Commander, Navy Region Southeast selected NAS Jacksonville as the 2009 Installation Excellence Award nominee for the Commander, Naval Installation Command's (CNIC) Installation Excellence Award. [ More ]
NAS Jax recognizes Sailor of the Year
AC1(AW/SW) Lisa Trammell of the NAS Jacksonville Air Operations Depart-ment has been selected as the NAS Jax 2009 Sailor of the Year and will represent the base in the Commander, Navy Region Southeast Sailor of the Year competition this month.
'Nightdippers' deploy with Ike
New Year's Eve marked the final time that Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Five (HS-5) will deploy from NAS Jacksonville, its homeport since 1974. Friends and family waved farewell to the pilots and aircrew of four SH-60F and three HH-60H Seahawks as they took to the air on a cool and rainy morning.
VP-62 flight engineer surpasses 10,000 hours
On Jan. 7, ADCS Roger Line of VP-62 surpassed a U.S. Navy benchmark few naval aircrewmen ever achieve. Flying a P-3 Orion from a squadron based out of NAS Jacksonville in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, he joined the small cadre of flight engineers who have amassed over 10,000 mishap-free flight hours in their logbooks.
HS-5 comes through in dramatic rescue at sea
Only hours after departing for its 2010 deployment, aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) diverted from flight operations to assist the U.S. Coast Guard in a rescue at sea the night of Jan. 2, and save the life of a stranded mariner.
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