Retiring from naval service is a time-honored tradition and is especially significant if family members play a part in the ceremony. This was the case when now retired, Rear Adm. John Meier, conducted his retirement ceremony in conjunction with the Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) change of...

As taps played in the distant background the last C-2A Greyhound aircraft assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30 arrived at Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Sept. 20, after flying its final flight. Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing (ACCLOGWING) leadership and Sailors assigned...

Growing up in their native town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cmdr. Jeffrey Creighan, commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 “Jolly Rogers,” and Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Healey, could only imagine participating in a flyover of their namesake city’s football stadium. Now, 24...

The Virginia Beach Military Aviation Museum hosted a Girls in Aviation event where more than 300 young aviation enthusiasts had the opportunity to learn more about aviation and talk to representatives in the field, Sept. 9. ...

Service members gathered at the Naval Support Activities (NSA) Hampton Roads Chapel to participate in a course called safeTALK. Students who graduate this free, three-hour course will leave with the tools necessary to watch for, prevent, and aid people who suffer from suicidal tendencies or...

Twelve U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) civilian professors who had never set foot on an aircraft carrier had an opportunity to experience landing onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and embarking aboard for an overnight stay, Aug. 29. ...

Earlier this month, Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) held a renaming ceremony and renamed the command’s conference room to the “Thomas Hudner Conference Room” to recognize the decorated naval aviator. ...

Naval Air Force Atlantic’s (AIRLANT) Dion Edon, the Aviation Ship Weapons Integration manager, was inducted into the National Aviation Ordnanceman’s (AO) Hall of Fame (HOF) during the annual Aviation Ordnancemen Managers Leadership Continuum and the Association of Aviation Ordnancemen...

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83 held an airborne change of command ceremony while flying over Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, where Cmdr. Richard Prescott was relieved of command by Cmdr. Benjamin Orloff, Aug. 18. ...

Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) held a change of command ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), Aug. 17. ...