JEFF GAGNON

Jeff Gagnon’s flying career began as an AFROTC cadet at Miami University at Oxford, OH in 1981. After graduating college, he completed 8 years of active-duty service as a navigator on the EC130H and C130. Jeff continued his military service flying the C130 with the Kentucky Air National Guard in Louisville, KY for another 20 years. He amassed a military career total of 6000 hours of which 800+ hours were combat and combat support missions during Operations Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom providing airland and airdrop support of coalition forces. He retired from the USAF (ANG) in 2013 after 28 years of service.

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Jeff continues to fly professionally as a captain for NetJets Aviation, a large aircraft fractional ownership operation. In his free time, you’ll find him flying his Super Cub, exploring the grass runways around his airpark home east of Louisville.

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Jeff looks forward to the camaraderie surrounding the effort to restore these T-37s to flying condition once again.