Naval Air Station Sigonella Story Archive
EODMU8 Conducts Important Training with Ukrainian Navy (25 September 2009)
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Eight (EODMU8) conducted theater security cooperation (TSC) training using side scan sonar equipment with the Ukrainian Navy at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella Sept. 21-25.
NMC Establishes New Detachment at NAS Sigonella (25 September 2009)
Navy Munitions Command (NMC) unveiled a new sign and held a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 23 for a new detachment being established Oct. 1 at Naval Air Station Sigonella.
Sigonella Gets Healthy (2 October 2009)
U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella Health Promotion Department, along with Morale, Welfare and Recreation the Navy Exchange and Defense Commissary Agency joined efforts to put together a health fair designed to jump-start and encourage the Sigonella community to make lifestyle changes Sept. 23.
Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Visits NAS Sigonella (2 January 2010)
U.S. 6th Fleet commander held two all-hands calls and toured sixth fleet assets Dec. 30 during his visit to Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella.
NAS Sigonella Conducts Earth Day Road Cleanup (26 April 2010)
More than 175 Americans and Italians volunteered for the annual Earth Day "Motta Road Cleanup" on the Strada Policara that connects Motta Sant' Anastasia to the Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella Support Site April 24.
NAS Sigonella Holds Change of Command Ceremony (23 June 2010)
Military and civilian co-workers, family and friends attended a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, June 24.
Ramage Sailors Bring Christmas in July to Sicily (22 July 2010)
Eleven Sailors from USS Ramage (DDG 61) passed out toys and school supplies to children in Niscemi, Sicily, during a community relations event July 20.
'Tent City' Goes Up at NAS Sigonella (21 June 2011)
Operation Unified Protector brought an increase in personnel at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, requiring the base to erect a tent city for coalition forces, June 20.
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Sigonella Sailors and coalition partners from Sweden, Canada, and Italy attended the World War II Landing Memorial in Gela, Sicily, July 10, to honor 39 service members of the 82nd Airborne Division who lost their lives there 68 years ago.
Service members, family and friends of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella came together at Marinai Base Housing Aug. 2 for the 28th annual National Night Out (NNO) sponsored by the base Security Department.
Sigonella Sailors Help Local Church (9 August 2011)
Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella Sailors painted the interior walls of the Corpus Domini Church as part of a community relations project in Sigonella Aug. 5.
Sigonella Service Members Give Back to Community, Mother Nature (15 August 2011)
More than 50 U.S. service members stationed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella joined more than 100 Sicilians and 20 members of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as volunteers removing trash at the Simeto Oasis Natural Reserve, Aug. 11.
Sigonella Training Team Conducts Flight Line Drills (23 August 2011)
Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy, training team Sailors were evaluated through drills by the regional training team Aug. 18.
NAS Sigonella's Tent City Houses 800th Customer (8 September 2011)
Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella's "tent city" personnel arranged lodging for their 800th transient personnel in less than 80 days Sept. 8.
NAS Sigonella Goes Green (29 September 2011)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, Jackalyne Pfannenstiel visited Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella Sept. 29, to participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially celebrating the new addition of fully operational solar panels.