Kevin P. Chilton

Kevin P. Chilton
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Los Angeles, 3 Nuwamba, 1954 (71 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Karatu
Makaranta	U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (en) Air Command and Staff College (en) United States Air Force Academy (en) Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (en) St. Bernard High School (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	hafsa da astronaut (en)
Employers	NASA (mul)
Kyaututtuka	gani Distinguished Flying Cross Legionnaire of Legion of Merit NASA Exceptional Service Medal United States Astronaut Hall of Fame NASA Distinguished Service Medal  (1998)
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	United States Air Force
Digiri	Janar

Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (an haife shi a ranar 3 ga watan Nuwamba, shekara ta 1954) masanin injiniya ne na Amurka kuma ya yi ritaya, janar din taurari huɗu na Sojojin Sama na Amurka, matukin jirgi na gwaji, kuma ɗan saman jannati na NASA. Ayyukansa na ƙarshe ya kasance a matsayin kwamandan Kwamandan dabarun Amurka daga 3 ga Oktoba, 2007, zuwa 28 ga Janairu, 2011. Kafin nadin sa zuwa babban jami'in, Chilton ya shafe shekaru 11 na aikin soja a matsayin ɗan saman jannati na NASA. Ya yi ritaya daga Sojojin Sama a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 2011, bayan ya sami matsayi mafi girma na kowane ɗan saman jannati na soja. A ranar 30 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2012, an nada Janar Chilton a cikin kwamitin daraktoci kamfanin Orbital Sciences Corporation.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haife shi a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 1954, a Los Angeles, California, ya kammala karatu daga Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Bernard, Playa del Rey, California, a shekarar 1972. Ya sami digiri na farko na Kimiyya a fannin injiniya daga Kwalejin Sojan Sama ta Amurka a shekara ta 1976, da kuma digiri na biyu na Kimiyya na injiniya daga Jami'ar Columbia a kan Guggenheim Fellowship a shekara ta 1977. Yana jin daɗin karatu da duk wasanni, gami da gudu, tseren kankara, Jirgin ruwa, da kuma wasan softball.

Farkon aikin Sojojin Sama

Kevin Chilton tare da matarsa Cathy Chilton yayin horo na gwaji a kan F-15 a Edwards Air Force Base, California, a cikin 1987.

Chilton ya karbi kwamishinsa daga Kwalejin Sojan Sama ta Amurka a shekarar 1976. Bayan ya karbi fuka-fukan matukin jirgi a Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, a cikin 1978, ya cancanci RF-4C Phantom II kuma an sanya shi zuwa 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron a Kadena Air Base, Japan. Daga 1978 har zuwa 1980, ya yi aiki a matsayin matukin jirgi da kuma matukin jirage a cikin RF-4C a Koriya, Japan da Philippines.

A cikin 1981, ya canza zuwa F-15 Eagle kuma an sanya shi a cikin 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron a Kadena Air Base, a matsayin matukin jirgi. A shekara ta 1982, Chilton ya halarci Makarantar Jami'an Squadron na USAF a Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, kuma ya gama a matsayin mai digiri na farko na shekara, yana karɓar Kyautar Shugabancin Sojan Sama.

Ayyukan NASA

Kevin P. Chilton a lokacin aikinsa a NASA a 1987

A watan Agustan 1987 an sanya Chilton a NASA kuma ya zama ɗan saman jannati a watan Agustan 1988, ya cancanci aiki a matsayin matukin jirgi a cikin ma'aikatan jirgin sama na Space Shuttle.