Lane Drummond
“Sprinkles”
24 years in Naval Aviation, from P-3C pilot to commanding officer. Now ASEC’s senior pilot and training expert.
Drummond, P-3C pilot
Training Expert, Pilot
FMS Training Team · ASEC
24 Years Navy Service
P-8A Department Head, 2018
CO VP-26 Tridents, 2022-24
USNA Class of 2006
ORIGIN
The Hard Way In
Drummond knew he wanted to fly before he can remember deciding it. An air show at Andrews Air Force Base at age ten turned a kid’s fascination with airplanes into a plan: military flying.
He took the long way there. He enlisted in the Navy at 17 as a nuclear machinist’s mate, earned an appointment to the Naval Academy, and was fortunate enough to be selected for Navy pilot as a first-class midshipman. He graduated in 2006 and earned his wings of gold in 2008.
Drummond and family
THE DRAW
Freedom and Pure Control
A feeling of freedom and pure control.”
One flight stands out from the rest. As a junior officer, Drummond was hand-selected for a high-visibility mission that put full trust in a young pilot. Photos from that flight were in the White House by the next morning.
Something people don’t generally know about flying is the sheer volume of information a pilot has to process, hundreds or thousands of decisions in a single flight.
AT ASEC
Every Year in the Seat, Still Paying Off
Drummond now serves as the senior pilot and training expert on ASEC’s FMS training team. Years of flying, instructing, working as a safety officer, and leading as a commanding officer all show up in how he approaches the work.
CLOSING
Defined By Today
Drummond wants ASEC’s customers to know what’s behind the work: a team completely dedicated to getting it right, with enough combined experience and connections to hand-tailor a project to what the customer actually needs.
“You’re defined by your response to adversity and what you do today, not your past successes or what happened yesterday.”
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