210615-N-EV253-2041 SAN DIEGO (June 15, 2021) – Capt. Brannon Bickel, lead aircraft, and Capt. Jeffrey Melody, trailing aircraft, Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific, taxi on the runway in MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, assigned to the "Seahawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 41, following an in-flight change of command formation fly-by commemorating Melody's final flight as commodore. During the change of command ceremony, Melody, from Youngstown, Ohio, was relieved by Bickel, from Massillon, Ohio, as commodore of HSM Wing Pacific on Naval Air Station (NAS) North Is
210615-N-EV253-2041 SAN DIEGO (June 15, 2021) – Capt. Brannon Bickel, lead aircraft, and Capt. Jeffrey Melody, trailing aircraft, Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific, taxi on the runway in MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, assigned to the "Seahawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 41, following an in-flight change of command formation fly-by commemorating Melody's final flight as commodore. During the change of command ceremony, Melody, from Youngstown, Ohio, was relieved by Bickel, from Massillon, Ohio, as commodore of HSM Wing Pacific on Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island in Coronado, California, June 15, 2021.
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