ST GEORGE, Utah (March 15, 2012) U.S. Navy flight demonstration
squadron, the Blue Angels, execute a morning turn-up evolution in St.
George, Utah. The Blue Angels performed in Utah for the first time in
more than 30 years during the Thunder over Utah Air Show and as part of
the 2012 air show season. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Specialist 1st Class Rachel McMarr/Released)
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Panama Canal
PANAMA CANAL, Panama (March 25, 2012) The amphibious transport dock ship
Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) San Diego (LPD 22) approaches the Bridge
of the Americas after passing through the Panama Canal. San Diego, the
sixth ship in the San Antonio amphibious class, is on her maiden voyage
en route to her future homeport and namesake city following construction
at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. San Diego will be
commissioned in San Diego in May 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass
Communication Specialist Holly Boynton/Released)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 19, 2012) The guided-missile destroyer USS Jason
Dunham (DDG 109), right, transits alongside the aircraft carrier USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) for a replenishment at sea. Dwight D.
Eisenhower is underway conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S.
Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julia A.
Casper/Released)
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
US Navy Blue Angels
ST. GEORGE, Utah (March, 16, 2012) Capt. Brandon Cordill, left wing
pilot for the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels,
flies in formation over St. George, Utah. The Blue Angels performed in
Utah for the first time in more than 30 years during the Thunder Over
Utah Air Show and as part of the 2012 air show season. (U.S. Navy photo
by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rachel McMarr/Released)
Thursday, March 22, 2012
USS Gunston Hall
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 6, 2012) Insitu contractors recover Scan Eagle, an
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), on the flight deck after a successful
test run aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship
USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) during Certification Exercise. The exercise is
the final qualification for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the
Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group before their scheduled spring
deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class
Lauren G. Randall/Released)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
USS Carl Vinson
ARABIAN GULF (March 6, 2012) The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring (D32)
transits the Arabian Gulf with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN
70). Carl Vinson and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to
the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Daring is assigned to
Combined Maritime Forces, Combined Task Force 152 and is conducting
maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by
Mass Communication Specialist Seaman George M. Bell/Released)
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Space Shuttle Atlantis
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space
shuttle Atlantis is being towed from the Vehicle Assembly Building over
to Orbiter Processing Facility-1. Atlantis’ forward reaction control
system, orbiter maneuvering system pods and three space shuttle main
engines have been removed.
The work is part of the Space Shuttle Program’s transition and
retirement processing of the three space shuttles. Atlantis is being
prepared for display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and is
scheduled to rollover to the complex in November. Photo credit: NASA/Tim
Jacobs
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
EA-6B Prowler
ARABIAN GULF (March 8, 2012) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic
Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 flies over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are
deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo
by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
ARABIAN GULF (March 9, 2012) Sailors commemorate 30 years since the
ship's commissioning with a formation on the flight deck aboard the
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson was
commissioned March 13, 1982. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17
are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy
photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R.
Evans/Released)
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
P3-C Orion
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 4, 2011) A P3-C Orion donning a heritage paint
scheme soars over Naval Air Station Jacksonville as part of the
Centennial of Naval Aviation celebration. The Navy is observing the
Centennial of Naval Aviation with a series of nationwide events
celebrating 100 years of heritage, progress and achievement in naval
aviation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class
Gary Granger Jr./Released)
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Discovery Engine Replicas
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a view from inside the tail cone reveals space shuttle Discovery’s three replica shuttle main engines (RSMEs). The tail cone is being installed around the RSMEs for protection. The work is part of the Space Shuttle Program’s transition and retirement processing of shuttle Discovery. Discovery is being prepared for display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Monday, March 5, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2012) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John
C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits the Pacific Ocean as aircraft from Carrier
Air Wing (CVW) 9 perform a flyover in formation during an air power
demonstration for Tiger Cruise. John C. Stennis is operating in the U.S.
3rd Fleet area of responsibility while on a seven-month deployment.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth
Abbate/Released)
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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