Final Flight

To the brave men and women who have served their country;
​tireless in their devotion to the nation.

We salute you.

In Memoriam

  CDR Royal W. Connell Jr, USN (Ret) (30 Mar 1948 - 18 Jun 2025)   
AT1 James Guy "Jim" Beier, USN (17 Mar 1963  -  4 May 2025)
LT John M. Prendergast, USNR (13 Oct 1939 - 27 Apr 2025)
CDR Edward S. "Big Ed" Pietrzak, Jr., USN (Ret) (28 Jan 1935 - 16 Apr 2025) 
CAPT William C. Liebe, USN(RET) (4 Aug 1946 - 1 Apr 2025) 
CAPT W. Paul Courtney, USN (Ret) (7 Jul 1933 - 22 Dec 2024)
​CAPT David R. Guebert, USNR(Ret) (17 May 1949 - 10 Nov 2024)
CAPT Tom Porter McClenahan USN(Ret) (23 Jun 1930 - 29 Dec 2024)​
Wing Commander Peter "Cowboy" Krieg, RAAF (15 Sep 1960-13Oct2024)
CDR Louis L. Foltzer, USN(Ret)  (3 May 1942 – 17 August 2024)
CDR Michael K. "Krash" Krasniewski, USN (January 3, 1983 - July 2024)
​CAPT John Walter Covell, USN(Ret) (June 6, 1955 - August 19, 2024)
CAPT Terry M. Dudash, USN(Ret) (December 5, 1945 - August 29, 2024)
CAPT Gary Alan Seffel, USN-Ret (May 5, 1956 - April 26, 2024)
RADM Louis A. Williams. August 26, 1931 - July 30, 2000
CDR Lawrence Lyford (Ret) Jan 10, 2024
​Dennis Clark Klapwyk (Ret) Jan 11, 2024 
​CDR Stephen Edward Behringer (Ret) Nov 17, 2023. 
ADCS Weldon Walter Wendt, USN (Ret) (29 Mar 1960 - 22 Oct 2023)
CAPT John Bradley Gregor (Ret) Oct 29, 2023  
CDR William S. Kerry, USN (Ret) (02 Mar 1939 - 19 Oct 2023)
Dave Seeman, Oct 3, 2023
LCDR William M. Winslow (Ret) May 22, 2023
CDR James I. Morris, USN (Ret) Apr 25, 2023
CDR Frank J. Bush, USN(Ret.) Jan 27, 2023 
LCDR Gregory Basta, USN, Jan 11, 2023
CAPT Steven J. Dunlap, USN(Ret.), Nov 6, 2022
CAPT John "Jack" Wesley Bookhultz, USN(Ret.), July 27, 2022
CDR Richard O. Wenger, USN, June 5, 2022
LT  Steven J. Daczkowski, USN, June 15, 2022
AVCM(AW) Theodore H. Miller, USN(Ret.) May 12, 2022
LT Hyrum J. Hanlon, USN Mar 30, 2022
CAPT Richard L. Keefer, USN (Ret.) Mar 15, 2022
CDR Timothy "Tim" James Deehan USN (Ret.) Jan 28, 2022
LCDR Thomas Bunge USN (Ret.) Jan 19, 2022
CDR David R. Jazdyk, USN (Ret.) Nov 13, 2021
LCDR James H. Lamey, USN (Ret.) Sept 4, 2021
​CDR Chris (Deke) Forbes, USN (Ret.) July 7, 2021
CDR James E. Perry, USN, (Ret.)  March 11, 2021
James "Jim" Edward Church CW4 (Ret.) March 5, 2021 
CAPT Jason L. Chuderewicz (Nov 20, 2020)
​CAPT John D. Larison Jr, USN (Ret.) Jan 29, 2021)
​CDR Donald C. Dailey, USN (Ret.) Jan 16, 2021
CAPT Kenneth C.  Petroske (Ret.) Nov 5, 2020
CAPT Ronald L. (Ron) Frazee (June 24, 2020)
CDR James Albert Moore
CAPT John Richard Eckstein (Aug 16, 2019)
​LT Ronald Nicholas Marullo (Aug 20, 2016)
CAPT Charles E. Ward (Dec 27, 2002)
​CAPT Cary Van Voss (July 17, 2020)
RDM Richard Corbett “Dick” Gentz, U.S. Navy (Retired)​
CAPT Xenophon George Glavas
CAPT Ace Driver (June 26, 2020)
LCDR Paul Ray “PR” Gaddie (August 2016)​
LCDR Dennis Lee "Vegas" Hassman (March 2020)
CAPT Terry Wendt USN (Retired) (March 2020)​
Michael R. Cooper USN Retired (December 2019)​
LT Daniel Joseph “FEY” McGourty (February 2019)
CAPT Thomas Richard Amantea (November 2019)
CAPT S. Peter Huhn (November 2019)
