RONALD N. BRADSHAW
Ronald N. Bradshaw is a photographer assigned to the 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Studio, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He performs highly specialized studio and on-location photography, providing professional products and services to support Public Affairs distribution of internal and external information about Air Force events, people and missions.
Mr. Bradshaw entered civil service as an aircraft sheet metal mechanic in 2005 at Hill AFB. He was promoted to the position of aircraft sheet metal mechanic inspector in 2006 and served in that capacity until 2014 when he was again promoted and re-assigned to the 75th Air Base Wing as a photographer.
Before entering civil service, Mr. Bradshaw served in the United States Army as an armored reconnaisance specialist and in the United States Air Force Reserve as a structural mechanic. He also served in the Utah Army National Guard as an infantryman and the United States Army Reserve as a photojournalist.
EDUCATION
2005 Basic Public Affairs Specialist, Writers Course, Fort Meade, MD
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. October 1989 – June 1993, Armored Reconaissance Specialist, 3rd Squadron, 8th Cavalry, 3rd Armor Division, Gelnhausen, Germany
2. August 2000 – May 2003, Aircraft Structural Maintenance Specialist, 419th Combat Logistics Support Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
3. May 2003 – May 2004, Infantryman, 1st Battalion,19th Special Forces Group, Camp Williams, Utah
4. May 2004 – May 2008, Public Affairs Specialist, 358th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 96th Regional Readiness Command, Fort Douglas, Utah
5. May 2004 – November 2005, Aircraft Sheet Metal Mechanic, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
6. November 2005 – February 2015, Aircraft Sheet Metal Mechanic Inspector, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
7. February 2015 – present, Photographer, 75th Air Base Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah