10 February 2025 HSM-79 holds Change of Command Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79, the “Griffins,” welcomed its newest commanding officer during a time-honored change of command ceremony aboard Naval Station Rota, Feb. 6. ...
24 January 2025 Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic Changes Commodores during Ceremony Capt. John "Swede" Anderson, commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic (HSMWL), was relieved by Capt. David "Biz" Bizzarri during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Station Mayport, Jan. 23. ...
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...
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 TUCSON, Ariz. - 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...
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...
05 March 2024 AIRLANT kicks off 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,...
19 November 2023 President Biden, First Lady Host ‘Friendsgiving’ for Gerald R. Ford, Dwight D. Eisenhower Families NORFOLK, Va. - 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...
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...
09 May 2023 Providing Quality of Service to Sailors One Light Bulb at a Time In modern day society, walking into a room and flipping on a light switch is a common occurrence. The availability and ease of access to electricity allows homes to be illuminated, holiday lights to shine with joy, and, in the case of naval aviation, the ability for hangar bays to be effectively...
30 March 2022 Norfolk-based E-2 Hawkeye Crashes, Two Injured, One Fatality NORFOLK, Va. – A Navy E-2D Hawkeye assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va., March 30. One crew member has died and two have been injured...
23 December 2020 Naval Aviation and Aircraft Carrier Medical Staffs to Receive First Dosage of the COVID-19 Vaccination Medical personnel from a variety of Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) commands will receive the first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Immunization Clinic, in Portsmouth, and at Navy Branch Health Clinic, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida...
21 August 2020 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 Receives Safety Award The “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 were presented the 2019 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Aviation Safety Award by Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic in a ceremony at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Aug. 19...