Editing Rick Husband (section)

==U.S. Air Force career==
Husband was assigned to a squadron at [[Moody Air Force Base]] in [[Valdosta, Georgia]], flying the F-4E. He then transferred to [[George AFB]], in [[Victorville, California]] in December 1985, where Husband became an F-4 instructor. By then, he had accumulated 1000 hours of flying time.<ref name=Rick/>{{rp|30,32}}

In December 1987, Husband was assigned to [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in [[California]], where he attended the [[USAF Test Pilot School]] class 88A along with future [[Canadian Space Agency]] astronaut [[Chris Hadfield]]. Upon completion of test pilot school, Husband served as a test pilot flying the F-4 and all five models of the [[F-15 Eagle]]. In the F-15 Combined Test Force, he was the program manager for the [[Pratt & Whitney]] [[Pratt & Whitney F100#F100-PW-229|F100-PW-229]] increased performance engine, and also served as the F-15 Aerial Demonstration Pilot.

In June 1992, Husband was assigned to the Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment at [[Boscombe Down]], England, as an exchange test pilot with the [[Royal Air Force]]. At Boscombe Down, he was the Tornado GR1 and GR4 Project Pilot and served as a test pilot in the Hawk, Hunter, Buccaneer, Jet Provost, Tucano, and Harvard.

Husband logged over 3,800 hours of flight time in more than 40 different types of [[aircraft]].<ref name="NASA Bio" />