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Learn about the history, mission, organization and roles of the Navy Reserve, a reserve component of the U.S. Navy. The Navy Reserve consists of 56,254 officers and enlisted personnel who serve in various capacities and locations across the country and overseas.
VAQ stands for V-fixed wing, A-attack, and is the designation for U.S. Navy squadrons that operate electronic attack aircraft. Learn about the history, missions, and aircraft of VAQ squadrons from this Wikipedia article.
Cheatham Annex is a naval base near Williamsburg, Virginia, with a history dating back to the 17th century. Learn about its location, mission, climate, and historical significance in the Jamestown–Williamsburg–Yorktown "Historic Triangle."
Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest naval base and the home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. It has a history of over 100 years and hosts various ships, aircraft, and units of the Atlantic Fleet.
VR-58 is one of the 12 squadrons of the Fleet Logistics Support Wing, a reserve aircraft wing of the United States Navy. It is based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida and flies C-40A Clipper aircraft for intra-theater airlift.
Find out the names, hull numbers, classes, types, commission dates, and homeports of the US Navy's approximately 475 ships in active service and the reserve fleet. See also the ships that are planned, under construction, or scheduled for retirement by 2028.
NAS Fort Worth JRB is a naval airbase that includes Carswell Field, a former Strategic Air Command base. It hosts various military units and aircraft types, including F-16, F-18, C-130, C-40 and KC-130.
The area is still known colloquially as The Homeport. Naval Station New York (Staten Island) was recommended for closure under the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, as it was deemed too small, too expensive to house personnel, and made unnecessary with cuts to the Navy. It was closed in 1994.