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Commander Naval Air Forces
Change of Command and
Retirement Ceremony
Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
July 1, 2010
(Photos by Nancy Wingo)
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Off the port elevator and into the hangar deck to await the services on the flight deck
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I want a Hornet at my next party
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A shadow box featuring name tags, patches and pennants from
VADM Kilcline's long career • John Fry and CAPT Rich Dann
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More views of the hangar deck party decorations.
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The Navy Band Southwest heads to the flight deck • We take the next elevator
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San Diego's downtown skyscrapers are barely visible in the morning mist
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A view of the island
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VADM Allen Myers (right) relieves VADM Thomas Kilcline, as
ADM John Harvey looks on. At left is Chaplain Irving Elsen
(U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Adrian T. White)
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LT Melissa Hawley flew in from Pensacola to serve as a sideboy
for her former boss • the Color Guard departs
at the end of the ceremony
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VADM Thomas Kilcline chats with a well-wisher at the reception following his retirement as Commander Naval Air Forces
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Click HERE to read the Union-Tribune
article on VADM Kilcline's retirement
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