CNATRA relief served at NASM

The Chief of Naval Air Training's command Rear Adm. Daniel W. Dwyer will be relieved by Rear Adm. (Select) Robert Westendorff, who currently serves as Chief of Staff for Commander Naval Air Forces in San Diego. The change of command will occur aboard the USS Lexington museum June 5 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Westendorff was commissioned in December 1992 after completing Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Fla. He was designated a Naval Aviator in April 1995 in Meridian, Miss., after flying T-34, T-2, and TA-4 training aircraft. Dwyer assumed command of CNATRA in July 2019, which consists of nearly 5,000 military and civilian personnel and 700 aircraft across five training wings in three states, including Training Air Wing One at NAS Meridian. CNATRA trains and qualifies over 1,000 naval aviators and naval flight officers each year for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, and international partners. As CNATRA, Dwyer is also responsible for the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. (Source: Blue AngelsAssociation.org 03/29/20)