22 August 2024 HM-15 Holds Change of Command Ceremony, Welcomes New Commanding Officer NORFOLK, Va. - The “Blackhawks” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) changed commanders during the squadron’s change of command ceremony on Aug. 22 on board Naval Station Norfolk...
16 April 2024 U.S. Navy Aircraft Transits the Taiwan Strait A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on April 17 (local time). By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance with international law, the United States upholds the navigational rights and freedoms of all nations...
05 April 2024 First East Coast-Assigned Navy CMV-22B Osprey Arrives to Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - The first East Coast-assigned Navy tiltrotor vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) CMV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40, arrived to Naval Station Norfolk on April 5...
02 April 2024 Navy and Air Force Fighters to Train as a Joint Force in NAWCAD’s Joint Simulation Environment Patuxent River, Md. – Navy and Air Force fighter pilots will begin training as a joint force at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)’s Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) starting in 2024...
01 April 2024 NAS Sigonella Welcomes First MQ-4C Triton NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy — The first MQ-4C Triton arrived to Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, March 30, 2024...
29 March 2024 NIWC Atlantic Conducts Largest-Ever, All-Domain, Naval Integration Event CHARLESTON, S.C. — In its push to advance joint all-domain warfighting concepts across the command, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic wrapped up its largest-ever annual System of Systems Naval Integration Experiment (SoSNIE) event on March 22...
27 March 2024 NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Achieves Engine Readiness Goals PHILIDELPHIA— NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) led the charge to ensure the Navy’s F414 engines meet engine readiness goals in support of the overarching 80 percent mission-capable strike fighter goal...
21 December 2023 Navy Locates and Recovers Downed Blackhawk in the Mediterranean Sea MEDITERRANEAN SEA - A team of deep ocean salvage experts located and recovered the downed MH-60 Blackhawk that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Nov. 10. The aircraft was conducting routine training when it experienced an in-flight emergency resulting in the crash...
06 December 2023 NAVAIR STATEMENT ON V-22 Osprey Grounding Out of an abundance of caution, following the AFSOC operational stand down, NAVAIR is instituting a grounding bulletin for all V-22 Osprey variants Dec. 6. This decision comes after the V-22 Osprey mishap on Nov. 29, off the shore of Yakushima, Japan...
06 December 2023 U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT - A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on December 6 (local time)...