27 November 2024 Marine’s Award-Winning NPS Thesis Explores Mixed-Reality for Training Naval Aviators As the naval aviation enterprise moves to fully integrate emerging virtual, augmented, and mixed-reality technologies into the spectrum of aviaton training, understanding the impact of these technologies on training effectiveness is paramount...
08 October 2024 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast inducts first F-35B aircraft and F135 power module for depot-level work Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) achieved two significant milestones in the same week by inducting its first F-35B Lightning II and F135 power module (PM), one of five major modules of the F-35 propulsion system...
08 October 2024 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast engineer earns NAWCAD Fellow distinction Ian Hawkins, a Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) materials engineering supervisor, was recently accepted into the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Fellow Program coordinated by Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s (NAWCAD) during an award ceremony held at NAVAIR headquarters in...
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...