Rear Adm. Richard T. Brophy, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), recently took to the skies over Pensacola, Florida, for a training flight with a fellow Carmel, California, native, Lt. William “Bubbles” Rudiger, a naval flight officer (NFO) instructor assigned to the “Wildcats” of Training Squadron (VT) 10.
Rear Adm. Richard T. Brophy, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), recently took to the skies over Pensacola, Florida, for a training flight with a fellow Carmel, California, native, Lt. William “Bubbles” Rudiger, a naval flight officer (NFO) instructor assigned to the “Wildcats” of Training Squadron (VT) 10.
Rear Adm. Richard T. Brophy, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), recently took to the skies over Pensacola, Florida, for a training flight with a fellow Carmel, California, native, Lt. William “Bubbles” Rudiger, a naval flight officer (NFO) instructor assigned to the “Wildcats” of Training Squadron (VT) 10.
Rear Adm. Richard T. Brophy, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), recently took to the skies over Pensacola, Florida, for a training flight with a fellow Carmel, California, native, Lt. William “Bubbles” Rudiger, a naval flight officer (NFO) instructor assigned to the “Wildcats” of Training Squadron (VT) 10.
Members of training squadron VT-2 "Doerbirds" perform a formation exercise during a cross-country flight to Athens, Georgia on August 16, 2025.
Video by Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Scarfo.