The Navy's first TH-73A Thrasher arrived at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, Aug. 6, 2021. The TH-73A is assigned to Training Air Wing 5 and will replace the TH-57B/C Sea Ranger as the undergraduate rotary and tilt-rotor helicopter trainer for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

The Advanced Helicopter Training System Team, part of the Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems (PMA-273) Program Office, executed its streamlined Advanced Helicopter Training System acquisition program to ensure the Navy has the capacity to train the single largest training pipeline for chief of naval aviation training at Naval Air Station Whiting Field through 2050. Achieving multiple competitive contract awards in just a year and a half, the team was named Competition Excellence Acquisition Team of the Year for the Navy.

(U.S. Navy photo)