06 April 2023 FRCSW Ally Support Strengthens Royal Australian Air Force NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. - Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) successfully completed a first of its kind reconfiguration of a U.S. Navy EA-6B Growler for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
18 January 2023 NAS Pensacola Corry Station Child Development Center Receives National Accreditation NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Corry Station Child Development Center (CDC) received a five-year accreditation Jan. 4 from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
18 December 2022 NAS JRB Fort Worth Completes $4.8 Million Runway Project NAS JRB Fort Worth, Texas —Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Fort Worth closed its airfield Dec. 6-10 to reestablish the runway threshold from 9,000 feet back to 12,000 feet.
13 September 2022 66th Tailhook Symposium Stresses Urgency to Deliver Capability and Capacity to the Warfighter RENO, Nev. - The Tailhook Association’s 2022 symposium—Hook ’22— took place Sept. 8-10, closing with its annual banquet keynoted by the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday. This year’s theme was celebrating the centennial of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The three-day symposium featured
01 July 2022 Commander, Naval Air Forces hosts Safety Summit in Norfolk Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) hosted its inaugural Safety Summit in Norfolk, Va. June 28-29. Approximately 450 active-duty aviators, maintenance experts, aircraft carrier departmental leaders, and safety officers are expected to attend the event aimed at improving safety standards across the
23 June 2022 TOCRON 10 holds change of command NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - Cmdr. Karl N. Murray relieved Cmdr. Eliot A. Weston as commanding officer, Tactical Operations Control Squadron (TOCRON) 10, at a change of command ceremony on board Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, June 16.
15 June 2022 Kingsley Assumes Command of NAS Patuxent River PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Capt. Derrick Kingsley assumed command of Naval Air Station Patuxent River in a change of command ceremony June 14 at the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VX-1) Hangar on base. Kingsley’s role as NAS Patuxent River commanding officer follows his previous position as the
19 May 2022 Marines Complete First H-1 Mixed Fleet Link 16 Flight NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 successfully demonstrated the first two-way connection between an AH-1Z Viper, a UH-1Y Venom and a portable ground station using the new Link 16 software at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, in November 2021.
02 November 2021 NAMCE-T Aircraft “Move Training” Aims to Reduce Mishaps LEMOORE, Calif. - Naval Aviation Center for Excellence -Training (NAMCE-T) Lemoore, California held their first structured on-the-job training for 10 Sailors onboard Naval Air Station Lemoore October 14.
12 October 2021 U.S. Navy Recovers Helicopter Wreckage off the Coast of Calif. SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Navy recovered the wreckage of the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter that crashed Aug. 31, approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego while conducting routine operations with USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).