2023-24 CHAPTER OFFICERS

Contact: Tim Frisby

Tim Frisby is the President, Central Oklahoma Gerrity 215 Chapter, Air & Space Forces Association. He is also Managing Partner at Critical Components Aerospace, an Oklahoma based aerospace manufacturer serving the Military, Commercial and Space sectors.

Previous to becoming President, Tim started serving the AFA as VP of Communications, not long after he was elected as Executive Vice President. 

Even though Tim has never had the opportunity to service in the military, he does have 30 years of experience supporting the Warfighter managing engineering and manufacturing contracts with the Federal Government. 

He is married to Nicola Frisby, a Principal at Critical Components Aerospace.  They have two boys, both entering the Aerospace industry. 

Contact: Billy Gililland

Mr. Gililland recently returned to Oklahoma and General Atomics Systems Integration as Business Development Executive and Acquisition Logistic Subject Matter Expert. Prior to his return to Oklahoma he was on a three year sabbatical on his sailboat “Beata” sailing the coast of Mexico and Central America. His final adventure was sailing through the Panama Canal and into the Caribbean. He and his wife were taking this time to re-energize after 40 years of service to the war fighter both as a career Air Force Officer and defense contractor.

Prior to the sailing adventure Mr. Gililland’s last active position was the Senior Executive of Predator® XP Programs for the Aircraft Systems business unit of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). In this role, he was responsible for worldwide sales and support for the exportable model of the world’s leading Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system. GA-ASI manufactures, supports, and operates a variety of proven, reliable RPA for military and commercial applications worldwide.

Before coming to Aeronautical Systems, Mr. Gililland was President of General Atomics, Systems Integration LLC, the defense services affiliate of General Atomics, providing engineering services to U.S. Department of Defense customers, as well as full mission support services for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities around the globe.

Mr. Gililland was Vice President of the Aircraft Logistics and Sustainment (ALS) division, ARINC Aerospace Company. He joined ARINC in 1998 as a Logistician and Senior Systems Analyst and worked as Aircraft Systems Engineering Manager, Senior Manager of Acquisitions Support, Senior Manager of International Logistics Support, Director of Technical Operations and International Logistics, Director of Saudi Support Services, and Vice President of the Aircraft Maintenance and Modification division.

Mr. Gililland served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force, working in both operations and logistics. He served as an enlisted technician and as a commissioned officer. Mr. Gililland completed his Master’s of Science degree in both Logistics Management and Business Administration from the Air Force Institute of Technology. After 23 years of active duty, Mr. Gililland retired from the Air Force.

Mr. Gililland served as Co-chair of the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma Aerospace Alliance and maintains his association with the Air Force Association, Logistics Officers Association, the Society of Logistics Engineers, and the Aerospace Industries Association.

Contact: Chip Chambers

Currently serving as the Secretary and V/P Tinker Heritage Foundation for the Central Oklahoma Gerrity 215 Chapter, Air and Space Forces Association. I enlisted in the USAF in 1979, in the medical field, separated after 8 years as a SSGT with a nursing degree. Stationed at Tinker AFB, OK; Howard AFB, Panama; Wiesbaden, Germany; and Soesterberg, Netherlands. Upon returning to the US, I got a job as a DOD federal employee at Tinker AFB Hospital, after it was torn down, got transferred into the Aerospace field, after 30 plus years, retired in 2020. Recently hired back at Tinker AFB, as a Aerospace Program Manager.

Some of my current interests involved volunteering for the Air and Space Forces Association Gerrity Chapter; Troop 798 Girl Scouts; Oklahoma History Center as a Living Historian, where I depict life during the Civil War era. I am a member of the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, and a local Classic Car Club. I enjoy driving my classic cars and traveling the states and world as a genealogist; and helping at the Lyric Theater in OKC and going to the ballet. I love taking my grandchildren to places they have never seen in my motorhome.

Education: Baccalaureate of Nursing CCAF; and a Master’s in Human Relations with a minor degree of Organization Management University of Oklahoma

Married to Jim Baxter, together have raised 5 children, and have 13 grandchildren.

Contact: Sonya Yelbert