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Naval Station Rota is home to an airfield and a seaport; [13] the airfield has often caused the base to be misidentified as "Naval Air Station Rota". The base is the headquarters for Commander, U.S. Naval Activities Spain (COMNAVACTSPAIN), as well as a primary gateway for Air Mobility Command flights into Europe. [14] Naval Station Rota is ...
Subsequently, the communications station in Rota renamed to “Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic, Detachment Rota, Spain (NCTAMS LANT Det Rota or NCTL Det Rota)”. 1 October 2015 – Operational Control (OPCON) of NCTL Det Rota was shifted from NCTL HQ in Norfolk, VA to Naval Computer and Telecommunications ...
February–March 1987: VP-66 deployed to Naval Station Rota, Spain, the first Reserve squadron to deploy to this site in over six years. Detachments were maintained during the active duty training at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, and NAF Lajes, Azores.
July–August 1973: VP-68 were deployed to Naval Station Rota, Spain. VP-68 became the first P-3A reserve squadron to operate in the Mediterranean, the Bay of Cádiz and the Straits of Gibraltar. July–August 1975: VP-68 was the first reserve squadron to perform mini-det annual active duty for training while deployed to NAF Lajes, Azores. The ...
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Evacuated Afghans arrived at US Naval Station Rota in Rota, Spain, on August 27, as part of Operation Allies Refuge following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.The operation aims to “facilitate ...
10 November 1962: VA-42 pilots flew three A-1H Skyraiders from NAS Argentia, Newfoundland, to Naval Station Rota, Spain, via Lajes Field, Azores. The squadron claims this was the first trans-Atlantic flight conducted by A-1H Skyraiders. 1 February 1963: VA-42 became the first fleet squadron to receive the A-6A Intruder. The squadron also ...
On 9 May 2013, Commander Destroyer Squadron 60 was formally designated to perform type-command administrative oversight for the four BMD-capable destroyers based at Rota, Spain. [4] On 31 January 2014, the first BDM-arm destroyer, the Donald Cook, departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, for its new home-port of Rota, Spain. [24]