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The Seabees (Navy construction battalions) came to the base in 1950 and prepared it for re-opening that December as Naval Air Station Atsugi. NAF Atsugi was a major naval air base during both the Korean War and Vietnam War, serving fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft. One of the aircraft based at Atsugi at least since 1957 [4] was the U-2 ...
The entire squadron relocated from NAF Atsugi to NAF Misawa with less than 18 hours' notice. Throughout the relief efforts, they flew 118 sorties, accumulating 382 hours of flight time and delivering over 100 tons of critical supplies. [citation needed] A HSM-51 Seahawk transports relief supplies in Operation Damayan in Ormoc, Philippines, 2013
Deployable Specialized Forces Coastguardsmen fire Mk18 rifles during Advanced Tactical Operations Course. The Special Missions Training Center (SMTC), also known as Joint Maritime Training Center (JMTC), is a joint United States Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps training facility located on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
The operation began at 09:30 on 7 April with the deployment of 2/5 Cavalry at Landing Zone Montezuma.Company B, 8th Engineer Battalion landed shortly afterwards and began to develop the landing zone into an airfield capable of accommodating C-7 Caribou aircraft. 29 CH-54 and 15 CH-47 sorties brought in the heavy equipment required for airfield construction.
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Seven (HSM-77) "Saberhawks" is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Facility, Atsugi, Japan. HSM-77 is attached to Carrier Air Wing Five and deploys aboard the George Washington (CVN-73) and air capable ships attached to Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG-5). The squadron was ...
VRC-30 Detachment 5 was established in August 1994 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan as part of Carrier Air Wing Five. Four other detachments were formed at NAS North Island, supported by a shore component. In 1997 VRC-30 Detachment 1 earned the Golden Hook Award for the best landing grades in the air wing aboard Abraham Lincoln.
The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 2nd MLG was formerly known as 2nd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), reorganized with its sister FSSGs into Marine Logistics Groups in 2005. The 2nd MLG is composed of ...
Later that year, VF-154 departed NAF Atsugi to transition to the F/A-18F Super Hornet, and VFA-27 transitioned to the F/A-18E Super Hornet while VFA-102 became part of CVW-5, flying the F/A-18F. In August 2008, USS George Washington replaced USS Kitty Hawk as the U.S. Navy's forward deployed carrier and CVW-5 was reassigned to USS George ...