MIRAMAR, CA, UNITED STATES 09.29.2023 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. — The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing deactivated VMFAT-101, an historic F/A-18 Hornet training squadron, here on September 29, 2023. Since 1969, instructor pilots of the VMFAT-101 “Sharpshooters”…
USS Augusta Commissions Amidst the Morning Fog of Maine
***** EASTPORT, ME, UNITED STATES 09.30.2023 Story by Julie Ann Ripley Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet EASTPORT, MAINE (Sept. 30, 2023) – Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Augusta (LCS 34) commissioned at Eastport, Maine, Sept. 30. In the week leading…
Raytheon and Texas A&M Establish Texas’ First Laser Weapon Test Site
***** First high-energy laser demonstration in Texas takes down drone targets in flight at Texas A&M-RELLIS BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — On Sept. 21 and 22, Raytheon, an RTX company, conducted an open-air test of an operational…
Coast Guard delivering upgraded multi-mission helicopters to Air Station Detroit
***** Air Station Detroit Sept. 29, 2023 MT. CLEMENS, Mich. — Coast Guard Air Station Detroit received its first upgraded MH-65E Dolphin helicopter Tuesday to replace the legacy MH-65D helicopters that support Coast Guard missions throughout the Great Lakes region. The…
Britain’s Largest Warship HMS Prince Of Wales Makes Virginia Temporary Homeport During East Coast Deployment
Release from U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Sept. 29, 2023 ***** NORFOLK, Va. — The United Kingdom’s largest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales (R09), will make Naval Station Norfolk its temporary homeport this fall beginning Sept. 30 as it pushes…
USS Louisiana Proves Readiness of Unmatched Strategic Weapons System
Release from Strategic Systems Programs Office, Sept. 28, 2023 ***** SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs conducted a scheduled, missile test flight of an unarmed life-extended Trident II (D5LE) missile from USS Louisiana (SSBN-743), an Ohio-class ballistic…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence Returns Home Following 62-day Counternarcotics Patrol in the Caribbean Sea
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Sept. 28, 2023 ***** CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their homeport in Cape Canaveral, Sept. 20, following a 62-day deployment to the…
Navy Orders modernized cockpit, architecture improvements for E-2D aircraft
Release from Naval Air Systems Command, Sep 28, 2023 ***** NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. — The U.S. Navy awarded an $845.5 million contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for the E-2D Delta System Software Configuration 6 (DSSC 6)…
Navy to Commission Future Littoral Combat Ship Augusta
Release from the U.S. Department of Defense, Sept. 29, 2023 ***** The Navy will commission the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) as the newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a 10:00 a.m. EST ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 30, in…
No U.S. Injuries Following IRGC Navy Lazing Incident at Sea
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command public affairs ***** MANAMA, Bahrain – Statement from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Spokesman Cmdr. Rick Chernitzer: “Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) interacted in an unsafe and unprofessional manner with a…
