Eric McQueen

Commander Eric McQueen is from Phoenix, Arizona, graduated from Arizona State University in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in business finance, commissioned through officer candidate school, and was designated a naval flight officer in August 2002. He holds a master’s of science in administration and leadership from Central Michigan University and is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College. His operational assignments include four tours and six deployments with F/A-18 strike fighter squadrons, serving with the VFA-2 Bounty Hunters, twice assigned to the VFA-32 Swordsmen, and leading the VFA-11 Red Rippers as the executive officer and commanding officer from 2017-2020. His six deployments span the Western Pacific, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf, and Arctic Circle, and he has supported the humanitarian operation Unified Assistance and combat operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Inherent Resolve. Ashore, he was a TOPGUN instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School in Fallon, Nevada, and served at the Navy Personnel Command in Millington, Tennessee, as an aviation detailer and placement officer. Commander McQueen’s military decorations and personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Strike/Flight Air Medal (four awards), Navy Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy Achievement Medal, and various other campaign, service, and unit awards. He was the 2011 Commander, Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic, Weapons System Officer of the Year and recipient of the 2018 Navy and Marine Association Leadership Award. He has logged 3,200 flight hours and 805 arrested landings in the F/A-18F Super Hornet.