Retired Navy carrier pilot living in small town in New Mexico with Danish wife and five cats. :-{)
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If you want to contact me, try Jim Tritten on Facebook. I am the only one in New Mexico. I respond to that site regularly and do not often look at Together We Served.
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After retiring from active duty, served as civilian employee of the Department of Defense at: Naval Postgraduate School (1989-1993), Naval Doctrine Command (1993-1996) where I was awarded the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award in 1996, US Atlantic Command / US Joint Forces Command (1996-2002) where I was awarded the Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Medal in 1998, and finally at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (2002-2009).
VT-31 is one of four aviation training squadrons attached to Training Air Wing FOUR and is one of two advanced multi-engine training squadrons in the Navy.
The squadron has historically trained students from the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force and foreign students in all phases of advanced multi-engine flight procedures to include Aircraft Familiarization, Radio Instruments, Airways Navigation, Visual Navigation and Formation flying.
After receiving their "Wings of Gold" or "Silver", the newly designated Military Aviators will head to their particular aircraft, usually a P-3C Orion (Navy), C-130 Hercules (Marine, Coast Guard and Air Force) or HU25 Falcon (Coast Guard).
VT-31 carries a staff composed of approximately 69 officers and 19 enlisted. The squadron utilizes Beechcraft contract maintenance which employs a totally civilian maintenance force. The squadron's primary mission continues to be training Military Aviators.
Upon completion of training students are then qualified designated and winged as aviators in their respective service and then transfer to operational squadrons throughout the world.
