NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD, Fla. - Capt. Jade Lepke relieved Col. Jeffrey Pavelko as Commodore of Training Air Wing 5 in a ceremony March 18. The ceremony’s guest speaker was Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) Rear Adm. Robert Westendorff. Pavelko graduated from Pennsylvania State University and earned his commission in 1994. He attended flight school in Pensacola, Fla., and designated as a naval aviator in September 1997. Lepke enlisted with the South Dakota Air National Guard as an aircraft armament systems specialist and earned a degree from the University of South Dakota in 1996 and attended Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, earning his commission in 1997. (Source: Whiting Field Public Affairs, 03/28/22)
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