​Walter L. Wagner (June  2019) (Member of VAW-VRC Hall of Honor)
LCDR William (Bill) Moore 2013 
CAPT Henry "Grady" Perkins Jr.​ (September 2019)
LT Daniel “FEY” McGourty (February 2019)
CWO4 John Vernon Breunig​ (July 2019)
CDR John Bernard Quinlan​ (July 2019)
CAPT Scott Eseman​ (July 2019)
​Bill Trolenberg (The Troll) (June  2019)
Lt Charles Haskins USN (Ret.) (April 2019)
RADM Harry Mitchell Highfill (June 2019)
​David Kent Miller (2017)
CAPT Charles Leroy Tompkins, USN (Retired) (June 2019)
Roland L. Willett, USN (Retired)
CDR Jesse W. Lewis Jr. (USN-retired) (February 2019)
Daniel Edward Bienlien, USN (Retired) (June 2018)​
Richard Hawes Purnell, USN (Retired) (May 2018)​
LT Teryl D (Terry) Wakeman, USN (Retired) (March 2018)
LCDR Raymond Farmer, USN (Retired) (February 2018)
CAPT John K. Cammall, USN (Retired) (January 2018)
RADM Charles Julian Moore, USN (Retired) (January 2018)
CDR Stephen David Cole, USN (Retired) (January 2018)
​CAPT Benjamin Bernard Fowke, USN (Ret.) (December 2017)
Michael Lee Lossick, USN (Retired) (December 2017)
CAPT Leo Francis McGinn Jr. (Retired) (November 2017)
​Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Bryan Grosso (November 2017)
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Matthew Chialastri (November 2017)
LCDR Morgan H. Betts (November 2017)
Petty Officer Brandon W. Jackson (November 2017)
Steven Combs Jr. (November 2017)
Patrick Lawrence Ruth (October 2017)
LT James E. Durfer, USN (July 2017)​
CDR Anthony Ralph Marino, USN (Retired) (May 2017)
CAPT William Alan Wolters, USN (Retired) (May 2017)
Kathleen Marie "Maurie" Dombrowski, Navy Wife (February 2017)
​CDR Jeffrey Dale Weddle, USN (Retired) (February 2017)
CDR James David Godek, USN (Retired) (February 2017)​
CDR Charles A. Wenger, USN (Retired) (January 2017)
CAPT Thomas D. Quinn, USN (Retired) (December 2016)​
CDR David Condie Lamb, USN (Retired) (November 2016)
CAPT John Stanley Baldwin, USN (Retired) (November 2016)
CDR Donald N. Daugherty, USN (Retired) (October 2016)
LCDR James Patrick Morrow, USN (Retired) (July 2016)
CDR Terry James Myron, USN (Retired) (June 2016)
​Robert A. Allwine, USN (Retired) (May 2016) (Member of VAW-VRC Hall of Honor)​
​Dennis Witham, USN (Retired) (May 2016)​
LCDR Robert " Tas" Ernest Tasler, USN (Retired) (May 2016)
LCDR Francis Aloysius Conery, III, USN (Retired) (April 2016)
LCDR Michael Anthony Carr, USN, (February 2016)
CDR Burtis “Burt” P. Fike, USN (Retired) (January 2016)
LCDR Steven Philip Ambrose, USN (Retired) (November 2015)
CAPT Timothy "TJ" Block, USN (Retired) (November 2015)
CDR William DeHart, USN (Retired) (November 2015)​
CDR Billy Dehart, USN(Retired) (November 15, 2015)
CDR Gary E. Carter, USN (Retired) (October 2015)
​LCDR George Tompkins, USN (Retired) (October 2015)
Tolin W. “Nick” Hodgell (Sept 23, 2015)
CDR John DiGiovacchino, USN (July 2015)
CAPT Thomas R. Overdorf, USN (Retired) (June 2015)
CAPT Raymond E. Chamberlain, Jr., USN (Retired) (May 2015)
CDR Jack Hilton, USN (RET) (April 15, 2015)
CDR Andrew A. Colletti, USN (Retired) (January 2015)
