Brian A. Toney
Picture taken May 2007 - Nauvoo Illinois
Short Biography: Brian was born in Richmond, VA in August 1956. He lived in Buckingham/Fluvanna County (VA) until 1967 when he moved to the United Kingdom with his family. He served in Scotland as a missionary for his church from Feb 1977 to 1979. He was Married in 1980. He began active duty with the U.S. Air Force March 1981. He was trained as an "Electronic Warfare Specialist" at Keesler AFB (KAFB), MS. and served as a Technical Training Instructor in the Electronic Warfare Specialist Course and Basic Electronics Course (1982-1986). He was assigned to the "6952 Electronic Security Squadron", RAF Alconbury, UK (1986-1993). During this assignment he held various maintenance and staff positions associated with the U-2 "Dragon Lady" reconnaissance aircraft to include maintenance technician, Quality Control, Chief of Maintenance Control, Chief Logistics Support and finally as a Senior Spear RS-6b course designer/Instructor. He was assigned to Langley AFB, VA, in May 1993 to the newly established 10th Intelligence Squadron and the "Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System (CARS)", later renamed the "Distributed Common Ground System" (DCGS). He founded the "Senior Year Maintenance Training Center" (SYMTC) to train DCGS maintenance technicians in Jul 1993 and served as Chief of the SYMTC until 2003. He retired from the USAF in Jan 2003 after 22 years of service. Brian is currently employed by General Dynamics Advanced information Systems (GD-AIS) as a Principle Engineer specializing in Network Security. Brian has three sons (26, 24, 20) and one daughter (22). Brian's Interests include computers, guitar, and surprisingly genealogy.
Formal Education: BS Professional Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, FL, 1990; AAS Educational and Instructional Technology, CCAF, 1990; AAS
Avionics Systems Technology, CCAF, 1985. Brian is
currently pursuing an MS in Information Technology.
Most recent certifications: Certified
Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Cisco Certified Network
Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Academic Instructor (CCAI), and ETA Certified
Fiber Optic Installer (FOI).
Current Home Location: Gloucester,
Virginia
Work Email: brian.toney.ctr@langley.af.mil
Home Email: btoney3@cox.net