Navy

Cmdr. Scott A. Wastak assumed command of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Zero relieving Cmdr. Michael D. France as commanding officer in a ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station, Chambers Field on Aug. 2.

France, a Navy pilot from Memphis, Tenn., has commanded the Greyhawks since April 2017.

His next assignment is Deputy Commander, Airborne Command, Control, and Logistics Wing.

He has accumulated more than 4,000 flight hours in 25 different aircraft and logged over 400 carrier arrested landings, or “traps.”

Wastak, a naval flight officer and native of Allentown, most recently served on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C.

He will now command more than 580 Sailors and 200 civilians assigned to VAW-120 operating and maintaining 22 aircraft.

The Greyhawks are the Navy’s Fleet Replacement Squadron whose mission is to train future pilots, NFOs and Naval Air Crewmen to fly and operate the E-2C/D Hawkeye/Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning, command, and control aircraft, and the C-2A Greyhound Carrier Onboard Delivery aircraft.

The Greyhawks are based at Norfolk Naval Air Station, Va.