Scott "Intake" Kartvedt

Scott Kartvedt watched Top Gun and then went on to be a Navy pilot. Later, he applied and was selected to be a Blue Angel. Following that, he went on to serve during five combat deployments flying 91 combat missions and accumulated over 6,300 flight hours, 658 carrier arrested landings on eleven aircraft carriers.

He went on to command VFA-83, an award-winning FA/18 Squadron and served as the Navy’s first commanding officer of the only F-35C Stealth Strike Fighter Squadron in the US before retiring from the Navy and returning to civilian life.

Scott is currently a professional pilot and on the Board of Directors for the Blue Angels Foundation. He is an instructor and evaluator for United Airlines in Denver, Colorado, the number 5 pilot for the Patriot Jet Team, the only civilian jet demonstration team in North America, and was a stunt pilot in TOPGUN Maverick and was the aviation safety supervisor in Mission Impossible 8.

He lives in Colorado with his wife of 32 years, and his two sons, who are both naval aviators, following in their father’s footsteps. Learn more about Scott by visiting https://scottkartvedt.com.