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Sitting in the cockpit of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft, a pilot discusses an impending evaluation flight with a technician.  The Navy intends to replace its fleet of TA-4J Skyhawk and T-2C Buckeye trainer aircraft with about 300 Goshawks.  The T-45A, which is capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers, will be used for intermediate and advanced student pilot training

Sitting in the cockpit of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft, a pilot discusses ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson, USN Release Status: R... More

A technician monitors a radar screen as another marks the position of an aircraft on a plotting board in the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Interrogator Station. The station's IFF equipment is used to challenge experimental equipment carried by aircraft flying from Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, and may also interrogate all aircraft operating with Mark XII IFF and with the civil air traffic control radar beacon system

A technician monitors a radar screen as another marks the position of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael Savell Release Status: Releas... More

A Hellfire missile speeds toward the target after being launched from a SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). The test and evaluations are to qualify the SH-60 platform to carry, jettison and fire the Hellfire laser-guided anti-armor missile.(Exact date unknown)

A Hellfire missile speeds toward the target after being launched from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A Hellfire laser-guided anti-armor missile is successfully launched from an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter during test and evaluations by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to qualify the SH-60 helo platform for carrying the weapon.(Exact date unknown)

A Hellfire laser-guided anti-armor missile is successfully launched fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More

An SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) hovers over a floating target to observe results of the test firing of the Hellfire missile from the SH-60 helo platform.(Exact date unknown)

An SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More

ANZAC Day Observed at NAS Patuxent River

ANZAC Day Observed at NAS Patuxent River

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (April 25, 2017) - Squadron Leader Adam Bowler, Royal Australian Air Force, lays a wreath at the base of the Australian flag commemorating members of the Australian Defense Force during... More

F-35B Lightning II completes a Vertical Landing during DT-II aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) in August 2013

F-35B Lightning II completes a Vertical Landing during DT-II aboard US...

13P00405_22 – Aircraft BF-01 from the F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 completed a Vertical Landing (VL) aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) on Au... More

Sailors assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron

Sailors assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron

Sailors assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 4 cheer on athletes during the 2014 Spring Special Olympics at Leonardtown High School. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ke... More

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Jan. 31, 2017) - A Military

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Jan. 31, 2017) - A Military

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Jan. 31, 2017) - A Military Working Dog (MWD) handler and MWD assigned to NAS Patuxent River patrol a building at NAS Patuxent River Jan. 31 during the Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 17 ... More

A Navy diver throws a line to Military Sealift Command

A Navy diver throws a line to Military Sealift Command

A Navy diver throws a line to Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Apache (T-ATF 172) anchored in the Patuxent River off Solomons Island, Md., for Navy diver training. (U.S. Navy photo by Meghan Patrick)

ST. INIGOES, Maryland (Jan. 30, 2019) - Personnel of

ST. INIGOES, Maryland (Jan. 30, 2019) - Personnel of

ST. INIGOES, Maryland (Jan. 30, 2019) - Personnel of Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes unload donated goods collected by the Pax River Chief Petty Officer Association Jan. 30. The Patuxent River Chief Petty Offic... More

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Salty Dogs

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Salty Dogs

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducts a captive carry flight test of an AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile at Naval Air Station Patu... More

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Erik Hildebrandt.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Aug. 12, 2016) - Chief Aviation

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Aug. 12, 2016) - Chief Aviation

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Aug. 12, 2016) - Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Scott Kramer helps Chief Naval Air Crewman (Operator) (Select) Joshua Lane pick out collar devices and buckles for his new Chief Petty Offic... More

A front view of an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter as ground crewmen perform preflight maintenance

A front view of an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter as ground crewmen perform ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Kirby Harrison Release Status: Rel... More

A test pilot climbs into the cockpit of a T-45A Goshawk after inspecting the aircraft prior to an evaluation flight.  Approximately 300 of the aircraft will eventually be procured by the Navy to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft.  Intended for use as an intermediate and advanced student pilot trainer, the T-45A is capable of aircraft carrier landing

A test pilot climbs into the cockpit of a T-45A Goshawk after inspecti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson, USN Release Status: R... More

An air-to-air right side view of a Convair UC-880 aircraft, the only such aircraft in U.S. Navy service. The Convair is assigned to Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, and is employed in Tomahawk cruiser missile testing and refueling aircraft procedures

An air-to-air right side view of a Convair UC-880 aircraft, the only s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Vernon Pugh Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Two T-45A Goshawk aircraft fly in formation during a test flight out of Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland.

