VT-2 slates command change

NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD, Fla. - Cmdr. Joseph McGilley, U.S. Coast Guard, will turn over command of Training Squadron TWO (VT-2) to Cmdr. Zachariah Aperauch, U.S. Navy, during a change of command ceremony Friday at 10 a.m. in the Naval Air Station Whiting Field North Field hangar. Under McGilley's leadership VT-2 flew more than 30,000 flight hours in the completion of more than 18,800 sorties, with 350 student aviators going through the primary flight training syllabus. Aperauch has 17 years experience and is executive officer of the squadron. He'll be replaced in that role by Cmdr. Mark A. Jackson, also of the Coast Guard. (Source: NAS Whiting Field, 03/20/17)