Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: jb brown in 2010 - battles: cold war - allegiance: united states of america - nickname: j.b. - birth date: 1954 - serviceyears: 1976 & ndash ; 1992 -lrb- 16 years -rrb- - name: james e. brown iii - branch: 25px united states air force - unit: 411th wing flight test squadron 527th aggressor squadron 52d fighter - image: james e. brown iii 2010.jpg - birth place: bluefield , west virginia - laterwork: aerospace industry - rank: 25px major Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james e. brown iii .
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james e. brown iii -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- is a lockheed martin senior manager , test pilot , and former united states air force officer ., he is the chief of flight operations at the lockheed martin skunk works located in palmdale , california .previously , he was the chief test pilot for the f-22 raptor program stationed at edwards air force base in california where he performed activities including avionics testing , flight envelope expansion , and the creation of procedural flight manuals for the air force .before that , he was the chief test pilot for the f-117 nighthawk .brown is a fellow and past president of the society of experimental test pilots -lrb- setp -rrb- and is a fellow of the royal aeronautical society .