Accelerate Change: Empowered Airmen

We live in a world that is driven by rapidly changing technology and an environment that includes aggressive and capable global competitors. Airmen are key to cutting unnecessary bureaucracy, recognizing and understanding our competition, and thinking of creative ways we can reshape the design of our Air Force. The Air Force must accelerate, must change, and must prepare for the future!

This page is dedicated towards highlighting the accomplishments of our talented Airmen at all levels and to show the impact they can make when they are informed and empowered to problem solve and make smart recommendations and decisions.

 

 

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Lt. Vicky Gibbons – VFA-106/Rhino Demo Team Pilot
Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic
March 24, 2025 | 0:53
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (March 24, 2025) – Lt. Vicky Gibbons, an instructor pilot with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 and a member of the Rhino Demonstration Team, discusses her role in training naval aviators and performing aerial demonstrations in the F/A-18F Super Hornet. VFA-106 serves as the Navy’s F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron. (U.S. Navy video by Multimedia Specialist Zachary Wickline)
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