POINT MUGU — Naval Satellite Operations Center, onboard Naval Base Ventura County, transferred to the U.S. Space Force under Space Delta 8 and was designated as the 10th Space Operations Squadron during a historic Disestablishment and Assumption of Command Ceremony…
Navy Air Reserve Begins Transition to P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy Air Reserve has begun to retire its P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and upgrade to the P-8A Poseidon MPA. Current and former members of Patrol Squadron 62 (VP-62), based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida,…
Munsch Nominated for Admiral, Command of Naval Forces Europe/Africa
ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced June 8 that the president has nominated Navy Vice Adm. Stuart B. Munsch for a fourth star and assigned commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe; commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Africa;…
Chief of Navy Reserve: Top Budget Equipment Priority is C-130J Transport Aircraft
WASHINGTON — The admiral in charge of the Navy’s reserve force told Congress his top budget equipment priority is to acquire C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft to recapitalize the legacy C-130T fleet. Testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Defense subcommittee,…
DC Congresswoman Pushes DC Statehood at Keel-Laying for Navy Submarine
ARLINGTON, Va. — The keel-laying of the U.S. Navy’s next-generation ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) was celebrated June 4 in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, by the submarine’s designers and builders and the Navy that will operate it. At the ceremonies for the…
Navy Identifies Pilot Killed in Super Hornet Crash Near Trona, California
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Richard Bullock was killed when his F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed in the vicinity of Trona, Calif., at approximately 2:30 p.m. (PDT), June 3, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific said in a June 5…
Textron Systems Selected for Continued U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base UAS Operations
HUNT VALLEY, Md. — Textron Systems Corp. has been awarded a contract valued up to $18.3 million including all options by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command to provide continued unmanned aerial systems operations support for the USS Hershel…
Navy Successfully Completes First Flight Test of Mission Computer Alternative on the T-45
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s Air Combat Electronics program office (PMA-209) recently completed the first test flight of the T-45 trainer aircraft’s Mission Computer Alternative, intended to improve readiness for the legacy system, the Naval Air Systems Command said…
U.S. Navy Announces 28th RIMPAC Exercise
SAN DIEGO — Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 170 aircraft and approximately 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in…
First E-6B Inducted Under New Maintenance Contract
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The first E-6B Mercury arrived at Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Aircraft Maintenance and Fabrication Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Block II modification on earlier this month, the Naval Air Systems Command announced May 31. The work…
