10 January 2025 VUP-19 Changes Commanders, Welcomes New Commanding Officer Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19 the “Big Red” welcomed its new commanding officer during a time-honored change of command ceremony aboard Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Jan. 10...
09 January 2025 Navy Super Hornets Honor President Carter with Historic ‘Missing Man’ Flyover Twenty-one U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets conducted a missing man formation flyover to honor the former U.S. President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter on Jan. 9...
10 December 2024 House Intelligence Committee Staffers tour USS Gerald R. Ford to Witness Naval Intelligence's Strategic Role The Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) hosted House Intelligence Committee staffers during a daylight embark aboard the Ford-class USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Dec. 9. Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence visited Ford while operating in the Atlantic Ocean. The...
22 November 2024 Last of the Sea Dragons to Qualify on the MH-53E The last two naval aviators to qualify to operate the MH-53E Sea Dragon are completing the final phases of their training while assigned to training squadron Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 12 in Norfolk...
15 November 2024 HSC-2 Supports 2nd Annual JROTC Day at Hampton University Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) students from local high schools, North Carolina and Maryland participated in the 2nd annual JROTC Day at Hampton University in Hampton, Nov. 8...
04 November 2024 VAW-123 Sends their Last E-2C Hawkeye to the Boneyard Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 123 transferred two of their four E-2C Hawkeye aircraft to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the largest aircraft boneyard in the world in Tucson, in September. This event was part of the squadron’s transition to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to be completed in...
16 October 2024 Historic Induction of the MH-53E Sea Dragon into Florida Museum Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 12 embarked on a significant mission to Titusville, Florida, Oct. 16, where they officially presented an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter to the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM), which will be on loan to Valiant Air Command in Titusville. “We are...
15 October 2024 Trailblazing Women Tour U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier: A Historic Homecoming Women who are a part of the Bainbridge Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam and Korean Wars visited a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), in Norfolk, Virginia, for the first time, Oct. 15, to provide them a...
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...