Training Air Wing FIVE

The following Commanding Officers’ history listing is for Helicopter Training Air Wing FIVE and Squadrons. These squadrons train Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard students in Primary and Advanced Rotary-Wing flight training.

Training Air Wing FIVE • HT-8  • HT-18  • HT-28  • VT-2 • VT-3 • VT-6

COMTRAWING FIVE
J. Rezzarday, Jr.	JAN 72
R.D. Harris, Jr.	AUG 74
D.W. Payne	AUG 76
W. Somerville	AUG 77
K.A. Dickerson	AUG 79
J.P. Smith	AUG 81
J.M. Hatcher	AUG 83
R.V. Goodloe	AUG 85
S.W. McDermaid	AUG 87
R.A. Catone	JUL 89
H.W. Nesbitt	JUL 91
R.O. Abshier	JUL 93
L.K. Tande	MAY 95
R.D. Watts	JUL 95
C.D. Hale	JUN 97
P.A. Cornell	APR 99
C.B. Key III	JUL 01
T.G. Jones	JUL 03
D.P. Maloney	SEP 05
J.S. Walsh, USMC	SEP 08
J.L. Vandiver	MAR 10
J.D. Grace, USMC	SEP 11
J.J. Fisher	MAR 13
G.A. Kling, USMC	SEP 14
M.T. Murray	MAR 16
D. Morris	SEP 17
D. Rosa	MAR 19
J. Pavelko	SEP 20

HT-8 (formerly HTU-1 and HTG-1) HTU-1
B. Moore, Jr.	DEC 50
F.R. Drake	JAN 53
W.A. Hudspeth	JUL 54
R.C. LaFever	SEP 54
A.R. Fields	JUL 56
J.J. Hilton, Jr.	SEP 56
Redesignated HTG-1	01MAR57
J.J. Hilton, Jr.	MAR 57
J.T. Watson, Jr.	SEP 58
J.F. Wunderlich	JUN 60
Redesignated HT-8	01JUL60
J.F. Wunderlich	JUL 60
W.G. Stearns, Jr	DEC 61
E.H. Moya	MAY 63
W.C. Gawthrop	OCT 64
G.L. Bliss, Jr.	NOV 64
R.Q. Wallace	JUL 66
H. Bippus	NOV 67
C.J. Jabur	JUN 68
H.M. Morgan	JUN 69
C.N. Osborne, Jr.	JUL 70
L.H. Keiffer	JUL 71
G.J. Tarrico	JUN 72
L.L. Smith	JUN 73
E.R. Kirk	JUN 74
T.A. Fitzgerald	JUN 75
G.N. Wax	JUN 76
R.W. Youmans	SEP 77
J.P. Gander, Jr.	DEC 78
V.C. Secades	MAR 80
C.E. Lassen Medal of Honor	MAR 81
O.B. Powell	SEP 82
L.B. Nichols	JAN 84
H.W. Turner, IV	MAR 85
J.R. Young	JUN 86
L.K. Tande	JUL 87
J.F. Mader	JUL88
J.B. McGill	SEP 89
R.M. Eubanks	AUG 90
S.T. Weir	DEC 91
J.D. Linscott	APR 93
B.O. Boatwright	SEP 94
W.C. Hughes	JUL 95
C.H. Osman	JUL 96
W.B. Watson	JUL 96
J.R. Sickmier	SEP 98
S.K. Noce	APR 99
P.J. Dougherty	OCT 00
M.C. Feallock	OCT 01
C.W. Laingen	NOV 02
S. DeGozzaldi	APR 04
J.D. Alger	OCT 05
M. Steiner	MAR 06
K.F. Knopp	JUN 07
C.H. Heaney	DEC 11
M.D. Fisher	JUL 09
H.E. Sholley	OCT 10
P.D. Bowdich	DEC 11
M.J. Bowen	APR 13
R.G. Sinram	MAY 14
J.D. McBryde	AUG 15
S.A . Audelo	AUG 15
J. Parker	JUN 19
L. Kaman	JUN 19
P. O’Neill	SEP 20

