1. Wade Hegele
64647 Mt Emily Rd
La Grande, OR 97850
Phone 541-786-0488
E-mail wade.hegele@gmail.com
Objective: Seeking a position as an instructor / teacher
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
♦ Seven years experience in education with 18 to 36 year old foreign, domestic students
♦ Three years experience teaching Officer Candidates effective officership, leadership
♦ Three years experience as a Flight Commander with multidisciplined training needs
♦ Twelve years experience as a commissioned officer in the US Air Force (USAF)
♦ Eleven years experience as a non-commissioned officer in the USAF
EDUCATION
1. AS in Instructor of Technology and Military Science, Community College of the Air
Force, Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), AL
2. BS in Electrical Engineering Technology, University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg, MS
3. Technical Training Instructor Course, Keesler AFB, MS
4. Advanced Instructor Course, McGhee / Tyson Air National Guard Base, TN
5. AS in Aviation Technology, Le Tourneau University, Longview, TX
6. Air Command and Staff College (Professional Military Education), Air University, Maxwell
AFB, AL
7. Squadron Officer’s School (Professional Military Education), Air University, Maxwell AFB,
AL
8. NCO Leadership School (Professional Military Education), Air University, Keesler AFB,
MS
9. NCO Preparatory Course (Professional Military Education), Air University, Hessich-
Oldendorf Air Force Station, Germany
EXPERIENCE
Instructing/Teaching
♦ Teach schematic level circuit theory and maintenance concepts to American and foreign
students as an electronics instructor for three years. Classes up to 24 were typically first
term Airmen. Systems include high power pulse transmitters, receivers, electronic
countermeasures, electronic counter-counter measures, anti-radiation missile decoy and
beacon interrogators. Write appraisals, progress checks, test questions and student
textbooks. (1)
♦ Teach ten different blocks of instruction on electronic theory for four years. Topics
included resistor color codes, Alternating Current and Direct Current circuit theory,
electron tube and solid state semi-conductors, radio signal transmission and reception,
radio frequency radiating element theory, transverse electromagnetic wave propagation,
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2. computer processing and much more. Teach schematic level circuit theory and
maintenance concepts to American and foreign students. Write appraisals, progress
checks, test questions, student textbooks. Teach demonstration and performance of high
reliability soldering techniques. (2)
♦ Special duty assignment training officer candidates for commissioning in the Air National
Guard and Reserve. Directly involved in approving/disapproving the commissioning of
approximately 600 officer candidates per fiscal year. Mentor and instruct students
individually, in seminar, in mass classroom and in field settings effective officership and
leadership. Research and develop curriculum materials including lesson plans, briefing
slides, test questions, student study guides and other audio-visual teaching aids. (3)
Leadership/Management
♦ Lead and supervise 30 military, civil servant and contractor personnel as Command and
Control Flight Commander. Responsible for all software engineering, configurations
management, overseas theater and continental United States installation of radar data
links and terrain data surveying for obstruction masking of Federal Aviation
Administration and Department of Defense (DoD) radar sites. (4)
♦ Lead and supervise 104 military, civilian and contractor personnel as Mission Systems
Flight Commander. Manage over 4,000 equipment items valued at $25M with an annual
budget of $2.3M. Direct support in 10 work centers for navigational aids, meteorological
systems, ground radio, public address, cable plant and telephone system equipment.
Support Ogden Air Logistics Center, 75th Air Base Wing, 388th and 419th Fighter Wings,
Utah Test and Training Range and 41 associate units. Ensure overall effectiveness of
Maintenance Standardization and Evaluation Program. Serve as Disaster Control Group
lead and Casualty Notification Officer. (5)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
♦ (1)
Instructor of Aircraft Control and Warning Radar Maintenance, 334 Technical Training
Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base (AFB), MS
♦ (2)
Instructor Basic Electronics Principles, 3410th
Technical Training Group, Keesler
AFB, MS
♦ (3)
Faculty Advisor, Academy of Military Science (officer commissioning source),
McGhee - Tyson Air National Guard Base, TN
♦ (4)
Command and Control Flight Commander, 84th
Radar Evaluation Squadron, Hill
AFB, UT
♦ (5)
Mission Systems Flight Commander, 75th
Communications Squadron, Hill AFB, UT
Security clearance: TS/SCI (Periodic review completed in October of 2005)
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