Ed Herlik

Background

Herlik, Ed (parents American citizens). Son of Querin Herlik.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering and International Affairs, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1980. Master of Arts in National Security Studies, California State University, San Bernardino, 1986. Degree, Air War College, 2006.

Career

Commissioned pilot United States Air Force, 1980, advanced through grades to Lieutenant Colonel, 2001. Pilot United States Air Force Reserve, Colorado Springs, 1990—2008. Principal, owner Innovate Ltd., since 1992.

Consultant in field.

Achievements

• License airline transport pilot Federal Aviation Administration, 1993. Achievements include patents for innovative airtankers and innovative methods for aerial fire fighting. Patents for method and system to measure dynamic loads or stresses in aircaft, machines, and structures.
  
  Patents pending for stratospheric indefinate-endurance airships. Patents pending for hybrid engine for vehicles.

Works

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• book

  • Separated by War: An Oral History by Desert Storm Fliers and Their Families

    (Separated by War: An Oral History by Desert Storm Fliers ...)

• Other Work

  • Author: Separated by War, An Oral History by Desert Storm Fliers and Their Families.

Membership

Intern Chairman Senate Armed Services Committee, Washington, 1979. Volunteer various presidential and congressional campaigns, Colorado Springs, 2000—2008. Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer Market Intel Group, since 2009.

Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Air Force Academy Association Graduates, Mensa, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Flying, scuba diving, exercise, hunting, travel.

Connections

Married Cindy Strong-Herlik, August 1982.

Father:

Querin Herlik Herlik

Spouse:

Cindy Strong-Herlik