Andrew Gutowski

Legislative Liaison/F-22 Instructor Pilot

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About

Experience

  • Legislative Liaison, Fighters & Weapons Branch at United States Air Force
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

  • Defense Fellow, Office of Senator Ted Budd at United States Senate
    Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr

  • Legislative Fellow at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
    Aug 2024 - Jan 2025 · 6 mos

  • United States Air Force (12 yrs 3 mos)
    • F-22 Raptor Instructor Pilot/Weapons Officer
      Jul 2016 - Jul 2024 · 8 yrs 1 mo

      - Combat-experienced F-22 Instructor Pilot and Weapons Officer (INHERENT RESOLVE, SPARTAN SHIELD, NOBLE EAGLE) with more than 1,000 F-22 flight hours. Deployed and flown throughout EUCOM, CENTCOM and INDOPACOM in support of COCOM taskings. Recipient of the Air Force's 2017 Gabby Gabreski award and 2022 Claire Chennault award.

    • T-38A/B Adversary Pilot
      Apr 2014 - Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      - Mission Commander, 4-Ship Flight Lead with 460+ T-38A/B flight hours providing live-fly adversary support for 1st Fighter Wing F-22 training.

    • Student Pilot
      May 2012 - Apr 2014 · 2 yrs

      - Completed more than 220 T-6A/T-38C flight hours as a Student Pilot in areas of contact, aerobatics, instruments, formation and low-level navigation. Completed the Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals course, SERE and water survival courses for fighter aircrew. Recipient of the ENJJPT Class 14-02 Distinguished Graduate, Flying Excellence, Daedalian, and Commander's Trophy awards.