The Specialized and Proven Aircraft program office (PMA-226) welcomed a new program manager during a ceremony held June 20, 2019 in Cherry Point, NC.

Vice Adm. Dean Peters, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, presided over the change of command where Capt.(sel) Ramiro Flores assumed command of PMA-226 from Capt. Andrew Lynch.

Peters said he credits Lynch’s effective decision making and ability to “empower his people at the lowest level” and said his team “was driven to innovate and make mission-focused decisions in a program essential to the Navy.”

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