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Commander, Naval Air Forces

Index Commander, Naval Air Forces

Commander, Naval Air Forces (COMNAVAIRFOR, CNAF; and dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific or COMNAVAIRPAC) is the aviation Type Commander (TYCOM) for all United States Navy naval aviation units. [1]

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Arthur W. Radford

Arthur William Radford (27 February 1896 – 17 August 1973) was a United States Navy admiral and naval aviator.

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Carrier Air Group SIX

The first Carrier Air Group to use the designation Carrier Air Group SIX was established on 15 March 1943.

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Carrier strike group

A carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy.

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Carrier Strike Group 1

Carrier Strike Group One (CSG-1 or CARSTRKGRU 1) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group.

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Carrier Strike Group 11

Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11 or CARSTRKGRU 11) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group.

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Clarence Ekstrom

Clarence Eugene Ekstrom (March 10, 1902 – January 11, 1986) was a naval aviator and vice admiral in the United States Navy, who served during World War II.

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David Buss (United States Navy)

David H. Buss (b. 18 Feb 1956) is a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy.

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DeWolfe Miller III (United States Navy)

DeWolfe H "Bullet" Miller III (aged 58) is a Vice Admiral (three-star; O-9) in the United States Navy and current Commander, Naval Air Forces (COMNAVAIRFOR / CNAF) (aka "the Air Boss") which is also Type Commander (TYCOM) for all USN naval aviation units, and dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific (COMNAVAIRPAC).

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Exercise Summer Pulse

Summer Pulse 2004 (SP04) was the codename for a worldwide surge deployment that served as the first full-scale test of the United States Navy's then-new Fleet Response Plan (FRP).

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Frederick H. Michaelis

Frederick Hayes Michaelis (March 4, 1917 – August 13, 1992) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

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Garland Wright

Garland Porter “Gar” Wright Jr. is a retired Rear Admiral of the United States Navy.

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Helicopter 66

Helicopter 66 is the common name of a United States Navy Sikorsky Sea King helicopter used during the late 1960s for the water recovery of astronauts during the Apollo program.

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Helicopter Maritime Strike Weapons School Pacific

Helicopter Maritime Strike Weapons School Pacific (HSMWSP) is a United States Navy helicopter training squadron based at NAS North Island, Coronado, California.

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Howard E. Greer

Howard Earl Greer (May 1, 1921 – November 22, 2015) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy.

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James D. Ramage

James D. "Jig Dog" Ramage (19 July 1916 – 21 July 2012) was a Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, and was a driving force in putting nuclear-capable attack aircraft aboard aircraft carriers.

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Jerry M. Linenger

Jerry Michael Linenger (born January 16, 1955) is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.

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John Henry Towers

John Henry Towers (January 30, 1885 – April 30, 1955) was a United States Navy admiral and pioneer naval aviator.

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John Hoskins (officer)

Vice Admiral John Madison Hoskins (October 22, 1898 – March 30, 1964) was an officer and aviator in the United States Navy.

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Joint Task Force

A Joint Task Force is a "joint" (multi-service) ad hoc military formation.

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Kenneth S. Wherry

Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892November 29, 1951) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician.

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List of U.S. Navy acronyms

The United States Navy, like any organization, produces its own acronyms and abbreviations, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions.

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Master chief petty officer

U.S. Coast Guardmaster chief petty officercap and collar device U.S. Coast Guardmaster chief petty officersleeve rating insignia United States Navymaster chief petty officershoulderboard United States Navygood conduct rating badge for amaster chief boatswain's mate United States Navymaster chief petty officercap and collar insignia Master chief petty officer (MCPO) is the ninth, and highest, enlisted rate (pay grade E-9) in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, just above senior chief petty officer (SCPO).

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Naval Air Force Atlantic

Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (aka COMNAVAIRLANT, AIRLANT, CNAL) is the aviation Type Commander (TYCOM) for the United States Naval aviation units operating primarily in the Atlantic under United States Fleet Forces Command.

