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Hometown Heroes
Lancaster native supports the future of naval aviation
3,800 personnel, including 400 mili-
by PO1 Electa Barassa tary, 800 civilian, 2,500 contractors and
Patuxent River, Md. 65 students at any given time. Work-
ing together to accomplish the com-
A 2010 Lancaster High School mand’s test and evaluation mission,
graduate and Lancaster, Calif., native they do everything from maintaining
is serving with Naval Test Wing Atlan- aircraft airframes, electronic systems
tic supporting the future of naval avia- and engines, to handling administrative
tion aboard Naval Air Station Patuxent requirements, developing test plans, re-
River, Md. porting test results, handling weapons
and flying the aircraft.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Jobe is
an aviation ordnanceman with NTWL, “The men and women of Naval Test
responsible for building and loading Wing Atlantic do great work every day
weapons onto aircraft. to keep naval aviation at the cutting
edge,” said Capt. Brett Pierson, NTWL
“The best aspect about my job is the commander. “Whether they’re flying or
people I work with,” said Jobe. “We all maintaining our aircraft, developing or
work really well together.” executing test plans, or taking care of
all the support we need in order to do
NTWL is responsible for safe and what we do so well, our team takes
efficient execution of developmental pride in ensuring systems are ready for
ground and flight testing across all the fleet. I’m very proud of our people
naval aviation platforms and systems. for what they do to defend our nation.”
It consists of five component com- Serving in the Navy, Jobe is learning
mands, air test and evaluation squad- about being more of a leader through
rons, VX-20, HX-21 and VX-23, the handling numerous responsibilities.
Unmanned Aerial Systems Test Direc-
torate and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. “I have done a complete one-eighty
since joining the Navy,” said Jobe. “I
Jobe works directly for VX-20, have become more responsible and am
which is responsible for testing and able to think about things before I do
evaluating the Navy’s newest and most them.”
advanced aircraft systems.
“The chain of command is great
here,” said Jobe. “They treat us like
family.”
NTWL includes approximately
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