Ed Rush is a speaker, an author, and a fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps. His experience spans from flying small Cessnas to high performance fighters. In 1995, he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, where, after three years of intense flight training, he earned his “wings of gold". Graduating at the top of his class at every level, Ed was selected to fly the FA-18 Hornet. He is a graduate of TopGun, the Navy Fighter Weapons School, and is one of a small group of Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTIs). The capstone of his career was his assignment to be an instructor at the Marine Corps' elite fighter weapons school located in Yuma, AZ. Ed has served as the Marine Corps' leading expert in fighter maneuvering and in FA-18 tactics. He has flown multiple combat missions over Iraq and has fought Russian-made MiG-29 and MiG-21 aircraft. Recently, he served as a key player in the development of airborne tactics for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the next generation fighter aircraft. When he is not flying or speaking, he spends his time with his wife Bonnie, daughter Faith, and dog, Leonard the pug.