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Trevor Hartsock is a YouTuber, Air Force Reserve Command adversary pilot, former naval aviator and instructor in the United States Navy Reserves and Royal Malaysian Air Force, and airline pilot. His service within the military spans a period of 21 years and counting.

Personal life and education
Trevor attended University of North Dakota and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Commercial Aviation in 2000. Hartsock was a CFI II while in education where he taught in a Cessna aircraft. He revealed that he had childhood asthma and psoriasis in an interview with C.W. Lemoine which initially stopped him from becoming a pilot in the military.

Air Force and Navy career
Hartsock initially tried to become a pilot in the United States Marines Corps but could not pass the physical. He tried to join an Air Force ROTC program to become a pilot, but also failed the physical, due to his childhood medical problems.

He applied for the United States Navy in 2002 in which his application was successful, he passed OCS and gained a slot as a pilot. He started off at Enid Air Force Base where he completed his first part of his primary flying training with the Air Force. He achieved the grades to be a fighter pilot in the Navy and started training at Naval Air Station Kingsville where he flew the T-45 and gained his wings. After completing his training he was assigned to the F/A-18A Hornet where he was stationed at NAS Lemoore as a part of VFA-146. He gained the callsign "Gonky" in the Navy.

In 2009, Hartsock transferred to VFA-125 where he was a flight instructor teaching in the F/A-18C/D. In 2012, he was contacted by Boeing and offered a slot teaching Royal Malaysian Air Force students as a civilian instructor where he was also flying the F/A-18. In February of 2015 his contract ended, and a month later in March 2015 he became a F/A-18 adversary pilot in the U.S. Navy Reserves where he flew with C.W. "Mover" Lemoine. In February 2017, he was commissioned as a T-38A adversary pilot fighting against F-22 Raptors in the United States Air Force Reserves flying with the 301st Fighter Wing.

Real estate and other endeavours
Hartsock started out a land business when he was flying the F/A-18 in the reserves called "E&O Real Estate".

Hartsock also owns a YouTube channel which he started in 2018 where he posts content on military advice and interviews. He also flies in DCS World regularly fighting against Lemoine. He has over 27,000 subscribers as of 2023.

Hartsock supports a charity called "Folds of Honor" which helps children whose parents died in service, setup by Major Dan Rooney, an F-16 pilot in the Air National Guard.