The commanding officer of VMFA-232, Lt. Col. Wade Workman, was relieved of command by Maj. Gen. Mark Wise, commander of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, on Dec. 28.
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By John Murphy (VMFA-232) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The Marine Corps explained that the firing of Workman was due to “issues concerning command climate” at the squadron and not due to the lost of two Hornets within a year.
The squadron lost two F/A-18Cs on Jul. 28 and Aug. 2 this year. The first crash killed the pilot.
Workman, 41, told the Union-Tribune, “It just didn’t work out.”