05 November 2024 Forging the Future: Carrier Air Wing Five’s return to USS George Washington PACIFIC OCEAN – “Flight quarters, flight quarters! Man your flight quarters stations now manning for event two,” Cmdr. Matthew Voss, head of air department aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), also known as “Air Boss,” called out over the...
23 October 2024 Navy’s Third Operational F-35C Lightning II Squadron Achieves Safe For Flight Certification VFA-86 has earned a Full Safe for Flight certification on the F-35C...
22 October 2024 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Conducts Second Multi-Large Deck Event with Italian ITS Cavour CSG U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY - The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) conducted a Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) with the Italian Navy’s ITS Cavour CSG, Oct. 18...
19 September 2024 Carrier Air Wing 5 Completes Air Wing Fallon Training in Rare Full-Strength Participation NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, Nev. - Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 recently completed Air Wing Fallon (AWF) training as a fully integrated air wing, taking advantage of the scheduled hull swap between Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS George Washington (CVN 73) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at Naval Air...
22 August 2024 Navy’s Carrier Air Wings Will Train as a Joint Fighting Force in Simulators at Sea Aviators across USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) carrier air wing now train as a joint fighting force using advanced simulators developed and installed by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)...
10 August 2024 U.S. Navy and Italian Navy Conduct First Indo-Pacific Multi-Large Deck Event PACIFIC OCEAN - The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and the Cavour Carrier Strike Group concluded the first-ever bilateral Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) held in the Indo-Pacific by the U.S. Navy and Italian Navy, Aug. 9...
08 August 2024 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group departs Guam and Saipan PACIFIC OCEAN — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS O’Kane (DDG 77), and USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) departed Naval Base Guam, August 8, 2024, after conducting a scheduled four-day port call to the island...
15 July 2024 Fighter Squadron 147, Fleet Logistics Squadron 30 Detachment to Forward Deploy to Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan — The U.S. Navy announced today that Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 and Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30, Detachment Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) will forward deploy to Iwakuni, Japan...
07 May 2024 Expansion of Shoemaker Scholarship Program at NPS Enhances Education Readiness for Naval Aviators MONTEREY, Ca. - The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is working to further extend access to its advanced degree programs throughout a warfighter’s career. Building on the recent success of providing graduate-level certificates to student Naval Aviators, NPS and Commander, Naval Air Forces...
06 May 2024 Expansion of Shoemaker Scholarship Program at NPS Enhances Education Readiness for Naval Aviators MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is working to further extend access to its advanced degree programs throughout a warfighter’s career. Building on the recent success of providing graduate-level certificates to student Naval Aviators, NPS and Commander, Naval Air...