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3 May 2019: Miami Air International Flight 293, a Boeing 737-800, hydroplaned and experienced a runway excursion upon landing at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The airplane came to rest in the shallow waters of St. Johns River, sustaining substantial damage. All 143 passengers and crew on board the plane survived, although 21 people aboard had ...
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast is a U.S. Navy maintenance, repair and overhaul depot-level facility located onboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville with intermediate-level detachments at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Key West.
NAS Jacksonville: VR-59: Lone Star Express C-40A: VR-59: 1 Oct 1982—present: U.S. Navy Reserve squadron NAS JRB Fort Worth: VR-61: Islanders C-40A: VR-61: 1 Oct 1982—present: U.S. Navy Reserve squadron NAS Whidbey Island: VR-62: VR-62 NOMADS Logo: Nomads C-130T: VR-62: 1 Jul 1985—present: U.S. Navy Reserve squadron NAS Jacksonville ...
This is a list of airfields operated by the United States Navy which are located within the United States and abroad. The US Navy's main airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF) having a support role.
Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 62 (VR-62) (NAS Jacksonville, FL) Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 62 (VR-64) (NAES Lakehurst, NJ) Tactical Support Wing (TSW) (NAS JRB Fort Worth, TX) Strike Fighter Squadron 204 (VFA-204) (NAS JRB New Orleans, LA) Electronic Attack Squadron 209 (VAQ-209) (NAS Whidbey Island, WA)
NAS Cecil Field was named in honor of Commander Henry Barton Cecil, USN, who died in 1933 in the crash of the Navy airship USS Akron.Shortly before the United States' entry into World War II, a 2,600-acre (11 km 2) tract of land was purchased in western Duval County and construction began on the "U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cecil Field" (NAAS Cecil Field).
Two C-130s on the flight line at NAS Jacksonville in 2013. VR-62 continues to report to COMFLELOGSUPWING, the latter command now located at NAS JRB Fort Worth (former Carswell AFB), Texas. Now equipped with six C-130T aircraft and crewed by 215 personnel, the squadron consists of 85 full-time active duty TAR and 130 part-time drilling SELRES ...
Convenient access to the Navy's industrial support facilities at Naval Station Mayport (NS Mayport) and Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jacksonville) BICmd has more than 33 acres of equipment / materiel staging area (located adjacent to the 1,000-foot pier and maintenance area on the St Johns River