Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Mellor is the current TLP Chief Flying Branch, being commissioned through ROTC in 2003. As an F-15E Weapon Systems Officer at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, he deployed in 2007 and 2009 to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Next, he served in the 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho as the Chief Security Manager and Flight Commander from where he deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Horn of Africa and a Theater Security Package, United Arab Emirates. Following that assignment, he continued flying the F-15E at Seymour Johnson AFB as a Formal Training Unit Instructor. Prior to his current position, he served in the Combined Air Operations Center at Torrejon Air Base, Spain.