Two T-45A Goshawk aircraft fly in formation during a test flight out o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Chesapeake Bay Scene Camera Operator: Bob Lawson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An E-6A Hermes aircraft is parked on the flight line during the station's air show

An E-6A Hermes aircraft is parked on the flight line during the statio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland(MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Released to ... More

A Hellfire missile is test fired from an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter during test and evaluation to qualify the weapon for use on the SH-60. Three missiles were fired from this static elevated position followed by three air launched missiles test fired at a floating target.(Exact date unknown)

A Hellfire missile is test fired from an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter dur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A left side view of a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor test aircraft taxiing on the flightline at the Naval Air Station. A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter can be seen hovering over the runway in the background

A left side view of a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor test aircraft taxiing on ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Terry Cosgrove Release Status: Released ... More

060329-N-9999X-001 (Mar. 29, 2006)The first completed US Navy (USN) EP-3E Aries II conversion aircraft departs from the L-3 Communications modification facility in Waco, Texas (TX). The aircraft is a four-engine, low-wing, electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft utilizing state-of-the-art electronic surveillance for its primary mission.  The aircraft is a new version of the USN P-3C aircraft and it's heading to Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland (MD), for testing and fleet training.U.S. Navy official photo (RELEASED) (SUBSTANDARD)

060329-N-9999X-001 (Mar. 29, 2006)The first completed US Navy (USN) EP...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Waco State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: L-3 Communications Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

[EPA Science Chesapeake Bay 2] 412-DSP-2-2012-08-02_DNRPatuxent_051.jpg

[EPA Science Chesapeake Bay 2] 412-DSP-2-2012-08-02_DNRPatuxent_051.jp...

The original digital file had the following descriptive metadata embedded in its header: Description: Chalk Point power plant, Patuxent River, Maryland. Date Picture Taken: 2012-08-02T13:34:46.043 Byline: V... More

•	NHCPR Delivers Gold Star Care, Earns Blue H Award

• NHCPR Delivers Gold Star Care, Earns Blue H Award

Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison III, 38th surgeon general of the Navy and chief, U.S. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, signs Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River (NHCPR) Blue H pennant during his visit May 8, 2018.... More

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Dane Wiedmann.

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Erik Hildebrandt.

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PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 12, 2016)

160912-N-LV331-002 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 12, 2016)

160912-N-LV331-002 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 12, 2016) An EA-18G Growler, assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, taxies to the runway before a test flight using 100 percent alt... More

An AV-8B Harrier vertical take-off and landing (V/TOL) aircraft taking off from a ramp during "Ski Jump" feasibility tests

An AV-8B Harrier vertical take-off and landing (V/TOL) aircraft taking...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A right side view of Skytrain 500, a 164-foot British-built airship undergoing tests at the center. The Naval Air Development Center is sponsoring the test project to determine if airships offer a practical, military value to the Navy. NATC is evaluating the airship's flying qualities, performance, and vulnerability to radar

A right side view of Skytrain 500, a 164-foot British-built airship un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

An SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River prepares to land aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Aircraft from the center are on the LINCOLN to test the vessel's flight deck capabilities

An SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of the floating target used in the test and evaluation of the Hellfire missile launchings from the SH-60F Seahawk helicopter platform. The tests were conducted on the inner Chesapeake range. The hole in the target is where the missile passed through at almost dead center

A view of the floating target used in the test and evaluation of the H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More

An off centerline front view of the V-22 Osprey tilt-wing test aircraft on the flightline at the Naval Air Station

An off centerline front view of the V-22 Osprey tilt-wing test aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Terry Cosgrove Release Status: Released ... More

Conversion of HH60-J into MH60T

Conversion of HH60-J into MH60T

Patuxent River, Md. (Sept. 19, 2007) -- An HH-60 MRR (medium range recovery) Jayhawk helicopter undergoes EMI testing at Patuxent, Md., as part of the conversion process into the MH-60J/T, a modification to mee... More

F-35B Lightning II Completes First Land-based Ski Jump Launch

F-35B Lightning II Completes First Land-based Ski Jump Launch

The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first-ever ski jump of an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant Jun... More

An engineer tours the Innovation Hub at Naval Air Warfare

An engineer tours the Innovation Hub at Naval Air Warfare

An engineer tours the Innovation Hub at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division during the open house event Aug. 7-9.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Patrick Stone reinstalls

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Patrick Stone reinstalls

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Patrick Stone reinstalls the drive shaft on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Pioneers of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1 in the hangar. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass... More

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (FEBRUARY 13, 2020) - Security

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (FEBRUARY 13, 2020) - Security

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (FEBRUARY 13, 2020) - Security forces set Force Protection Condition (FPCON) Charlie during Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain (CS-SC20) at NAS Pax River, Webster Air Field, which include... More

NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 13, 2019) - Boatswain's

NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 13, 2019) - Boatswain's

NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 13, 2019) - Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Michael Sutton directs traffic for a gate closure drill during the Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain 2019 exercise. Conducted by Commander, U... More

Photograph of Astronaut Alan E. Shepard, Jr.

Photograph of Astronaut Alan E. Shepard, Jr.

