Autor/-in: Frank Weisser

Frank Weisser, Commander, USN (Ret. ), is a two-time Blue Angels pilot who was deployed in combat three times, including to Afghanistan and Iraq. He accumulated more than five thousand flight hours in military jets and performed nearly five hundred carrier-arrested landings. He earned a master’s degree in systems analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School in September 2009. His decorations include multiple Meritorious Service medals, Strike Flight air medals, and various personal and unit awards. Because of his experience flying at extreme low altitudes and inverted, he was the pilot for the most complex and memorable air combat scenes in Top Gun: Maverick.