Colonel Patrick ‘TISL’ Parrish is an A-10C command pilot, instructor pilot, Forward Air Controller (Airborne), and Combat Search and Rescue Mission Commander with over 2,500 total flying hours, and 706 combat hours in the A-10C. He commissioned via the US Air Force Academy in 2005 and spent his career as a counterland integration specialist since initial qualification in the A-10C in 2008. Colonel Parrish commanded the 6th Combat Training Squadron and Air-Ground Operations School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. His previous position was exchange officer in the role of Director of Air Power Integration at Royal Australian Air Force Headquarters in Canberra, Australia. Colonel Parrish is a graduate of the US Air Force Weapons Instructor Course and National Defense Fellow who holds master’s degrees in international relations and military strategic studies.