Robert Mitchell

The National Association of Flight Instructors is proud to announce that NAFI member
Robert Mitchell has earned accreditation as a NAFI Master Flight Instructor. This is Mitchell’s third NAFI Master Flight Instructor accreditation.

Mitchell has been a military and civilian flight instructor for more 34 years and has flown
more than 8,000 flight hours, including 500 combat hours. He served two combat tours and served as a Medevac battalion commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mitchell retired with the rank of colonel after serving 30 years in the United States Army.

Mitchell is a graduate of the University of Toledo and holds master’s degrees from Embry-
Riddle Aeronautical University and the U.S. Army War College. He owns and operates
Strikehawk Aviation, a flight training school in Enterprise, Alabama. Mitchell volunteers for the EAA Young Eagles and the Troy University Air Force ROTC You Can Fly Scholarship program.