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Naval Air Station North Island

Naval Air Station North Island or NAS North Island is located at the north end of the Coronado peninsula on San Diego Bay and is the home port of several aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.

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Naval Air Systems Command

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) provides material support for aircraft and airborne weapon systems for the United States Navy.

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Naval Air Training Command

The Naval Air Training Command (NATRACOM) is a one star command that conducts flight training of student Naval Aviators, and Naval Flight Officers.

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Naval aviation

Naval aviation is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases.

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Naval Base Coronado

Naval Base Coronado (NBC) is a consolidated Navy installation encompassing eight military facilities stretching from San Clemente Island, located seventy miles west of San Diego, California, to the Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor and Camp Morena, located sixty miles east of San Diego.

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Naval Support Activity New Orleans

Naval Support Activity New Orleans was a United States Navy installation until September 2011.

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Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1

Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1 is a maritime patrol aircraft wing of the United States Navy, responsible to Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific.

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Paul D. Stroop

Vice Admiral Paul David Stroop (30 October 1904 – 17 May 1995) was an officer of the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator.

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Richard J. Naughton

Rear Admiral Richard Joseph Naughton (October 5, 1946 – February 25, 2011) was the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 2002 to 2003.

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Robert P. Coogan

Robert Paul Coogan (April 1, 1922 – March 9, 2015) was a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy who served as its Commander, Naval Air Forces from 1976 to 1980 and Third Fleet from 1975 to 1976.

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Sea Frontier

Sea Frontiers were several, now disestablished, commands of the United States Navy existing from 1 July 1941 during World War II as areas of defense against enemy vessels, especially submarines, along the American coasts.

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Thomas F. Connolly

Thomas Francis Connolly, Jr. (October 24, 1909 – May 24, 1996) was an admiral in the United States Navy, gymnast and Olympic medalist in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

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Thomas J. Hudner Jr.

Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. (August 31, 1924 – November 13, 2017) was an officer of the United States Navy and a naval aviator.

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Thomas L. Sprague

Thomas Lamison Sprague (October 2, 1894 – September 17, 1972) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy, who served during World War II as commander of the aircraft carrier and took part in the battles of Guam, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa.

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Thomas Walker (naval officer)

Vice Admiral Thomas J. Walker (6 August 1919 – 6 May 2003) was an officer of the United States Navy, who served as first commanding officer of the aircraft carrier.

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Tom Kilcline Jr.

VADM Thomas J. Kilcline Jr. USN (Ret.) (born November 19, 1951) was Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) for the United States Navy from June 22, 2007 to July 1, 2010.

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U.S. Navy type commands

U.S. Navy type commands perform vital administrative, personnel, and operational training functions for a "type" of weapon system (e.g., naval aviation, submarine warfare, surface warships) within a fleet organization.

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United States First Fleet

The First Fleet was a unit of the United States Navy, in operation from as early as 1946 (but definitely active by 1948 as the First Task Fleet) to 1 February 1973 in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Pacific Fleet.

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United States Indo-Pacific Command

United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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United States Pacific Fleet

The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is a Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to the United States Indo-Pacific Command.

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USS Ronald Reagan

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a, nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy.

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VAQ-135

Electronic Attack Squadron 135 (VAQ-135), known as the "Black Ravens", is a United States Navy electronic attack squadron that currently operates the EA-18G Growler carrier-based electronic warfare jet aircraft.

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VFA-101

Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101), also known as the "Grim Reapers", is a United States Navy Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) based at Eglin AFB, Florida.

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VP-48 (1946-91)

VP-48 was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed the Boomerangers from 1975 to 1980, and the Boomers from 1981 to 1991.

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VP-50

VP-50 was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy, having held that designation for 39 years from 1953 to 1992.

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VP-9

Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9) is a U.S. Navy patrol squadron located at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

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Wing (military aviation unit)

In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command.

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Redirects here:

AIRPAC, Air Forces Pacific Fleet, COMNAVAIRPAC, Commander Naval Air Force, Commander, Naval Air Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander, Naval Air Force, United States Pacific Fleet, Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, Naval Air Force, Pacific.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander,_Naval_Air_Forces

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