Capt. Charles Rainey was promoted to rear admiral (lower half), and became director of the Naval Air Systems Command Reserve Program at Pax River Oct. 1.
A 1984 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rainey is a native of Indianapolis, Ind., and received Naval Flight Officer training at Naval Air Station Pensacola and Mather Air Force Base, where he received his wings in 1985. He subsequently served in Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One at NAS Agana, Guam, from 1986-1989, where he flew the EP-3E Aries and was designated a senior electronic warfare tactical evaluator and electronic warfare mission commander.
He reported to the Naval Air Test Center System Engineering Test Directorate in July 1989 as ES-3A Test Program Officer. In 1991 he accepted a Navy Reserve commission and joined the NAVAIR reserve program in 1992.
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