ABOUT EXPEDITIONARY AIR SERVICES
Expeditionary Air Services LLC provides deployable aerial-port, cargo-handling and expeditionary logistics capability for austere, remote and contingency operations. Built around decades of hands-on experience in military and commercial air cargo operations, EAS is designed to establish capability where conventional airport infrastructure is limited, unavailable or simply does not exist.
EXPERIENCE THAT BUILT THE MISSION
Expeditionary Air Mobility & Aerial Port Operations Consultant
Michael is a former Air Mobility Command Mobile Aerial Port Squadron (MAPS) Team Chief with extensive global airlift and cargo operations experience spanning Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Central America.
He began his mobility career as a Dover-based ALCE “Red Hatter,” participating in crisis airlift operations during the 1978 Shaba II crisis in Zaire, supporting the movement of French Foreign Legion forces via Corsica–Dakar–Zaire air bridge operations.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Mike served with the 2nd and 4th Mobile Aerial Port Squadrons, graduated from U.S. Army Airdrop Rigger School supporting contingency and exercise operations worldwide, including:
• Operations Big Pine (Honduras) supporting Special Forces and SEAL deployments
• Multiple Team Spirit exercises in the Republic of Korea
• Alaska airlift operations
• Higher Headquarters Airlift Controller duties coordinating airlift assets and cargo flows across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
As a Team Chief, he led expeditionary and humanitarian aerial port operations in:
• Turkey and the Middle East
• Desert Shield and Desert Storm, including Rafha LZ (KSA)
• Operation Provide Comfort (Sirsenk LZ, Iraq)
• Operation Provide Promise (Zagreb and Split, Croatia under UNHCR)
• Operation Sharp Edge (Monrovia, Liberia) supporting ECOMOG forces
Following active-duty service, Michael served as a logistics contractor with DynCorp in Muscat, Oman and various Middle East locations, and later as Chief of Air Cargo and Ramp Services for KBR at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia, supporting NATO and special operations elements.
Michael is also a former commercial HAZMAT cargo instructor with experience in IATA, CFR49, and IMDG requirements.
Mike now provides private contracting and advisory services to government, remote industry, and NGOs in expeditionary air mobility planning and operations, deployable aerial port capability design, and HA/DR (Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief) logistics integration, and is the founder and CEO of Expeditionary Air Services LLC.
Drawing on decades of firsthand experience operating in austere and expeditionary environments, Michael now applies those lessons to the design, engineering, fabrication, and integration of specialized material handling equipment (MHE), aircraft-loading systems, cargo-handling equipment, and other expeditionary logistics solutions. His focus is on developing practical systems that reduce manpower, equipment footprint, and infrastructure requirements while improving the effectiveness of tactical and small-aircraft airlift operations in remote and infrastructure-limited environments.
Highly Proficient In Thai and Laotian Languages, well versed in both cultures. Excellent rapport with Thai Armed Forces. Available for Joint US/ Thai operations or exercises also.
Built from decades of hands-on mobile aerial port, air cargo and expeditionary logistics experience, EAS brings operational knowledge gained in military and commercial environments worldwide. From austere airfields and contingency operations to aircraft loading, cargo movement and material handling, that experience directly shapes the C-MAP (Civilian Mobile Aerial Port) concept and every system developed by Airlift Innovations.