David Cohen

Dave Cohen served over 26 years as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, rising to the rank of colonel. He holds a commercial drone pilot certificate and is a certified flight instructor with commercial, multi-engine and instrument ratings, as well as an advanced and instrument ground instructor certificate.

During his Air Force career, Cohen held numerous command positions around the globe, leading air refueling and flight test units, and was a Joint Staff planning officer at the Pentagon. He is a command pilot with more than 2,500 hours in various military aircraft, including the KC-135R/T, T-37B, C-37A, and T-38A aircraft and numerous civilian aircraft. Cohen has flown combat and combat support missions in Africa, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Central and South America, and Libya, as well as air defense missions over the United States.

Following his retirement from the Air Force, Cohen became the senior manager for costume inventory and warehousing with the Walt Disney Company and was charged with providing cast member and crewmember costumes for Walt Disney World, Disneyland and the Disney Cruise Line.

Cohen also taught Air Force Junior ROTC in Orange County Public Schools (Florida) and was an aviation instructor in Lake County Schools (Florida), where he was also the school district’s aviation program specialist. In addition, he spent six years as an adjunct professor at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

• Distinguished graduate of Air Force ROTC, Boston University
• B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Boston University
• M.S., industrial engineering, New Mexico State University
• Masters, military operational art & science, distinguished graduate, U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College
• MBA, Washington State University