CDR Christopher "Chris" Edward Kalafut, USNR (October 2014)
CDR John E. Kohler, USN (Retired) (Sept 2014)
CDR Kent Randoph Clark, USN (Retired) (September 2014)
​CAPT Paul "Zip" Ziemer, USN (Retired) (August 2014)
CDR Albert "Bert" Polk, USN (Retired) (July 2014)
CDR Bryan C. Rudy, USN (Retired) (July 2014)
CDR Arthur J. Schroeder, USN (Retired) (May 2014)
CAPT Richard "Skip" Braden, USN (Retired) (May 2014)
CAPT David S. Wilson, USN (Retired) (February 2014)
​Aviation Electronics Technician First Class Roger l. Harper, USN (Retired) (December 27, 2013)
George Estus Youmans (November 2013)
CAPT Robert L. "Bob" Harshberger, USN (Retired) (Sept 2013)
CDR Richard Laurence Moffitt, USN (Retired) (May 2013)
CAPT Jack Martyn Wilbern, USN (Retired) (May 2013)
CAPT Stephen Grant Jogan, US (Retired) (April 2013)
CDR Monroe "Mo" Ahrenstein, USN (Retired) (Jan 2013)
CAPT Richard William Thomas, USN (Retired) (December 2012)
AT2 Lester Dale Ross, USN (Retired) (October 2012)
CDR Jaime Garcia, USN (Retired) (July 2012)
LCDR Clyde G Hunt, USN (Retired) (June 12, 2012)
CAPT Edward F. Caffrey, Jr., USN (Retired) (March 2012)
CAPT Edward "Ned" C. Geiger, USN, (Retired) (March 2012)
CDR Jim Victor, USN (Retired) (January 2012)
CDR Jeffrey Lyle Huber, USN (Retired) January 2012
CDR Karl "Bud" Kuehner, USN, (Retired) (January 2012)
CDR James Victor, USN (Retired) January 2012​
CAPT J.J. George, USN (Retired) (December 2011)
CAPT James J. Kennedy, USN (Retired) (October 2011)
CAPT William D. "Bill" Vance, USN (Retired) (August 2011)
CDR James Charles Heidner, USN (Retired) (June 2011)
Heroic Actions by LT Miroslav "Steve" Zilberman of VAW-121 in E-2C Mishap (April  2010)
CAPT Herman J. "Huey" Long, USN (Retired) (December 2009)
CAPT  John J.  Dittrick, USN (Retired) (November 2009)
Master Chief James Horvath (November 2009)
CAPT John Ogle, USN (Retired) (November 2009)
CAPT Bernard Roberson, USN (Retired) (Aug 2009)
LCDR Jay Woodruff, USN (July 2009)
CAPT Walter Carl Joller, Jr. USN (Retired) (January 2009)
​Chief Petty Officer Gerald Edward Groh, USN (Retired) December 2008)
CDR Steven R. Schofer, USNR (Retired) (September 2008)
Capt. Bill Reed, USN (Retired) (April 2008)
​Master Chief Petty Officer (AVCM) James A. Glosson, Jr. (June 2, 2007)
CAPT James E. Connerton, USN (Retired) (November 2006)
CDR William V. Fleitz, USN (Retired) (September 2006)
CAPT Dan Allen, USN (Retired) (September 2006)
Lt Mike Bordeaux, USN, Dec 2005
CAPT James Richard Morford III, USN (Retired) (October 2005)
CAPT John C. Winslett, Jr. (Retired) (December 2004)
LT Jack "Zero" Minteer (September 2003)
LT Thomas Adams (March 2003)
CAPT Mark D. Henderson, USN (Retired) (1996)
CAPT Robert A. (Red) Perrault, USN (Retired) (July 1992)​
CDR Lauren D. (LD) Burke, USN (Retired) (November 1992)
LCDR Kenneth W. Ilgenfriz, USN (January 1978)
LCDR Thomas J. Davis, USN (January 1978)
LT James C. Beamer, USN (January 1978)
LTJG Norman Lee Rogow (Oct 8, 1967)
​​LCDR Paul Martin Wright Operations Officer (October 1968)
LCDR James Leo Delaney (October 1968)
​LTJG Howard Booth Rutledge (October 1968)