Board of Directors.

Franklin Fields is a retired U.S. Army officer, combat veteran, attorney, flight instructor, and aviation entrepreneur. A recipient of the Bronze Star Medal, he served with the 101st Airborne Division, commanded soldiers in Iraq, and served within the Army's senior Air and Missile Defense Command.

Frank earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida and is a licensed attorney, real estate broker, commercial pilot, and certified flight instructor. He is co-owner of Fly Keystone Flight School and serves on the Keystone Heights Airport Authority Board.

The son of a U.S. Air Force Vietnam veteran who worked on O-2 Skymasters, Frank grew up on Air Force bases surrounded by military aviation. That early connection inspired a lifelong passion for aviation and military history and ultimately led to the co-founding of the Skymaster Warbird Foundation.

Tyson Banks brings more than 25 years of airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and special operations aviation experience to the Skymaster Warbird Foundation. Over the course of his career, he has accumulated more than 4,000 flight hours in the Cessna Skymaster, giving him deep firsthand knowledge of the aircraft and its mission capabilities.

Tyson has supported combat and contingency operations across the globe, including deployments in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. His extensive operational background in ISR and special operations aviation provided firsthand insight into the unique role the Skymaster played in military and special mission environments.

He is dedicated to preserving the history, legacy, and continued operation of this iconic aircraft — and to educating future generations about its contributions to military aviation and airborne reconnaissance. His passion for aviation heritage, combined with decades of operational experience, helps ensure that the stories of the Skymaster and the people who flew it continue to inspire.

Richard "Snake" Jackson is a retired military aviator and current contract pilot-engineer for the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. Over the course of his career, Snake flew with the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and Coast Guard across training, operations, and flight test roles — accumulating a global flight record that includes the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions, Operation Desert Storm, and counter-terrorism missions.

His post-military career brought him full circle to the aircraft he'd long admired: the Cessna Skymaster. Snake flew Skymasters in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations and has since logged more than 5,000 hours across various Skymaster types and mission profiles.

Snake joined the Skymaster Warbird Foundation to help preserve the legacy of this remarkable aircraft — and to honor the pilots, observers, and support personnel who flew it across so many theaters and missions throughout history. He lives in Maine with his wife, Kat, where they share their home with rescue animals on a tree farm.

DJ "Grinch" Landreneau spent more than a decade flying the Cessna 337 Skymaster and its military O-2 derivative in some of the most demanding operational environments in the world. A former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot with combat cruise experience aboard carrier strike groups, Landreneau transitioned to contract ISR operations in Iraq from 2008 to 2013, accumulating approximately 4,000 hours in the C-337 platform before continuing O-2 operations in subsequent contractor roles — bringing his total Skymaster-family flight time to roughly 5,000 hours across a career spanning more than 7,200 total logged hours.

That operational depth gives him a rare perspective on what the Skymaster was built to do and what it proved capable of in sustained real-world use. He brings that experience to the Skymaster Warbird Foundation as a volunteer board member, supporting the Foundation's mission to preserve the history and legacy of a platform he knows intimately — not from the ramp, but from the left seat.

Landreneau is co-founder of Nycteris Group, an airborne services company operating PA-31 Navajo and M-337 platforms for survey and payload test missions. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate, is based in Florida, and spends time on his farm in Georgia.