 14 A/B/D, F/A 18F, and
MH 53E Naval Aircraft systems.
2. Over 10 years experience using a variety of Ground Support Equipment (GSE), shop
tools, and state of the art structural repair equipment.
3. Over 6 years experience conducting Flight Deck Operations on several Aircraft Carriers.
4. Over 2 years experience maintaining and troubleshooting ERJ 135/140/145 and
CRJ 200/700/900.
5. Over 2 years experience providing line maintenance repairs and troubleshooting for
737/757/767 and MD 80 aircraft.
WORK HISTORY
AMS INCORPORATED OCTOBER 2012 PRESENT
● (A&P Mechanic) Performs daily On Call troubleshooting and/or maintenance repairs
to over 10 resident BNA airlines and to Freight Carriers (ABX/ATI). Conducts
overnight PS1/PS2 service inspections and scheduled/unscheduled maintenance on
all American Eagle (Envoy) Aircraft.
URS. CORP MAY 2011 OCTOBER 2012
● (PLANE CAPTAIN) Conducted Pre/Post flight inspections, fueling, towing/re spotting,
and wash jobs on F/A 18 aircraft. Deployed with squadron for pilot training and
qualifications to NAS Key West (TACTS), NAF El Centro (WEAPONS), NAF Fallon
(WEAPONS), and multiple Aircraft Carriers (CQ).
US NAVY OCTOBER 1999 OCTOBER 2010
● (AM2AW/E 5/QAR/CDI) Over 11 years active duty maintaining F 14 A/B/D, F/A 18
E/F, and MH 53E aircraft systems. Qualified as the following QAR/CDI, Low Power
Turn Qualification, Hydraulic Contamination Qualified, Tire and Wheel Qualified, Paint
and Final Finish Qualified, Heat Treatment of Metals, and Advance Composite Repair.
WILL PROVIDE REFERENCES UPON REQUEST.