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).
08 November 2023 NAS Pensacola Hosts 2023 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow PENSACOLA, Fla. – Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola hosted the 2023 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow at the air station Nov. 3 and 4, the final airshow of the season.
31 October 2023 F-35 Test Team Performs First Night SRVL Aboard HMS Prince of Wales WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN -- An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the first night shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) aboard HMS Prince of Wales (R09), the U.K.’s newest aircraft carrier, in Atlantic waters off the U.S. Eastern Seaboard just after 9 p.m. Oct. 29, 2023.
20 October 2023 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast inducts its first F135 Power Module, begins Artisan training Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) inducted its first F135 Power Module (PM) Aug. 24, one of the five major modules that make up the propulsion system on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
05 October 2023 VAW-120 Sailors participate in Community Service Project PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Sailors assigned to Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 120, the “Greyhawks,” participated in a community service event at Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept. 15.
07 September 2023 Navy Accepts Upgraded E-6B Mercury, Delivering Enhanced Capabilities to the Fleet LAKE CHARLES, La. - The U.S. Navy in June accepted the first E-6B Mercury upgraded by Northrop Grumman Corp. in Lake Charles, Louisiana, delivering enhanced airborne strategic communication capabilities to the warfighter.
07 September 2023 Electronic Attack Systems Program Using Digital Twins to Impact Naval Aviation PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Naval Air Systems Command’s Airborne Electronic Attack Systems Program Office is turning to digital technology to improve readiness, explore new capabilities and expedite training.
17 August 2023 IWTC Corry Station Alumni One of Navy’s Newest Aerial Vehicle Operators PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Warrant Officer 1 Thomas Forsythe, an Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station alumni, was among the first to be “winged” as an Aerial Vehicle Operator (AVO) for the MQ-25 Stingray and earn the warrant officer designator 7371, at the Naval Aviation
11 August 2023 NAS Whidbey Island SAR Rescues Climber on Mt. Stuart NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. -- A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island hoisted a climber off a cliff on Mt. Stuart the night of August 10, 2023.