NAVAIR has new boss

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Improving readiness and increasing speed to the fleet will remain priorities at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) under Vice Adm. G. Dean Peters, who relieved Vice Adm. Paul Grosklags here at a May 31 ceremony. Peters received his third star minutes before the ceremony. Peters comes to NAVAIR from duty as program executive officer for Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault and Special Mission Programs (PEO(A)). A 1985 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Peters earned his wings in 1986 and flew SH-2F helicopters on deployments to the North Atlantic, Arabian Gulf, and the Gulf of Mexico in support of anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare and counter-narcotics operations. For Grosklags, the ceremony marked retirement after a 36-year naval career. Previously in his career, he served as commander of Helicopter Training Squadron (HT) 18 and earlier as a T-34C flight instructor both at NAS Whiting Field, Fla. (Source: Naval Aviation News 05/31/18)