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                USS Stennis CVN-74 was commissioned on 9 December 1995 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va, and she conducted flight deck certification in January 1996. She takes the name of senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi and is the 7th Nimitz class Aircraft Carrier for the US Navy and is currently home port at Bremerton , Washington.  She serve with the US Navy Pacific Fleet Carrier Strike Group 3.

                                Carrier Air Wing 9 ( CVW-9) is currently assign to CVN-74. This air wing consists of 4 Strike Fighter squadron , 1 Electronic Warfare squadron , 2x Helicopter support Squadron and 1 Early warning Airborne Control Squadron.

Strike Fighter Squadron 14 VFA-14 ” Tophatters ” flying the FA-18E Superhornet uses the  callsign Camelot.

      Strike Fighter Squadron 41 VFA_41 ” Black Ace” flying the 2 seater F/A-18F Superhornet uses the callsign Fast Eagle.

      Strike Fighter Squadron 97 VFA-97 ” Warhawks” flying the single seat F/A-18E Superhornet also uses the callsign Warhawks

      Strike Fighter Squadron 151 VFA-151 Vigilantes flies the Single seat F/A-18E uses the callsign Switch.

        Electronic Attack Squadron 133 VAQ-133 also known as “Wizards” flies the updated E/A-18G growler and currently base at whidbey Island , WA  callsign Magic

      Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117  ( VAW-117) nickname wallbangers flies the E-2C Hawkeye.

        Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 14 (HSC-14) “Chargers” flying the MH-60S Seahawks. also the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven One (HSM-71) flies the MF-60R seahawks. Both Squadrons are base at NAS North Island , CA.

        Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30), also known as the “Providers” flying the Grumman C2 Greyhound providing logistical transport on and off the carrier.

Here are some of the Deck actions on board CVN-74. These photos was taken during the RIMPAC Exercise off the Hawaii coast. On that day we see VFA-97, VFA-41 , VAQ-133 and VFA14 aircrafts doing launch and recovery.

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Article by Dave Chng

Photograph by Tom Lee

On board CVN-74 USS Stennis Carrier Ops USS Stennis CVN-74 was commissioned on 9 December 1995 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va, and she conducted flight deck certification in January 1996.

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Mar 2017 in KEFD Ellington Field TX.

It had been a little while since I stopped by Ellington Field (KEFD) to see if any action were to be had and struck a little gold.  Upon arrival at the fence I saw a pair of T-38Cs who had just gotten fuel up and were preparing for departure.  Shortly after they left 3 Super Hornets from VFA-151 were in the overhead and performed a carrier break before making a right base turn to land.  Turns out they stopped by for some fuel as well.  About an hour after taking on fuel they departed.  This was the first time I saw VFA-151 flying the Super E since they transitioned to it back in 2013. 

  A little about the units caught:

          T-38Cs are from Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas.  Assigned to the 47 FTW (Flying Training Wing), 87 FTS (Flying Training Squadron) Red Bulls they train pilots who are on track to operate bombers and fighters.

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          F/A-18Es are from Naval Air Station Lemoore, California and are assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-151 Vigilantes.  VFA-151 is part of CVW-9 (Carrier Air Wing 9) which is assigned to to the USS John C. Stennis whose home port is Naval air base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington state.

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Also a single Canadian Military was on the tarmac 3/12/17

Article by Bill Havel

  Ellington Field Mar 2017 Mar 2017 in KEFD Ellington Field TX. It had been a little while since I stopped by Ellington Field (KEFD) to see if any action were to be had and struck a little gold.