Forney native serving with ‘War Eagles’ Squadron of U. S. Navy

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— A 1998 Forney High School graduate and Forney, Texas native is serving with Patrol Squadron Sixteen (VP-16), also known as the “War Eagles”. Petty Officer 1st Class David Brooks is an aviation structural mechanic (safety equipment) with VP-16, a Jacksonville-based squadron that operates the Navy’s newly-designed maritime patrol aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon. Each aircraft has an aircrew of nine, is nearly 130 feet long, may weigh up to 188,200 lbs. (max gross) and can travel over 560 miles per hour and nearly 1,380 miles on a tank of gas.

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