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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 809-12
October 10, 2012

Flag Officer Assignment

            The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert announced today the following assignment:

            Rear Adm. (lower half) Mark W. Darrah, will be assigned as commander, Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division/assistant commander for research and engineering, Naval Air Systems Command (AIR-4.0), Patuxent River, Md.  Darrah is currently serving as F-35 weapons system program manager, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md.