HT-18
.M. Bolton	MAR 72
R.D. Nichols	MAR 73
N.E.Schrader	MAY 74
M.R. Butts	MAY 75
J.E. Thompson, Jr.	AUG 76
D.D. Cameron	NOV 77
G.L. Kochert	FEB 79
R.G. Clapp	MAY 80
T.W. Tilt	JUL 81
T.C. McDonald	OCT 82
D.J. Raffeto	JAN 84
J.R. Wagner	APR 85
R.D. Childerstd>	JUL 86
C.B. Southwick	OCT 87
M.L. Price	MAR 89
R.W. Setzer	JUN 90
P.E. Roberts>	SEP 91
M.A. Coulman	DEC 92
C.D. Heughan	MAR 94
J.E. McCormick	APR 95
J.G. Gallagher	MAY 96
B.Q. Evans, III	JUN 97
T.L. Washburn	JUN 98
F.D. Mazur	JUL 99
*** P.A. Grosklags	JUL 00
C.E. Holzworth	JUL 01
D.A. Schnell	AUG 02
R.J. Colyer	NOV 03
G.H. Briggs	MAR 05
J.P. Richards	MAR 06
J.R. Kennedy	NOV 07
M.T. Murray	FEB 09
S.J. Coakley	APR 10
J.D. DeBrine	JUN 11
R.S. White	JUL12
K. Pickard, Jr.	OCT 13
R.M. Coleman	JAN 15
B.D. Sanderson	APR 16
A. Brunk	JUL 17
K. Kerr
J. Beal	DEC 19

HT-28
J. McLain	MAY 07
C.A. Stackhouse	JUL 08
M.R. Frost	DEC 09
M.T. Thompson	MAR 11
C.L. Pesile	JUN 12
J.M. Pavelko	SEP 13
J.D. Ketcham	DEC 14
C.E. DeKraal	MAR 16
R.A. Dulin
G. Curtis
N. Moore	DEC 19

VT-2 (formerly BTG-2)
F.C. Herrell, Jr.	MAY 60
T. Oxendine	JUN 61
R.E. Duncan	NOV 62
G.P. Bordelon	JAN 64
D.E. Cloyd	FEB 65
C.L. Morgan	MAR 66
A.B. Davis	APR 67
R.T. Klabo	MAY 68
J.L. Akagi	APR 69
R.L. Howell	JAN 70
S.C.Kralik	JAN 71
R.E. Wolfe	JAN 72
B.J. Kinney	JAN 73
T.V. Golder	JAN 74
G.G. Herring, III	JAN 75
D.E. Hahn	JAN 76
J.K. Taylor	JAN 77
R.K. Kunkle	JAN 78
R.L. Folse	JAN 79
R.A. Montgomery	APR 80
J.M. Crumly	APR 81
C.D. Shields, Jr.	APR 82
W.L. Holbert	APR 83
R.B. Cameron	APR 84
J.M. Rose	APR 85
J.S. McRoberts	APR 86
D.P. Fitch	APR 87
B.J. O’Donnell	APR 88
D.E. Erndle	APR 89
C.M. Mason	APR 90
D.S. Cutter	APR 91
J.W. Yaeger	OCT 91
J.J. Durkin, Jr.	APR 93
S.L. Wilstrup	APR 94
D.G. Jenkins	APR 95
W.E. Yeager	MAY 96
H.W. Thorp	DEC 97
R.J. Martin	JUN 98
L.E. Gilham	JUN 99
K.J. Hogan	JUN 00
W.J. Flanagan, Jr.	JUL 01
A.J. Berghorn	SEP 02
J.J. Hirst	JAN 04
* D.J. Manero	APR 05
S.C. Truhlar	MAY 06
G.K. Marshall	JUN 07
W.N. Lipscomb, III	OCT 08
T.M. McGuire	DEC 09
J.C. Hensel, II	MAR 11
J.L. Whereatt	MAR 12
J. Lopez	JUL 13
T.S. Withers	SEP 14
J.T. McGilley	OCT 15
Z.D. Aperauch	MAR 17

