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Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic
Active
1 September 1993 - Present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Navy
Type
Fighter/Attack
Role
Type Wing
Part of
Naval Air Force Atlantic
Garrison/HQ
NAS Oceana
Commanders
Commodore
CPT. Peter Shoemaker
Deputy Commodore
CPT. Christopher Dentzer
Command Master Chief
CMDCM. Daniel Arroyo
Aircraft flown
F/A-18C/D Hornet F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Military unit
Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (SFWL) (aka Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic, SFWL, STRKFIGHTWINGLANT) is the U.S. Navy's largest type wing with 18 squadrons flying more than 300 aircraft composed of six different variants of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The wing, based at NAS Oceana, is also home to the east coast F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) which trains pilots and Weapon Systems Officers (WSOs) in the Hornet and Super Hornet before they are assigned to operational fleet squadrons. The fleet squadrons deploy as part of carrier air wings (CVWs) on aircraft carriers on both the east and west coasts.
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Global Information
United States
United States Navy
Naval Air Force Atlantic
NAS Oceana