FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: NAS Oceana, Virginia ~ 06 DEC 2011

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: NAS Oceana, Virginia

Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana is a military airport located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a United States Navy Master Jet Base. It is also known as Apollo Soucek Field, named after Lieutenant (later Admiral) Apollo Soucek, who was a Navy Test Pilot and world record altitude holder in 1930, having flown a Curtiss "Hawk" biplane to an altitude of 43,166 feet.

Home to eighteen strike fighter squadrons of F/A-18 Hornets and F/A-18 Super Hornets, the base is the sole East Coast Master Jet Base and home to all the east coast strike-fighter (VFA) units (excluding VFA-86 and Marine Corps VMFA squadrons). Training is conducted by VFA-106 Gladiators in their F/A-18C/D Hornets and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets.

Today NAS Oceana operates 18 F/A -18 Hornet squadrons including Fleet Composite Squadron Twelve (VFC-12), a squadron that performs air combat maneuvering training. Oceana's Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Units train highly qualified maintenance technicians for the squadrons. NAS Oceana is also the home of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Six (VR-56).

Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic is the Navy's largest type wing flying more than 300 aircraft composed of six different variants of the FA-18 Hornet and Super Hornet. The wing, based at NAS Oceana, is also home to the east coast FA-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) which trains pilots and Weapons System Operators (WSOs) in the Hornet and Super Hornet before they are assigned to operational fleet squadrons. The fleet squadrons deploy as part of Carrier Air Wings (CVWs) on aircraft carriers on both the east and west coasts. Five of the CVWs are under the command of CSFWL.

Learn More About NAS Oceana HERE!

The Military Aviation Museum, located at the Virginia Beach Airport is home to one of the largest private collections of World War 2 and Korean War era fighters, bombers, trainers and seaplanes. Many aircraft have been fully restored to their World War II condition and are available for flight demonstration, static display or movie production or commercials.

The Fighter Factory is the aircraft recovery and restoration component of the museum dedicated to the preservation of historical aircraft before they are lost forever. Some aircraft are in the process of restoration and many World War II planes have yet to be discovered!

Visit The Military Aviation Museum HERE!

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[magslinger]

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[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Kathy!

*HUGS*

Great to see you this evening! It seems FR is doing much better this evening.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Doc!

Really like that photo of the Tar in the USS Constitution hat and peacoat. Nice find!

All's well here, how are you making out? Hope you can put that knee problem behind you soon.

[Tax-chick]

My dad was posted in Norfolk for six years or so, first when he was in Eisenhower and then at AIRLANTFLT. We always went to the beach at Oceana. In the summer, the Navy ROTC boys would be out there, and if there was gunnery or bombing practice going on, you could still sit on the sand ;-).

I used to ride at the stable there, too. The horses were all deaf in the frequencies of jet engines.

But when the wind was from the west ... unnngh, the hog farms!

[SkyDancer]

Hi, I'm home visiting grannie in Illinois. But, not to leave you all out with Down Under Christmas greetings, there's this.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, lauren, for today's Road Trip: NAS Oceana, Virginia.

[ConorMacNessa]

Did you catch the piping aboard sound attached to the text?

Glad to here that things are going well with you! The knee is slowly improving but now back issues are coming to the fore. Degenerative disc disease - several bulging discs and some pinched nerves in the lumbar region. Trying cortisone injections - hope I can avoid surgery.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first....Mac grabs the gold!!

[MoochPooch]

Hi Lauren, Kathy!

[The Mayor]

Good evening!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And close behind in second....Nana Hope snags the silver!!

[luvie]

Howdy, ((((Lauren))))

Great road trip...I love going to Virginia! :)

[ConorMacNessa]

FREEDOM ISN’T FREE!

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It is purchased with the blood of Patriots!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening Mooch...it RAINED here most of the weekend. Lots of snow washed away.

How is your weather?

[luvie]

We got 3-4 inches of snow...and the promise of more to come. Very different!

I made homemade veggie soup tonight. I feel so domestic! ;)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Visiting grannie and you got to take the train!! How cool!!

I like the “reindeer”.

From my iPad

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....Hawaii bags the bronze!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...hope you had a good day at the office. Is your chair still really uncomfortable? If so, you need a new one.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)).. Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[ConorMacNessa]

It is - I will have to see what I can do about getting a new one. A good day at the office. Tomorrow I see the orthopedist again. Wednesday I have an appointment with my PCP - heavy nasal congestion the last few days.

I feel like I am spending more time in doctors' offices than in my own office.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!