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In this edition of Naval Aviation News, we spotlight the importance and dedication of Navy search and rescue crews. We highlight the training involved with a spotlight on one squadron and share a harrowing retelling, starting on page 22, of how another crew risked a treacherous flight to save a sailor’s life during a medical emergency. On page 30, we share the dedication of a retired F-35 test pilot shrugging off retirement in favor of flight testing for Fleet Readiness Center East.
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Bring Your Daughter to Work Day—Aircraft Carrier Edition
In the Navy, many toss around the word “family” casually.
Divisions become families. Departments become families. Berthing members become families. Co-workers who spend 18 hours a day working together and another six sleeping near each other become families.
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The Mission is the Same
After soaring through two decades as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, Ross Fearon was not quite ready to hang up his flight suit. Instead, he embarked on a new mission after retiring from the Corps, trading combat maneuvers for flight testing on the cutting-edge F-35 Lightning II aircraft service at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE).
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NRL Protects Naval Assets: Land, Sea and Air
The relentless assault of salt-laden sea spray generated by coastal wave action poses a significant and persistent threat to the integrity of Department of Defense assets near and far from shorelines.
This corrosive environment accelerates the deterioration of critical military and naval resources, challenging their lifespan.
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Seconds to Spare: A Sailor’s Fight for Life in the Eye of the Storm
The order to cancel evening flights came down at 8:15 p.m. April 7, a reprieve from a rapidly approaching storm that promised to shroud USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in darkness and rain. But, before the last helicopter could be secured, a different kind of emergency ripped through the ship—a sailor collapsing, an emergency call over the 1 Main Circuit (1MC) and a desperate race against time and Mother Nature.
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Into the Fight, Into the Sea: HSC-25’s Search and Rescue Mission
Embarked aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 Detachment 6 trains hard to carry out one of the Navy’s most demanding and essential missions: search and rescue (SAR). Whether someone is lost at sea, injured on land or caught in a life-threatening situation, HSC-25 is trained and ready to respond at a moment’s notice.
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Bring Your Daughter to Work Day—Aircraft Carrier Edition
The Mission is the Same
NRL Protects Naval Assets: Land, Sea and Air
Seconds to Spare: A Sailor’s Fight for Life in the Eye of the Storm
Into the Fight, Into the Sea: HSC-25’s Search and Rescue Mission
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