01 October 2024 Navy Honors Longest-Living President with Historic 100th Birthday Flyover Four U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets conducted a formation flyover to honor the 100th birthday of former U.S. President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter on Oct. 1...
14 August 2024 12-year-old aviator meets with AIRLANT and former U.S. Navy Blue Angels during Visit to Norfolk A remarkable opportunity waited for a 12-year-old aviator who travelled from Greenville, North Carolina to Norfolk for a once-in-a-lifetime experience meeting with some of the Navy’s finest naval aviators...
09 August 2024 Carrier Air Wing Eight Conducts Change of Command Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 held a change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, on Aug. 6 in which Capt. Dan Catlin relinquished his duties as Commander, CVW-8 to Capt. David Dartez...
15 June 2024 CPRG Holds Change of Command Ceremony Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group (CPRG/CPRG Pacific) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk's Vista Point, June 14. Rear Adm. Brett Mietus assumed all duties and responsibilities as the 41st commander of CPRG and CPRG Pacific from Rear Adm. Adam Kijek.Adm. Daniel...
07 June 2024 COMNAVAIRLANT Commemorates the 82nd Anniversary of the Battle of Midway To honor the heroic actions of the men and women involved in one of the most significant air-sea battles of World War II, Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) held a commemoration ceremony at the Naval Aviation Memorial Park in Virginia Beach, June 7. The commemorative event to mark the 82nd...
03 May 2024 VRM-40 Welcomes new Leadership during May Change of Command Ceremony Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40 the “Mighty Bison” held a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Station Norfolk, May 2. Cmdr. Matthew Boyce, who is from Spokane, Washington was relieved by Cmdr. Mason Fox, who is from Lemoore, California served as the executive officer before...
05 March 2024 AIRLANT officially kicks off the Active-Duty Fund Drive to support Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society The official kick-off ceremony for this year’s Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) Active-Duty Fund Drive (ADFD) was held at U.S. Fleet Forces Command Headquarters on board Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, March 5. This year’s NMCRS ADFD chair is Rear Adm. Doug Verissimo,...
20 November 2023 President Biden, First Lady Host ‘Friendsgiving’ for Gerald R. Ford, Dwight D. Eisenhower Families President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, alongside renowned Chef Robert Irvine, hosted a Friendsgiving meal in the Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 hangar on Naval Station Norfolk for roughly 400 family members of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and USS Dwight D...
17 November 2023 Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic conducts Aerial Change of Command Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic (CHSCWL), stationed aboard Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, held a change of command ceremony, Nov. 9, to mark a transition of command leadership. ...
25 August 2023 AIRLANT Civilian Inducted into the National Aviation Ordnanceman Hall of Fame 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...