![]() ![]() Air Force, flying F-15C Eagles with the 71st Fighter Squadron and deploying to Saudi Arabia and Iceland. He was also an exchange officer with the U.S. He’s a career aviator, flying F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets. He is a graduate of Villanova University and commissioned in 1987. naval forces in the Middle East since August and was formerly the director of operations for U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, meets with sailors during a visit to Commander Naval Surface Squadron 5 in Bahrain, Nov. ![]() Pacific Fleet, according to the same announcement. 5th Fleet, has been nominated to replace Aquilino as the four-star admiral in charge of the U.S. 5th Fleet and also as the deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy (OPNAV N3/N5).Ĭurrent INDO-PACOM commander Adm. Aquilino previously served as the commander of U.S. Naval Academy and a career fighter, pilot flying F-14 Tomcats, F/A-18C Hornets and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. The Biden White House gave the previous administration’s selection an additional review before issuing a new announcement today, two sources familiar with the process told USNI News.Īquilino has served as the head of PACFLT since May 2018. The announcement affirms the Trump administration’s December pick of Aquilino to take charge of the largest American combatant command, based in Hawaii. forces in the Indo-Pacific, the Pentagon announced on Saturday. John Aquilino is the Biden administration pick to be the next head of all U.S. Pacific Fleet speaks during the 79th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii. ![]()
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