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The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels are shown flying over Naval Air Station Lemoore in 2019. The California Capital Airshow announced Friday that the Blue Angels would headline their spring 2025 event.
Naval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore (IATA: NLC, ICAO: KNLC, FAA LID: NLC) is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County and Fresno County, California, United States. Lemoore Station, a census-designated place, is located inside the base's borders. [2] NAS Lemoore is the Navy's newest and largest master jet base.
5 May – Lemoore Naval Air Station Air Show – Civilian stunt pilot Kirk R. McKee of Sacramento, California, stalled his AT6A "Texan" aircraft after recovering from a Reverse Cuban Eight maneuver at low altitude. The aircraft crashed in an inverted, nose down attitude and exploded. [95]
A US Navy Grumman C-2A Greyhound, BuNo 162178, c/n 58, of VAW-120, made a successful belly landing at Chambers Field, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, after its undercarriage refused to extend. The aircraft had departed Norfolk for NAS Pensacola, Florida, when problems were detected. It circled for two hours to burn fuel before landing safely.
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3B Orion, BuNo 152757 of VP-8 on flight out of Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, at 1205 hrs. en route to Trenton, Ontario for display at an air show, explodes in the air eight-ten minutes later and comes down over Poland, Maine. Cause is thought to be failure of number one (port outer) engine nacelle due to "whirl-mode ...
On 1 October 2010 VFA-125 (the "legacy" F/A-18 Hornet FRS also stationed at NAS Lemoore) was deactivated and the squadron's aircraft and personnel were absorbed into VFA-122. The merger was intended to cut administrative costs and streamline production in anticipation of the "legacy" F/A-18 Hornet being phased out by the Super Hornet and F-35 ...
Naval Air Station Lemoore also is under consideration for a new squadron. Want new fighter jets flying out of Fresno airport? How to sound off on military plans
Strike Fighter Squadron 94 (VFA-94), also known as the Mighty Shrikes, is a United States Navy fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore. It is an operational fleet squadron currently flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet. [1] It is attached to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW 17) and based at NAS Lemoore