VT-3 (formerly BTG-3)
R.E. Ries	MAY 60
R.J. Stacy	APR 61
H. OSborne	MAY 62
K. Cory	JAN 63
J.A. Nelson	APR 64
G.W. Smith	JAN 65
A.R. Schuknecht	DEC 65
D.T. Karnagel	DEC 66
L.F. Brumback	NOV 67
L. Boston	NOV 68
B.J. Bell	AUG 69
P.S. Daly	JUN 70
B. Andrews	JUL 71
R.E. WIlliams	JUL 72
A. Komisarcik	JUL 73
J.K. Taylor	APR 74
C.C. Mendenhall	JUL 75
N.A. Matolay	MAY 76
J.W. Hawthorne	MAY 77
B.A. Beebe	MAY 78
R.E. Duchesne	MAY 79
G.A. Brown	MAY 80
J.F. Healy	JUN 81
D.J. Harbermacher, Jr.	JUN 82
M. Karlisch	JUN 83
W.C. Henning	JUN 84
F.W. Dahlinger	JUN 85
T.E. Fitzpatrick	APR 86
J.Y. Wallace, III	AUG 87
R.F. Thayer	AUG 88
R.J. Hess	JUL 89
M.F. Monigan	JUL 90
W.E. Smith	AUG 91
D.T. Lucas	DEC 92
W.J. McDonough, Jr.	JUL 94
S.D. Elliot	SEP 95
R.A. Eckstrom	SEP 96
R.W. von Berckefeldt	JUL 97
C.P. Arendt	JUN 98
J.D. Guinn	JUN 99
M.W. Douglass	MAR 00
J.S. Wolcott	JUN 01
R.W. Ernst	MAR 03
L.K. Zelvin	JUN 04
R.M. Coleman	SEP 05
C.S. Walsh	DEC 06
C.M. Marcell	DEC 07
J.G. Bridges	MAR 09
G.K. Hobson	JUN 10
P.M. Brock	SEP 11
B.S. Schafer	NOV 12
J.J. Conatser	APR 14
J.L. Lepke	JUL 15
C.M. Biggs	OCT 16

VT-6
W.A. Yeaw	MAY 60
G.D. Walker	JUL 61
H.C. Cyr	SEP 62
J.F. Sowar	JAN 64
L.E. Fisher	JAN 65
T.N. Thompson	JAN 66
F.J. Bernstein	JAN 67
R.T. Mantz	DEC 67
A.B. Headley	DEC 68
A.J. Simmons	JUN 69
J.H. Cochrane	JUN 70
J.L. Bulard	JUN 71
R.W. Moore	APR 72
R.L. Ferrarini	JUL 73
R.L. Kriewall	MAY 74
J.S. Franklin	JUL 75
P.E. Brooks	JUL 76
R.D. Stout	JUL 77
R.B. Mills	JUL 78
J.R. Edgar, Jr.	JUL 79
E.G. Stacy	JUL 80
R.A. Perron	JUL 81
R.A. Keenan, Jr.	JUL 82
J.C. Woodard, Jr.	JUL 83
R.F. Duggan	JUL 84
J.W. Whatley	JUL 85
J.S. Farrar	JUL 86
H.F. Thomas	JUL 87
T.G. Stone	JUL 88
J.C. Grover	JUL 89
D.A. Hathaway	JUL 90
J.J. Destafney	AUG 91
J.A. Mallory	SEP 92
J.B. Gheesling, Jr.	AUG 93
A.R. Topp	JUN 94
T.H. Koger	JUL 95
J.C. Cox	JUL 96
J.E. Mills	JUL 97
D.A. Lumme	JUL 98
T.G. Boodry	SEP 99
J.M. Hinson	SEP 00
G.E. LeBlanc	AUG 01
M.J. Rimmington	JAN 03
J.S. Walsh	APR 04
W.A. Docherty	MAY 05
A.J. Heino	MAY 06
J.P. Considine	SEP 07
J.J. Ball	DEC 08
S.C. Maybee	MAR 10
D.J. Verda	JUN 11
D.R. Jamiola	JUL 12
K.L. Digman	OCT 13
W.A. Inverson	JAN 15
R.C. Roberts	APR 16

K.P. Murphy	JUL 17