Today's US Navy Photos & Videos

PORTLAND, Ore. (June 9, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), left, is moored alongside USS Russell (DDG 59) on the Portland riverfront with the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Champion moored behind the two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for Rose Festival Fleet Week. The festival and Portland Fleet Week are a celebration of the sea services with Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen from the U.S. and Canada making the city a port of call. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cory Asato/Released)

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PORTLAND, Ore. (June 10, 2016) Rear Adm. James Bynum, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, is knighted during the Royal Rosarian Honorary Knighting ceremony at Washington Park as part of Portland's Rose Festival.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex Van'tLeven/Released)

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PORTLAND, Ore. (June 12, 2016) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Mandy McNabb, from Fresno, Calif., assigned to Navy Operational Support Center, Portland, responds to a heat stress victim in the waiting line for Rose Festival Fleet Week ship tours. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cory Asato/Released)

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PORTLAND, Ore. (June 9, 2016) USS Champion (MCM 4) Sailors man the rails while arriving in Portland for Rose Festival Fleet Week. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cory Asato/Released)

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PORTLAND, Ore. (June 11, 2016) Sailors assigned to the mine countermeasures ship USS Champion (MCM4) march through Portland in the Grand Floral Parade during Rose Festival Fleet Week. The festival and Portland Fleet Week are a celebration of the sea services with Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen from the U.S. and Canada making the city a port of call. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex VantLeven/Released)

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (June 11, 2016) Tug boats maneuver Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), into the James River during the ship's Turn Ship evolution. This is a major milestone that brings the country's newest aircraft carrier another step closer to delivery and commissioning later this year.

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FORBIN..thanks for posting the great information!

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Future USS John P Murtha (LPD 26) & Portland (LPD 27) seen at HII Ingalls Shipyard Pascagoula

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And VAQ have do transition from EA-6B to EA-18G, 14 Front Line ! whose 1 Reserve but deployed also, last VAQ-134 have finished transition , remains 2 new VAQ-143 and 144 for 2017 and 2019 about. More EW aircrafts in VAQ before 4 EA-6B now 5 EA-18G planned soon 6 possible after 7/8 ! coz much ordered 168 !

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TLANTIC OCEAN (June 11, 2016) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) prepare to refuel and launch a MH-60R Sea Hawk assigned to the Swamp Foxes of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 74. Nitze, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Casey J. Hopkins/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 10, 2016) Sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) secure an aircraft after flight operations. The ship is at sea conducting command assessment of readiness and training off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane/Released)

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 10, 2016) USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) breaks away from the Military Sealift Command Fleet Oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189) after a replenishment-at-sea. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mat Murch/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 10, 2016) An E-2C Hawkeye, from the "Sun Kings" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 116 taxis on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The ship is underway conducting command assessment of readiness and training (CART) II off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Castellano/Released)

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DILI, Timor Leste (June 9, 2016) Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) sits anchored off the coast of Timor Leste during its first mission stop of Pacific Partnership 2016. Pacific Partnership 2016 marks the sixth time the mission has visited Timor Leste since its first visit in 2006. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy are working side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elizabeth Merriam/Released)

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BALTIC SEA (June 12, 2016) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Christina Perez, from Pembroke Pines, Florida, mans the control station for the MK-38 gun on the bridge of USS Truxtun (DDG 103) during a BALTOPS 2016 exercise. BALTOPS is an annual recurring multinational exercise designed to improve interoperability, enhance flexibility, and demonstrate the resolve of allied and partner nations to defend the Baltic region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Echerri-Dupree/Released)

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PHILIPPINE SEA (June 11, 2016) The fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) after the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) breaks away from a replenishment-at-sea. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Stockdale is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andre T. Richard/Released)

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ARABIAN GULF (June 6, 2016) Explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1 conduct cast and recovery operations. CTG 56.1 conducts mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage diving and force protection operations throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Furey/Released)

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (June 6, 2016) U.S. Marine Sgt. Brandon Jackson is treated for injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident by corpsmen aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jackson, an airframes mechanic instructor at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training,was on his daily commute to work when he collided with a passenger vehicle. He sustained only minor injuries in the accident. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carson Gramley/Released)

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NORFOLK, Va. (June 3, 2016) Midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy board the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) to take part in the 2016 Professional Training for Midshipmen (PROTRAMID) Surface week. PROTRAMID is an eight-week program during the summer months that provides in-depth training to midshipmen on the various communities within the Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach/Released)

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FORBIN said:

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Also the 2 last VFA equiped with legacy Hornets to Lemoore have finish transition on Super Hornets
- VFA-94 now on F/A-18F
- VFA-113 now on F/A-18E
On this base 5 on F, 10 on E and a OCU with E/F.

All CAW have now 3 on 4 VFA on Super Hornet minimum and 2 on 9 Reagan, Stennis are fully equiped with Super Hornets.

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On 17 February 2016, the final VFA-113

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departed the Stinger flightline and was transferred to

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,

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. Since then, the Stingers have transitioned to the

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. As the last Navy F/A-18C squadron on the west coast to transition to the Super Hornet, that last flight happened to be the last operational Legacy Hornet flight ever for

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. The naval air station now consists entirely of Super Hornets until the

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arrives in 2017.

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STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (June 13, 2016) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) transits through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. Ike, the flagship of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.

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