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Major Erin M. Staine-Pyne
Major Erin M. Staine-Pyne is the Academic Flight Commander for
the 29th Weapons Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.
Maj Staine-Pyne was born in Alexandria, Virginia
on 29 October 1975. She attended Hayfield
High School, excelling across the entire
spectrum of school activities, and graduated in
the top one percent of the class. Major Staine-
Pyne participated in numerous school sports,
and was the Major of the soccer and field hockey
teams.
Upon graduation from high school Major
Staine-Pyne was accepted to the US Air Force Academy. There she
earned a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned as a
second lieutenant on 27 May 1998. After graduation from the Air
Force Academy, she attended pilot training at Laughlin Air Force
Base, Texas.
Following training her first assignment was to the 41st Airlift
Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. She upgraded to instructor
and served as the Chief of Tactics for the 41st. While serving
at Pope AFB, Major Staine-Pyne was recognized as the Company
Grade Officer of the year for the 41st AS and the 43rd Operations
Group in 2003.
Following her assignment at Pope, Major Staine-Pyne attended
the C-130 Weapons Instructor Course, where she was recognized as
the Distinguished Graduate. Following graduation she immediately
transitioned to Weapons Instructor at the C-130 Weapons Instructor
Course where she was awarded the Air Mobility Center Company
Grade Officer of the Year for 2005 and the 2007 Instructor of the Year
for the Weapons School.
Major Staine-Pyne is a “Top Third” graduate of Squadron Officers
School. She has been decorated with the Air Medal, the Aerial Achievement
Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Outstanding
Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Organizational
Excellence Award, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with one
oak leaf cluster and the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.
She is an accomplished Pilot with over 2,000 flying hours and flew
combat missions in Operation JOINT FORGE, Operation ENDURING
FREEDOM and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. She also flew combat
support missions for Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.
Major Staine-Pyne is married to Mr. Frank Staine-Pyne of Los
Angeles, California.
Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom. While
deployed, he was a member of the crew that earned the awards of
the 363rd Operation Southern Watch Crew of the Month, the 340th
Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS) Aircrew of the Month
twice, and the 22 EARS Aircrew of the Month. During deployment he
received seven Air Medals, one of which was a single sortie Air Medal,
and two Aerial Achievement Medals.
For the actions of his single sortie Air Medal, his crew was nominated
as the 92 ARW Fifteenth Air Force Air Crew of the Quarter for
the first quarter in 2003. Following the deactivation of the 97 ARS,
he was assigned to the 93 ARS at Fairchild AFB where he served as the
Squadron Standardization and Evaluation Liaison Officer, the Squadron
Aircrew Scheduler, and finally as the Chief Unit Deployment Officer.
While in the 93 ARS, he earned the 92d Operations Group Officer
Hawk award for actions in the local community. In July of 2006,
he was reassigned to the 351 ARS at RAF Mildenhall. He was selected
for the KC-135 Instructor Pilot Course at the Air Mobility Training
Center at Altus AFB, Oklahoma. Upon returning to RAF Mildenhall,
he was assigned to the 100th Operations Support Squadron as a Wing
Scheduler and was elected the East Anglia Airlift/Tanker Association
(A/TA) Vice President. He organized the 2007 ATA Convention trip
to Nashville, Tennessee, for the 100 ARW, 86 AW, 727 ARS, 351 SOG,
and Third Air Force.
In November of 2007, he was assigned to the 100 ARW Staff. While
on the Wing Staff, he has been recognized twice as the Wing Staff
Company Grade Officer of the Quarter. During this assignment, he
completed a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the University
of Oklahoma in only 13 months while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
His military decorations include the Air Medal (6 OLC), the Aerial
Achievement Medal ( 1 OLC), the Air Force Commendation Medal,
the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Air Force Outstanding Unit
Award (4 OLC), the Combat Readiness Medal, the National Defense
Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal,
the Global War on Terrorism Service Ribbon, the Air Force Longevity
Service, and the Air Force Training Ribbon.
Captain Toth is married to the former Rachel Stempien of Channahon,
Illinois, who currently teaches High School Mathematics at
RAF Lakenheath.
Captain Brent J. Toth
Captain Brent J. Toth is the Assistant Chief of Wing Inspections,
100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force, Mildenhall, United Kingdom.
He was born in Joliet, Illinois, on 22 May
1978. He attended Minooka Community High
School in Minooka, Illinois, and graduated in
1996.
After graduating, Captain Toth attended the
United States Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. He graduated on 31 May
2000 with a Bachelor of Science in American
History and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant
in the United States Air Force. Following graduation he was
assigned to Scott AFB, Illinois.
While stationed at Scott AFB, he served as the Executive Officer in
the 458th Airlift Squadron. He was then assigned to Laughlin AFB,
Texas, where he attended Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training.
He then received an assignment to Fairchild AFB, Washington, as a
copilot in the 97th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS). While assigned to
the 97 ARS and serving as the Squadron Executive Officer, he was
awarded the Staff Support Officer of the Year in 2003. He also participated
in seven deployments in support of Operation Southern Watch,
“The leader must know,
must know that he knows
and must be able
to make it abundantly clear
to those about him
that he knows.”
–Clarence B. Randall
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