20 July 2020 CNAL Continues to Leverage Aircraft Readiness by Restoring an E/A-18G, Returning Aircraft to the Fleet As the Naval Aviation Enterprise continues to press forward with aircraft readiness, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) has maintained its readiness sustainment efforts to improve not only the culture of life-cycle acquisition and maintenance best practices but to improve the overall Naval...
27 March 2024 Naval Air Force Atlantic Nuclear-Trained Officer Shares Experiences Serving in the Navy with Indian River High School during Career Day Capt. Kathryn Wijnaldum, the officer in charge of the surface propulsion mobile training team assigned to Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), spoke to students attending Indian River High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) in Chesapeake, March 27. ...
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,...
27 February 2024 VFA-37 ‘Ragin’ Bulls’ Host Professional Bull Riders, Recognized with Sport’s ‘Be Cowboy’ Award As the “Ragin’ Bulls” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37 still settle in after their nearly nine-month deployment aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), they got the special opportunity to share what kept them motivated during their time at sea with some special guests.Professional...
24 January 2024 Essay Winners win Opportunity to Shadow AIRLANT’s Force Master Chief for the Day Two students from Advanced Technology Center’s (ATC) Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering course in Virginia Beach, who submitted essays on what their Navy means to them, won the first-ever Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) essay contest. The students were provided an opportunity to...
26 September 2023 VP-45 Conducts First All-Female Flight with Support from an All-Female Ground Maintenance Crew Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 conducted its first all-female flight aboard a P-8A Poseidon aircraft out of Jacksonville, Florida, Sept. 21. A total of 12 aircrew consisting of eight officers and four enlisted Sailors participated in a training flight above the skies of Jacksonville to train the future of...
25 July 2023 CNAL Squadrons Receive Battle "E" Award Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), presented the first of many Battle Efficiency, or Battle “E,” awards to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11, Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 126 and Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, July 17 and July...
22 May 2023 CNAL Announces Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year for 2022 Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) named the Fiscal Year 2022 Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year after a week of consideration, May 19. ...
21 November 2022 Naval Air Force Atlantic Commander Embarks George H.W. Bush on Deployment Rear Adm. John F. Meier, commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, embarked the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Nov. 13-14, 2022...
21 November 2022 Ford’s first CO returns for Ford’s first deployment Rear Adm. John F. Meier, the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) first commanding officer and current commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, visited Ford during the ship’s first deployment, Nov. 10-11, 2022...