Lt. Mahmood Alaverdi, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye project officer at Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20, poses with “Ace Maker III,” a restored Canadair CT-133 jet trainer from the 1950s, following a qualitative evaluation flight at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Alaverdi is the Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing’s 2020 Hawkeye Pilot of the Year (Ashore).

Lt. Mahmood Alaverdi, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye project officer at Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20, poses with “Ace Maker III,” a restored Canadair CT-133 jet trainer from the 1950s, following a qualitative evaluation flight at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Alaverdi is the Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing’s 2020 Hawkeye Pilot of the Year (Ashore).