PEABODY — Emily Bellavance recently earned her “Wings of Gold.”
Bellavance, a Peabody native and U.S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade, was recognized at a June 28 ceremony at the Naval Air Station in Milton, Florida. The honor signifies that she has qualified to be a Navy pilot.
Bellavance graduated from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School in 2017 and the U.S. Naval Academy in 2021, receiving her commission as an ensign that May. She’s the daughter of Curt and Mary Bellavance.
Navy Pilot Training
She was selected for Navy pilot training and began flight school called Naval Introductory Flight Evaluation in Pensacola, Florida. She was then assigned to primary flight training Squadron VT-27 in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she learned to fly the Beech T-6B Texan II, the Navy’s primary fixed-wing trainer.
After that, she was chosen for eight months of advanced helicopter training on the new TH-73A Thrasher helicopter with Squadron HT-8 in Milton, Florida. It’s after the successful completion of basic maneuvers, tactics, instruments, low-level navigation, formation flight, night familiarization, and shipboard landing that Bellavance earned the designation as a naval aviator and was awarded the Wings of Gold.
Future Assignments
Bellavance will now transfer to Naval Air Station Mayport where she will be assigned to HSM-40 Airwolves, a fleet replacement squadron in Mayport, Florida, to begin training on the MH-60R Seahawk. This aircraft is designed for combat search and rescue, special warfare support, vertical replenishment, and airborne mine countermeasures.
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PEABODY — Emily Bellavance recently earned her “Wings of Gold.”
Bellavance, a Peabody native and U.S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade, was recognized at a June 28 ceremony at the Naval Air Station in Milton, Florida. The honor signifies that she has qualified to be a Navy pilot.
Bellavance graduated from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School in 2017 and the U.S. Naval Academy in 2021, receiving her commission as an ensign that May. She’s the daughter of Curt and Mary Bellavance.
Navy Pilot Training
She was selected for Navy pilot training and began flight school called Naval Introductory Flight Evaluation in Pensacola, Florida. She was then assigned to primary flight training Squadron VT-27 in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she learned to fly the Beech T-6B Texan II, the Navy’s primary fixed-wing trainer.
After that, she was chosen for eight months of advanced helicopter training on the new TH-73A Thrasher helicopter with Squadron HT-8 in Milton, Florida. It’s after the successful completion of basic maneuvers, tactics, instruments, low-level navigation, formation flight, night familiarization, and shipboard landing that Bellavance earned the designation as a naval aviator and was awarded the Wings of Gold.
Future Assignments
Bellavance will now transfer to Naval Air Station Mayport where she will be assigned to HSM-40 Airwolves, a fleet replacement squadron in Mayport, Florida, to begin training on the MH-60R Seahawk. This aircraft is designed for combat search and rescue, special warfare support, vertical replenishment, and airborne mine countermeasures.
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