Airports and Aviation Leadership

Airports and Aviation Leadership

Example Projects of CivTek Principals

International Airports

United Airlines Passenger Terminal 1 Complex, O’Hare International Airport – Chicago, IL:
Design engineer for Terminal 1, including 800+ feet of paved tarmac allowing dual taxiing of wide-body aircraft, underground pedestrian tunnels with moving sidewalks, and one of the world’s largest underground baggage-handling systems (processing 480 bags/minute). Responsible for slab/tunnel design, delivery, and concrete stressing oversight.

Regional Airport

North American Jet FBO, Palwaukee Airport – Wheeling, IL:
Principal-in-charge for structure/civil over two phases. The project includes a luxury customer lounge, meeting rooms, communications center, and administration offices. Phase two added 9,000 sq. ft. of office space and 25,000 sq. ft. of hangar space with expanded amenities like a flight school, pilot supply retail, and café.

CivTek CEO Aviation Experience

CivTek CEO Thomas Young, PE served in the U.S. Air Force on both the C-141B Starlifter and C-5 A/B Galaxy strategic airlift systems.

U.S. Air Force – Global Aviation Operations

As a Loadmaster, Mr. Young completed over 2,000 flight hours on global resupply and contingency missions across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. He ensured aircraft safety by calculating center of gravity, cargo tie-down, and performing mechanical/electrical inspections pre- and post-flight.

Cargo included: missiles, rocket propellants, explosives, armored vehicles, helicopters, and other combat essentials. He received specialized emergency nuclear airlift force (ENAF) training and was combat-ready, including survival and evasion behind enemy lines.

ALCE – Airlift Control Element

Served as a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) in classified contingency operations. Deployed to austere airfields and trained foreign personnel in full-scale airfield, maintenance, and security operations from the ground up.

Trained in oversight of total air mobility processes including:

• AMC C3 Systems and Reporting
• Mission Coordination and Air Operations Planning
• Load Planning and Aerial Port Operations
• Aircraft Maintenance and Joint Command Coordination

ALCEs are scalable, rapid-response deployment units capable of launching full-spectrum aviation logistics operations worldwide within 36 hours.

Mission Types Supported by ALCEs:

• Passenger & Cargo Movement in En-Route or Austere Conditions
• Combat Deployment and Sustainment
• Aeromedical Evacuation
• Special Ops C3 Support
• Operational Support Airlift

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