Background
Garan,, Ronald J. was born on October 30, 1961 in Yonkers, New York, United States.
Garan,, Ronald J. was born on October 30, 1961 in Yonkers, New York, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, State University of New York College, Oneonta, 1982. Master in Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1994. Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University Florida, 1996.
Graduate, United States Air Force Fighter Weapons School, 1989. Attended, United States Naval Pilot School, Patuxent River Naval Air Station, 1997.
Commission as 2nd lieutenant United States Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1984. Attended Undergraduate Pilot Training, earned wings Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1985. Completed F-16 training Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
Combat ready F-16 pilot 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany, 1986—1988. Reassigned to and served as instructor pilot, evaluator pilot and combat ready F-16 pilot 17th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 1988, squadron weapons officer, 1989. Flew F-16 combat missions SouthWest Asia, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1990—1991.
Weapons school instructor pilot, flight Commander, assistant operations officer United States Air Force Weapons School, 1991—1994. Reassigned to and served as devlop. test pilot, chief F-16 pilot 39th Flight Test Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 1994, director, Joint Air to Surface Missile Combined Test Force, 1997. Operations officer 40th Flight Test Squadron, 2000.
Pilot, astronaut National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 2000. Assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station and Shuttle Operations Branches. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2002.
Aquanaut through participation in the joint National Aeronautics and Space Administration-National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, NEEMO 9 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration Extreme Environment Mission Operations), an exploration research mission held Aquarius., 06. Mission specialist 2 for ascent and entry, perform 3 spacewalks, operate shuttle arm and assist in the activation of Kibo Laboratory STS-124 Mission (Discovery), mission to International Space Station to launch components to complete Japanese Kibo Laboratory, 2008.
Founder Manna Energy Foundation. Member of Engineers Without Borders, International Solar Energy Society, Society Experimental Test Pilots.
Son of Ronald Garan, Senior, Linda Lichtblau. Married Carmel Courtney. 3 children.