Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic
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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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Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic | |
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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 |