20 December 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and Royal Australian Navy Conduct Bilateral Training Exercise PHILIPPINE SEA - The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group conducted a bilateral training exercise with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to test and refine warfighting principles, Dec. 10-19, 2021...
22 November 2021 MQ-25 Conducts Ground Testing at Chambers Field NORFOLK, Va. - The U.S. Navy and Boeing are completing ground tests of the MQ-25 Stingray test asset at Chambers Field onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia...
21 November 2021 Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. join for ANNUALEX 2021 PHILIPPINE SEA - Naval forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. unite to conduct multilateral, multinational exercise ANNUALEX in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 21-30. ...
12 November 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Conducts Port Call in Guam NAVAL BASE GUAM - Ships assigned to Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrived at Naval Base Guam for a scheduled port visit on Veterans Day, Nov. 11...
25 October 2021 JMSDF, U.S. Navy conduct bilateral operations in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and JS Kaga (DDH 184) are conducting maritime security operations and exercises...
18 October 2021 Warships from Australia, Japan, U.K., and U.S. Join Forces in Maritime Partnership Exercise 2021 INDIAN OCEAN – Naval forces from Australia, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. joined together in multilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) 2021 to conduct naval training in the eastern Indian Ocean, Oct. 15-18...
14 September 2021 MQ-25 conducts first air-to-air refueling with F-35C NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. - The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program completed its first aerial refueling of an F-35C Lightning II aircraft by the Boeing-owned MQ-25 test asset, known as T1, as part of the Navy’s broader initiative to field unmanned systems that...
13 September 2021 Tailhook Reunion 2021 Closes With Respect for the Past as Naval Aviation Flies Into the Future SPARKS, Nev. - The Tailhook Association’s 2021 symposium—Hook ’21—came to a close on September 12, 2021, ending with a banquet keynoted by U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander, Adm. Samuel J. Paparo. The three-day event featured presentations and dialogue from leaders across Naval Aviation. The convention...
10 September 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and Air Wing of the Future operate in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and their embarked Air Wing of the Future, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, are operating in the South China Sea in order to uphold the free and open use of Indo-Pacific waters in support of security and stability in the region...
09 September 2021 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Conduct Bilateral Exercises The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) participated in two days of bilateral maritime exercises with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 31 to Sept. 1...