Chairman of the Board of the Moffett Field Historical Society and Museum

Captain Tom Spink, USN (Ret.) is Chairman of the Board of the Moffett Field Historical Society and Museum and a longtime naval aviator with a personal connection to Moffett Field extending back more than five decades.

A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Captain Spink graduated from the University of Kansas in 1968 and earned his Naval Flight Officer Wings of Gold in 1970. He served with Patrol Squadron 46, flying P-3 Orion anti-submarine patrol missions throughout the Pacific, and later returned to Moffett Field as an instructor with Patrol Squadron 31. After leaving active duty in 1977, he joined Reserve Patrol Squadron 91 at Moffett Field and served as its Commanding Officer from 1986 to 1988. He subsequently held a variety of Navy Reserve command and staff assignments in California, Hawaii, and Virginia.

Captain Spink earned a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. His civilian career included work with Singer-Link, Watkins-Johnson, Precision Echo, and Lockheed Martin, where he worked on MILSTAR, the highly secure U.S. military satellite communications system.

He has been actively involved in preserving and interpreting Moffett Field's history for many years and became Chairman of the Museum's board in 2022. His perspective combines historical research with firsthand experience: he first arrived at Moffett Field in 1970 at age 25 and served during the height of the base's Cold War naval aviation operations.