15 October 2024 Carrier Air Wing 5 Completes Air Wing Fallon Training in Rare Full-Strength Participation Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 recently completed Air Wing Fallon (AWF) training as a fully integrated air wing, taking advantage of the scheduled hull swap between Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS George Washington (CVN 73) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, Sept. 13,...
15 October 2024 68th Annual Tailhook Symposium Concludes U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators, veterans, industry partners and supporters attended the 2024 Tailhook Association symposium, Aug. 22-24, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. The symposium consisted of various speaking panels, junior officer engagements, an awards luncheon, winging...
20 September 2024 CNAF Hosts 2024 Female Aviator Career Training Symposium Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) hosted the 2024 Female Aviator Career Training Symposium (FACTS) Sept. 11-12 on Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. The symposium served as a forum for women in Naval Aviation across all ranks to discuss career and life topics, provide feedback to senior...
05 October 2023 TOCRON-10 Holds Change of Command WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - The “Kraken” of Tactical Operations Control Squadron (TOCRON) 10 held their second-ever change of command ceremony since becoming a command in June 2020 on September 15. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Karl N. Murray was relieved by Cmdr. Grant H. Regelin. Having served a...
07 September 2023 Commander, Naval Air Forces Holds Change of Charge Rear Adm. George Wikoff relieved Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell to become the acting Commander, Naval Air Forces and Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, during a change of charge ceremony on Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Sept. 7, 2023...
23 May 2023 The Role, Culture and Importance of the Rotary Wing Community Today and Tomorrow The Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) hosted its annual symposium May 17-19, 2023, during which members of the rotary wing and tiltrotor wing communities, from senior leadership down through the ranks, discussed the current state and path ahead for their missions...
16 May 2023 Naval Aviation Holds 2nd Annual Safety Summit Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) hosted the second annual Naval Aviation Safety Summit in San Diego, California, May 8-9. The event brought together safety experts, leadership and supervisory Sailors to discuss safety process improvements to protect the U.S. warfighting advantage—namely, people...
15 May 2023 Investigations into 2022 potable water contamination aboard Nimitz and Abraham Lincoln complete The U.S. Navy concluded its investigations into the separate potable water contamination incidents aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on Oct. 26 and Nov. 10, 2022 respectively...
28 April 2023 George Washington to replace Ronald Reagan as the forward-deployed carrier in Japan in 2024 In coordination with the government of Japan, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) will return to U.S. 7th Fleet, replacing USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the forward-deployed Naval Forces-Japan (FDNF-J) aircraft carrier, forward-deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan in...
21 March 2023 VRMW holds change of command Capt. Justin McCaffree relieved Capt. Samuel Bryant as Commander, Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Wing (VRMW) during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., March 16...