Général de Division aérienne Rafael GÓMEZ BLANCO / Major General Rafael GÓMEZ BLANCO

Directeur de l’Ingénierie au Commandement Logistique / Director of Engineering, Logistic Command

Main Assignments: Brig. Gen. SpAF Fighter Airplanes and RPAs Engineering Director (21-23). Col. SpAF Fighters Depot Commander (19-21). Col. Fighter Airplanes Engineering Section Leader (15-21). LtCol. Fighter Airplanes Chief Engineer (09-15). Maj. SpAF Flight Test Center Sqn. Leader (04-09). Cap. SpAF Operational Flight Programmes Lab. Commander (98-04). Lt./Cap. SpAF Flight Test Engineer (94-98).

Main Education: Air Command and Staff College (2008); PhD Aerospace Engineer (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-UPM-1998); Aerospace Engineer (1992).

Other Positions and Achievements.  Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow (elected 23). Fluid Mechanics Ass. Prof. (UPM, Univ. Carlos III. Since 98). Flight Testing & Airworthiness MsC Program Co-Director (UPM, since 08). Computational Fluid Mechanics Researcher (UPM, Centro de Astrobiología – INTA/CSIC, 94-00)