Jamaal Sutton
JT4
Rosamond,CA
1
Certification
2027
years of professional experience
Accomplished aircraft weapons and munitions professional with extensive experience in high-tempo flight-line and operational test environments. Expertise in F-35 weapons operations, munitions accountability, and flight-line maintenance. Currently a JT4 Project Lead, coordinating munitions activities for developmental and operational flight testing, including static and ejection testing. Demonstrated ability to ensure safety and technical compliance while managing complex logistics across military and civilian organizations.
Work History
Project Lead
- Maintained a $40 million munitions account and weapons support activities in developmental and operational flight-test environments, ensuring test requirements were translated into safe, executable flight-line operations.
- Provide technical direction and operational coordination for weapons-related activities supporting aircraft flight-test schedules and mission requirements.
- Coordinate with test, maintenance, engineering, operations, logistics, vendor, and government personnel to execute weapons test activities in a high-tempo environment.
- Support static, ejection, and safe-separation testing, ensuring test equipment, stores, personnel, and aircraft-support activities are properly coordinated.
- Conducted telemetry kit installation and checkout, ensuring readiness for aircraft weapons testing and alignment with flight-test requirements.
- Performed inspections on loaded aircraft stores and executed in-seat Built-In Test (BIT) and telemetry checkouts to verify weapons-system readiness before test operations.
- Managed and tracked materiel, components, and munitions inventory using the Theater Integrated Combat Munitions System (TICMS), ensuring accountability during operations.
- Operate, configure, set up, and tear down specialized CMBRE+ test equipment, coordinating with vendor personnel to ensure effective system utilization.
- Conduct metrological surveys and associated test-support activities to ensure accurate preparation for weapons and flight-test events.
- Coordinate the movement and operation of government vehicles, flight-line equipment, and ground support equipment in support of aircraft weapons and test operations.
- Maintain current flight-line driving certification and operate within controlled flight-line environments while adhering to applicable safety and operational requirements.
- Apply strong mechanical aptitude and technical troubleshooting skills to identify and resolve equipment and weapons-support issues affecting test execution.
- Work effectively with multiple organizations and partner personnel to identify constraints, communicate requirements, and maintain test schedule execution.
- Maintain strict attention to weapons safety, aircraft safety, equipment accountability, technical procedures, and flight-test requirements.
- Adapt rapidly to changing test priorities, aircraft schedules, equipment requirements, and operational conditions.
Aircraft Weapons Professional
- Managed and supported aircraft weapons loading, maintenance, inspection, accountability, and operational readiness in demanding aviation environments.
- Ensured aircraft operations with conventional and advanced weapons systems met technical data, safety procedures, and operational requirements.
- Performed weapons loading and unloading operations and associated aircraft-store inspections.
- Supported developmental and operational test activities, ensuring weapons and aircraft stores were properly configured and ready for scheduled mission and test events.
- Conducted maintenance, inspection, troubleshooting, and functional checks associated with aircraft weapons and armament systems.
- Collaborated with aircraft maintenance, operations, supply, logistics, and leadership to effectively resolve maintenance and weapons-support requirements.
- Worked effectively in high-pressure flight-line environments where safety, accuracy, schedule, and mission readiness were critical.
- Developed and delivered training in weapons handling, maintenance, inspection, safety, and accountability procedures to enhance team proficiency.
- Supported joint-service and cross-functional teams during aircraft weapons integration, maintenance, and test events.
- Applied strong technical judgment and attention to detail when identifying discrepancies and determining appropriate corrective actions.
- Maintained compliance with weapons safety, aircraft maintenance, technical order, inspection, and accountability requirements.
- Provide weapons and maintenance leadership in support of aircraft flight-test operations.
- Coordinate daily weapons activities with maintenance, operations, test, engineering, logistics, quality, and leadership organizations.
- Plan and prioritize weapons-support activities around aircraft availability, scheduled flight-test events, manpower, equipment, and material requirements.
- Support aircraft modification and configuration activities by coordinating weapons-system requirements with maintenance and flight-test schedules.
- Identify operational and technical risks that could affect weapons readiness, aircraft availability, or test execution.
- Coordinate personnel, equipment, material, and test-support requirements to meet changing operational priorities.
- Maintain weapons accountability and ensure test articles, components, and associated material are properly tracked.
- Support safe and efficient execution of flight-line weapons operations while maintaining technical and procedural compliance.
- Extensive experience supporting developmental and operational flight-test activities.
- Coordinate weapons and munitions requirements with test schedules and aircraft operations.
- Support pre-test preparation, weapons inspections, BIT execution, telemetry checkout, test-equipment setup, and post-test teardown.
- Support static, ejection, and safe-separation testing.
- Install and verify telemetry kits used in weapons and flight-test activities.
- Coordinate with vendor personnel and test organizations for specialized test equipment operations.
- Perform flight-line activities under changing schedules and high operational tempo.
- Understand the importance of configuration, accountability, technical readiness, safety, and schedule execution in flight-test operations.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary personnel supporting weapons, munitions, maintenance, logistics, and flight-test requirements.
- Establish priorities based on mission requirements, test schedules, aircraft status, material availability, and operational constraints.
- Coordinate across military, contractor, government civilian, vendor, engineering, and operations organizations.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to weapons and maintenance personnel.
- Promote disciplined adherence to weapons safety, aircraft safety, technical procedures, and quality requirements.
- Communicate effectively with customers, teammates, leadership, and partner organizations.
- Maintain operational effectiveness while working variable schedules and responding to rapidly changing flight-test priorities.
- Coordinate weapons-support activities from requirements identification through execution and completion.
- Develop and maintain task priorities and schedules aligned with flight-test requirements.
- Identify risks associated with personnel, equipment, material, technical requirements, safety, and schedule constraints.
- Communicate risks and constraints to appropriate stakeholders and support development of mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate test equipment and material requirements to prevent impacts to scheduled operations.
- Manage competing priorities in high-tempo operational environments while maintaining focus on safety and mission objectives.
- Support continuous improvement through technical problem solving, process coordination, and lessons learned.
- Manage munitions, components, and test-support material accountability.
- Utilize TICMS/CAS to track and manage weapons-related inventory.
- Coordinate material availability with scheduled test and maintenance requirements.
- Maintain accountability of equipment, components, tools, vehicles, and ground support equipment.
- Coordinate with logistics and supply personnel to address material constraints affecting operations.
- Ensure weapons and associated support assets are available, properly configured, and ready for scheduled events.
Education
High School Diploma
- Military / Technical Education
- Air Force Leadership School
- Air Force 7 Level School
Skills
Operational Security Management
Aircraft Maintenance Management
Munitions Accountability
Logistics management
Project coordination
Supply Chain Coordination
Technical expertise
Cross-Department Coordination
Advanced problem-solving capability
Advanced problem solving
Verbal communication
Verbal and written communication
Cross-functional coordination
Training coordination
Certification
F-35 Weapons / Maintenance Training, Aircraft Weapons & Armament Maintenance, Weapons Loading / Unloading, Flight-Line Driving Certification, TICMS / CAS, CMBRE+ Operations, Built-In Test (BIT), Telemetry Kit Installation & Checkout, Weapons Safety & Handling, Aircraft Maintenance Safety, Explosives / Munitions Safety, Developmental & Operational Test Support.
Timeline
Project Lead
JT4
2023 - CurrentRead More
Aircraft Weapons Professional
Lockheed Martin / U.S. Air Force
2002 - 2023Read More
Camden County Technical School
High School Diploma
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