89.) Commander Mark “Gopher” Swinger, USN (Ret.) | Pilot for U.S. Navy Blue Angels episode artwork

EPISODE · Feb 8, 2024 · 53 MIN

89.) Commander Mark “Gopher” Swinger, USN (Ret.) | Pilot for U.S. Navy Blue Angels

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-Mark Swinger is a retired Naval Aviator and former Left Wingman (#3) for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels -After the completion of Officer Candidate School and U.S. Navy Flight School, he became Designated Naval Aviator in July of 2002, and went on to serve just under 23 years on Active Duty flying the F-14D Tomcat and all variants of F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet-He completed a total of 7 Aircraft Carrier Deployments, including multiple combat deployments in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. During this time he logged over 3700 flight hours and over 800 successful Air Craft Carrier landings-From 2008 to 2009, he flew as the Left Wingman (#3) and Slot Pilot/Training Officer (#4) for Blue Angels, a flight demonstration squadron of the US Navy. It was here where he traveled country to demonstrate the aerial capabilities of the Super Hornet-He holds an undergraduate degree from University of Delaware, a Masters in Business Administration from Washington State University, and is currently a 737 pilot for United AirlinesFirstNet Built with AT&T:http://www.firstnet.com/healthandwellnessBuilding Homes for Heroes:https://www.buildinghomesforheroes.org/Download the O2X Tactical Performance App:app.o2x.comLet us know what you think:Website - http://o2x.comIG - https://instagram.com/o2xhumanperformance?igshid=1kicimx55xt4f 

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-Mark Swinger is a retired Naval Aviator and former Left Wingman (#3) for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels -After the completion of Officer Candidate School and U.S. Navy Flight School, he became Designated Naval Aviator in July of 2002, and went on to serve just under 23 years on Active Duty flying the F-14D Tomcat and all variants of F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet -He completed a total of 7 Aircraft Carrier Deployments, including multiple combat deployments in support of Operation ENDURING FREE...

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