07 June 2021 Fueling the Future: MQ-25 First to Conduct Unmanned Aerial Tanking NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The MQ-25™ program successfully conducted the first ever aerial refueling operations between a manned receiver aircraft and unmanned tanker June 4 from MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois...
06 June 2021 Blended Retirement System CY 2022 Continuation Pay Announced All Sailors enrolled in the Blended Retirement System qualify for incentive pay at the 12-year “mid-career” point...
06 June 2021 Exercise BALTOPS 50 kicks off today The 50th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 50) exercise, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, kicks off today, June 6...
06 June 2021 VP-40 Conducts Harpoon Launch during Joint Missile Defense Exercise KEFLAVIK, Iceland - The “Fighting Marlins” of Patrol Squadron FOUR ZERO (VP-40) successfully conducted a coordinated missile launch with VP-4 using two Air to Surface Missile (AGM-84D) Harpoons against a target barge near Andøya Space Defense, Norway during exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield...
05 June 2021 USS Roosevelt Visits Gdynia, Poland prior to BALTOPS 50 GDYNIA, Poland - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) arrived in Gdynia, Poland alongside other NATO ships prior to the start of BALTOPS 50, June 5, 2021...
04 June 2021 U.S. 3rd Fleet Changes Command SAN DIEGO - Vice Adm. Steve Koehler relieved Vice Adm. Scott D. Conn as commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, during a change of command ceremony at Naval Base Point Loma, June 3...
04 June 2021 Tillis, Murphy visit FRCE operations at Kinston Fleet Readiness Center East hosted Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Greg Murphy for a June 2 visit to the depot’s H-1 Aircraft Rework Facility at the North Carolina Global TransPark in Kinston...
04 June 2021 At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 Concludes ANDØYA, NORWAY – At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS), the largest live-fire Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) exercise in 2021 led by U.S. Sixth Fleet and conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), concluded June 2, 2021...
04 June 2021 SWRMC Supports Delivery of LCAC 75 from Availability SAN DIEGO - Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC 75) was returned to Assault Craft Unit FIVE at Camp Pendleton on May 25 after delivering 17 days early from a Post Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) Extension (PSE) availability...
04 June 2021 U.S. Pacific Submarine Force Participates in Exercise Agile Dagger 21 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Multiple submarines departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in Exercise Agile Dagger 2021 (AD21), June 3...