30 July 2026 C-2A Greyhound’s Six Decades of Service Ends with Landing at NAS Pensacola PENSACOLA, Fla. – A C-2A Greyhound attached to the "Rawhides" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 landed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola’s Sherman Field July 28, marking the final in-service flight for the platform...
30 July 2026 USS George Washington arrives in Da Nang, highlighting enduring U.S.-Vietnam partnership DA NANG, Vietnam -- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) arrived in Da...
09 March 2026 USS Nimitz Conducts Milestone Departure from Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton, Wa. – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for the last time in its 51-year service history, as part of a scheduled homeport shift to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, March 7...
03 March 2026 CNAF Hosts PCO/PXO NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2026) — Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) hosted a weeklong leadership course for prospective commanding officers, executive officers, and command senior enlisted leaders, Feb. 3-6.More than 30 senior naval aviation officers and enlisted personnel...
23 February 2026 CTF-67 Hosts Fifth JEDI Symposium at NAS Sigonella NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy - Commander, Task Force 67 (CTF-67) hosted the fifth iteration of the Joint Exploration and Discussion of Initiatives (JEDI) symposium at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Feb. 9-12, 2026. The symposium convened elite maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft...
01 December 2025 USS Gerald R. Ford Arrives in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), currently deployed in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, arrived in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 1, 2025...
28 August 2025 HSC-14 strengthens interoperability and search and rescue capability during Northern Edge 2025 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN – During the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint exercise Northern Edge 2025 (NE25), crews from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 demonstrated the U.S. Navy’s advanced search and rescue (SAR) capabilities, establishing an Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB) in Alaska’s...
28 August 2025 USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group completes Exercise Northern Edge 2025 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN – The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) wrapped up participation in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint force exercise Northern Edge 2025 from the North Pacific Ocean, Aug, 25, 2025.Over the course of nine days, from the Gulf of Alaska out through the...
26 August 2025 VAQ 135 conducts joint training supporting USAF exercises OAK HARBOR, WA – Sailors from the U.S. Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 135 completed a month of high-intensity joint training from three locations, flying enough miles in their six EA-18G Growlers to circle the globe four times during exercises Red Flag-Nellis and Bamboo Eagle.“Our team...
04 August 2025 Chief of Naval Air Training Holds Change of Command Ceremony Corpus Christi, Texas – Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) held a change of command ceremony aboard decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 16) Museum on the Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas, August 1.Rear Adm. Max G. McCoy Jr. relieved Rear Adm. Richard T. Brophy Jr. as commander, CNATRA...