Training Air Wing Six Reserve Component Holds Change of Command

By Chief of Naval Air Training

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Training Air Wing (TRAWING) Six, Reserve Component held a change of command ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida, Dec. 4.

Cmdr. Scott Paul (right) relieved Capt. Charles Kuba as Reserve 

Component Commander for TRAWING Six at a change of 

command ceremony held at National Naval Aviation Museum

aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida.

Cmdr. Scott Paul relieved Capt. Charles Kuba as Reserve Component Commander for TRAWING Six.

Paul is a native of Anderson, Alaska. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 2002, he went on to complete flight training and qualified in the P-3 Orion in 2004. He previously served as an instructor pilot with Patrol Squadron (VP) 30 and Special Projects Patrol Squadron (VPU) 2. From 2012 until 2019, he served with VP-69 as training officer, maintenance officer and commanding officer, leading the squadron to earn the 2019 Commander, Naval Air Forces Reserve (CNAFR) Squadron of the Year. Paul recently detached from Commander, 3rd Fleet Maritime Air Operations Detachment, Tucson.

“TRAWING Six has an added responsibility in that it owns the sole output of an entire warfare specialty: Naval Flight Officers,” said Paul. “We not only provide combat power and critical strategic depth in our own qualifications, but we develop skills and behaviors in our students. The habits of integrity, trust, communication, and excellence that we instill in them today will have lasting effects on the future of the Navy. I am excited and honored to work alongside you in developing the next generation of Naval Flight Officers.”

TRAWING-6 is headquartered in the “Cradle of Naval Aviation” aboard NAS Pensacola, Florida. Responsible for all NFO training and production, TRAWING-6 graduates approximately 300 United States Navy, Marine Corps and Foreign Military Service (FMS) students annually to fly the F/A-18F Super Hornet, F/A-18G Growler, E-2C/D Hawkeye, P-3C Orion, P-8A Poseidon, EP-3E Aries II, and E-6B TACAMO aircraft.