Capt. Eric McQueen
Capt. Eric McQueen is from Phoenix, Arizona, graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in business finance, he commissioned through Officer Candidate School, and was designated a Naval Flight Officer in August 2002. He has a master’s degree 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-18F Strike Fighter Squadrons, serving with the VFA-2 Bounty Hunters, twice assigned to the VFA-32 Swordsmen, and led the VFA-11 Red Rippers as the Executive Officer and Commanding Officer from 2017-2020. His six deployments included operations in the Western Pacific, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf, and Arctic Circle and 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, served at the Navy Personnel Command as an aviation detailer and placement officer, was a federal executive fellow for the United States Naval Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a TACAIR analyst for the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Cost Assessment Program Evaluation Department.
Capt. McQueen’s military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Serve Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), 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.
Capt. McQueen reports to Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic in May of 2024 as Deputy Commander.