13 September 2022 66th Tailhook Symposium Stresses Urgency to Deliver Capability and Capacity to the Warfighter 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 presentations...
09 August 2022 Carrier Air Wing 9 Returns from Indo-Pacific Deployment Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, embarked aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), returned from a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations, Aug. 9...
21 December 2021 Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50 Receives “Safe-for-Flight” Certification The “Sunhawks” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50, the Navy’s first CMV-22B Osprey Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), celebrated a landmark achievement as they received their Safe-for-Flight certification on Dec. 16, 2021...
22 July 2021 U.S. and Indian Navies Hold Ceremony to Commemorate India’s First MH-60R SAN DIEGO - The U.S. and Indian navies celebrated a historic milestone when two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters were inducted into the Indian Naval Fleet during a ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island, July 16...
29 June 2021 USS Theodore Roosevelt to Change Homeport for Planned Maintenance, Upgrades SAN DIEGO – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) will depart San Diego July 16 in order to change its homeport to Bremerton, Washington and conduct a docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS)...
21 January 2021 Naval Aviation Expands Readiness Cell to Include MH-60R/S Helicopters AIRPAC and AIRLANT expand scope of Aviation Maintenance Operation Center to include MH-60R/S Knighthawk helicopters...
23 December 2020 Female CO Will Command Aircraft Carrier for First Time The Navy announced Friday that Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt will assume command of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), marking the first time a female commanding officer will lead the crew of one of the Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers...
02 October 2020 Ninth 'Air Boss' Assumes Command of Naval Air Forces Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell relieved Vice Adm. DeWolfe Miller III to become the ninth Commander, Naval Air Forces/Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet during a ceremony today aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) at Naval Air Station North Island...