florida usa 2012 2012 founder jared isaacman headquarters lakeland fl usa area served united states key people jared isaacman chief executive officer sean gustafson vice president of client relations jerry kerby vice president of operations dale snodgrass chief pilot deployed operations john baum vice president of training tactics and security services contract air services to the armed forces including airborne adversary support flight training threat simulation electronic warfare support aerial refueling research and testing website http www.drakenintl.com draken international inc. is a provider of tactical fighter aircraft for contract air services including military and contract customers . it is based at the lakeland linder regional airport in lakeland florida . draken offers airborne adversary support flight training threat simulation electronic warfare support aerial refueling research and testing services to the military and aerospace firms . their capabilities include air to air and air to ground tactical training support air to air refueling and fleet missile defense . 1 draken maintains a fleet of 80 aircraft used by the u.s. department of defense and u.s. defense contractors for training or systems evaluation . this fleet consists of 30 mig 21bis fighters as well as douglas a 4k skyhawk attack jets and aero l 39 albatros aermacchi mb 339 tactical jet trainer aircraft and new aero vodochody l 159e advanced light combat aircraft alca . draken is known to be the only commercial air service provider operating fighter jets equipped with 4th generation technology to include fire control radars catm training missiles radar warning receivers datalinks and other special sensors and electronic attack equipment . citation needed in recent news the company announced a 6.7 million expansion of its headquarters and repair infrastructure at lakeland linder regional airport . 1 the company ceo is jared isaacman . 1 contents 1 fleet 2 aircrew 3 board of advisors 4 see also 5 references 6 external links fleet edit with about 78 jets the company operates the largest fleet of privately owned former military tactical jet aircraft in the world . the company s fleet includes 2 13 douglas a 4 skyhawk 3 4 30 mikoyan gurevich mig 21 2 9 aermacchi mb 339 5 5 aero l 39 albatros 6 21 aero l 159e alca 7 numerous corporate jet aircraft . aircrew edit the company s pilots are a combination of us air force us navy and us marine corps tactical jet pilots who are retired from those services or who continue to serve part time in the reserve components of those services including the air national guard . their backgrounds include usaf weapons school graduates and instructors usn fighter weapons school topgun graduates and instructors usaf aggressor pilots usn usmc adversary pilots usaf air liaison officers former usaf thunderbirds demonstration pilots and usaf usn usmc forward air controller airborne fac a instructors with some of the more senior pilots having previously served as commanders usaf and commanding officers usn usmc of operational squadrons groups and wings while on active duty . 8 board of advisors edit the company s board of advisors consists of retired usaf and usmc general officers and usn flag officers who are usaf command pilots and usn usmc naval aviators . 9 see also edit aggressor squadron references edit a b c draken international profile july 2013 florida trend a b tegler jan july 22 2013 . draken international commercial air services . defence media network . retrieved 2014 01 14 . aircraft inventory draken international . drakenintl.com . retrieved 25 may 2015 . draken international acquires ex kiwi skyhawks . australianaviation.com.au . retrieved 25 may 2015 . aermacchi mb 339 acquisition press release draken fleet press release government sells l 159 subsonics . ministry of defence & armed forces of the czech republic . 5 january 2014 . retrieved 2014 01 14 . capt. dale snodgrass usn ret . chief pilot deployed operations draken international . drakenintl.com . retrieved 2013 05 31 . board of advisors draken international . drakenintl.com . 1946 02 21 . retrieved 2013 05 31 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title draken international & oldid 740096860 categories aerospace companies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this 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