Mitchell grateful for military training

By Ron Burtz on Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Former Navy F-18 pilot now president of Fontel, Inc., Aurora

At left, Lt. Brett Mitchell sits in the cockpit of an F-18 Super Hornet during his days as a Navy fighter pilot. The photo on the right shows him in the warehouse of Fontel in Aurora where he now serves as president.
At left, Lt. Brett Mitchell sits in the cockpit of an F-18 Super Hornet during his days as a Navy fighter pilot. The photo on the right shows him in the warehouse of Fontel in Aurora where he now serves as president.

Brett Mitchell’s life today as president of Fontel, Inc. in Aurora and a husband and father of two is markedly different from a few years ago when he was flying fighter jets in the U.S. Navy, but he says has no regrets about retiring early to come home to take over the family business.  And he says the experience of leading other people and training new pilots to fly the F-18 Super Hornet was…