Naval Aviation On Its Way to Achieve Readiness Goal
By Adm. Robert Burke Vice Chief of Naval Operations It has been less than a year since the Navy set out to restore strike fighter readiness rates to 80 percent, and the one-year deadline of Oct. 1 is approaching. For the aviation community, the endeavor to increase the mission-capable rate of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets posed …
To the Men and Women of NAS Oceana, Happy 75th Birthday!
By Capt. Chad P. Vincelette Commanding officer, Naval Air Station Oceana Victory in World War II remained in doubt when the U.S. Navy commissioned something it desperately needed 75 years ago – an East Coast Navy base to prepare aviators to fight. Naval Auxiliary Air Station Oceana was born on Aug. 17, 1943, out of …