Over his 25-year Air Force Career, Tom Hanton spend the first half in fighter operations in the F-4 and F-105 aircraft with a combat tour in Vietnam flying 135 missions before becoming a Prisoner of War, spending 275 days in incarceration. The second half was in staff positions in the USAF, NATO, and the Pentagon. After his retirement, he spent 15 years as a defense contractor in the Washington, DC area. Tom earned a BA in Economics from Long Beach State University and a master’s in business administration from Arizona State University.