05 September 2025 Naval Air Force Atlantic Holds Change of Command Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) held a change of command ceremony to mark the transition of command leadership aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Sept. 5...
20 August 2025 Navy F/A-18E Pilot Safely Recovered After Ejection Off Coast of Virginia NORFOLK, Va. - At approximately 9:53 a.m. EDT, a pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, ejected from an F/A-18E Super Hornet while operating off the coast of Virginia during a routine training flight...
11 August 2025 USS Harry S. Truman Conducts Ammunition Offload at Sea Following Historic Deployment ATLANTIC OCEAN – Two months after returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) demonstrated its sustained readiness with a five-day ammunition offload while underway in the Atlantic...
25 July 2023 CNAL Squadrons Receive Battle "E" Award NORFOLK, Va. - Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), presented the first of many Battle Efficiency, or Battle “E,” awards to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11, Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 126 and Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81,...
22 May 2023 CNAL Announces Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year for 2022 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) named the Fiscal Year 2022 Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year after a week of consideration, May 19. ...
14 December 2022 Out With the Old, in with the New…Radios! NORFOLK, Va. - Over the past year, as a part of an ongoing, proactive effort to provide and sustain a safe environment for all of naval aviation, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) recently helped replace flight line radios for Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic (SFWL)...
21 November 2022 Naval Air Force Atlantic Commander Embarks George H.W. Bush on Deployment ADRIATIC SEA - Rear Adm. John F. Meier, commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, embarked the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Nov. 13-14, 2022...
30 September 2022 CNAL Stands Up Safety Training Team Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), established a safety training team, September 16, 2022, in order to observe, understand, and solve potential risk factors in naval aviation. ...
30 September 2022 CNAL Stands Up Safety Training Team NORFOLK, Va. - Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), established a safety training team, September 16, 2022, in order to observe, understand, and solve potential risk factors in naval aviation...
20 September 2022 Norway Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, SECNAV Visit USS Gerald R. Ford NORFOLK, Va. - Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, Norway’s Minister of Defense Bjørn Arild Gram, and the U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Sept. 19, 2022...