A friendship that began 35 years ago in Aberdeen, Maryland working together at a pet store, brought two women together at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana’s 2025 air show for an emotional reunion that neither say they will ever forget.
Lynne Shepard made a five-hour drive from Aberdeen, Maryland to Chesterfield, Virginia to pick up her longtime friend Barbie Lecaroz and then bring her to Virginia Beach to see the Blue Angels perform at NAS Oceana. For most attendees, this year’s air show was a celebration of 250 years of America’s Navy. For these two friends, it meant everything.
“A little while back, I was diagnosed with lung cancer, and I have advanced degenerative disc disease,” Lecaroz said…