Original caption: Alan E. Shepard, Jr., a commander in the U.S. Navy, was born November 18, 1923 in East Derry, New Hampshire. Shepard attended primary school in East Derry and was graduated from Pinkerton Scho... More

The cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, showing the display and control console located at the Naval Air Test Center

The cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, showing the display and cont...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A left front view of an X-26 glider aircraft parked on a ramp

A left front view of an X-26 glider aircraft parked on a ramp

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Kirby Harrison Release Status: Rel... More

A rear view of Skytrain 500, a 164-foot British-built airship undergoing tests at the center. The Naval Air Development Center is sponsoring the test project to determine if airships offer a practical military value to the Navy. NATC is evaluating the airship's flying qualities, performance, and vulnerability to radar

A rear view of Skytrain 500, a 164-foot British-built airship undergoi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

An air-to-air right side view of a T-2C buckeye aircraft from U.S. Naval Test Pilot School approaching for a landing at Naval Air Training Center, Patuxent River, Md

An air-to-air right side view of a T-2C buckeye aircraft from U.S. Nav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert L. Lawson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A technician discusses an impending evaluation flight with the pilot of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft.  About 300 Goshawks will be procured by the Navy to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft currently in service.  With the capability to land aboard aircraft carriers, The T-45A will be used as an intermediate and advanced student pilot trainer

A technician discusses an impending evaluation flight with the pilot o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson, USN Release Status: R... More

A Hellfire laser-guided anti-armor missile is test fired from an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter on an elevated static test platform at the Naval Air Warfare Center during test and evaluations to qualify the weapon for use on the SH-60.(Exact date unknown)

A Hellfire laser-guided anti-armor missile is test fired from an SH-60...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River

Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River

The first medical facility at Patuxent River was an infirmary built in 1943. It was later designated as a dispensary. In the mid-50s, this command was designated a station hospital and was considered a departme... More

[EPA Science Chesapeake Bay 2] 412-DSP-2-2012-08-02_DNRPatuxent_046.jpg

[EPA Science Chesapeake Bay 2] 412-DSP-2-2012-08-02_DNRPatuxent_046.jp...

The original digital file had the following descriptive metadata embedded in its header: Description: Chalk Point power plant, Patuxent River, Maryland. Date Picture Taken: 2012-08-02T12:55:08.027 Byline: V... More

Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, chief of Naval Research,

Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, chief of Naval Research,

Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, chief of Naval Research, meets with squadron personnel assigned to Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1 of the Military Support Division at the Naval Research Laboratory. VXS-1 sup... More

Tyler White, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore

Tyler White, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore

Tyler White, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District hydrologist, reviews a building inventory list as part of a project in partnership with the City of Laurel to update flood modeling and flood hazard... More

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Blackjacks of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 tests a 50/50 Camelina seed-based biofuel blend at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The test de... More

150422-N-CE233-377
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (April 22, 2015)

150422-N-CE233-377 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (April 22, 2015)

150422-N-CE233-377 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (April 22, 2015) The Navy's unmanned X-47B receives fuel from an Omega K-707 tanker while operating in the Atlantic Test Ranges over the Chesapeake Bay. This test marked t... More

150918-N-PO203-176 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 18, 2015)

150918-N-PO203-176 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 18, 2015)

150918-N-PO203-176 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 18, 2015) Lt. j.g. Michelle Watts, left, and Lt. Nick Patria, both from the Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center, launch a Iver autonomous underwater vehicle (... More

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 27, 2017) - Maureen

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 27, 2017) - Maureen

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 27, 2017) - Maureen Farrell, NAS Patuxent River Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) office director, left, stands by as Rear Adm. Shane Gahagan, Commander, Naval Air Warfare ... More

F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force pilot Navy Lt.

F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force pilot Navy Lt.

F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force pilot Navy Lt. William Bowen, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, conducts an Advanced Aerial Refueling Control Law test with an F-35C, June 26, 2018, behind an F/A-18... More

180501-N-ZA692-0044
Barton J. Paxton, a biologist from

180501-N-ZA692-0044 Barton J. Paxton, a biologist from

180501-N-ZA692-0044 Barton J. Paxton, a biologist from the College of William and Mary, measures the talon on a 6-week-old bald eagle on Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, May 1, 2018. Commander, Naval... More

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Dane Wiedmann.

The CH-53K King Stallion lifts a Joint Light Tactical

The CH-53K King Stallion lifts a Joint Light Tactical

The CH-53K King Stallion lifts a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, January 18, 2018. The purpose of this exercise was to show the Capabilities of the CH-53K. (U.... More

160113-N-AT895-090 
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Jan. 13, 2016)

160113-N-AT895-090 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Jan. 13, 2016)

160113-N-AT895-090 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Jan. 13, 2016) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson holds an all-hands call at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. R... More

160113-N-AT895-204 PATUXENT RIVER Md. (Jan. 13, 2016)

160113-N-AT895-204 PATUXENT RIVER Md. (Jan. 13, 2016)

160113-N-AT895-204 PATUXENT RIVER Md. (Jan. 13, 2016) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson sits in the cockpit of an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighter at Naval Air Station ... More

160113-N-AT895-054 
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Jan. 13, 2016)

160113-N-AT895-054 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Jan. 13, 2016)

160113-N-AT895-054 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Jan. 13, 2016) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson sits in the cockpit of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Richardson also... More

A left side view of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft taking off from a ramp, raised nine degrees, during "ski jump" feasibility tests

A left side view of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft taking off from a ramp, r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Ron Vest Release Status: Released t... More

A right side view of Skytrain 500, a 164-foot British-built airship, during a flight near the center. The Naval Air Development Center is sponsoring the test project to determine if airships offer a practical, military value to the Navy. NATC is evaluating the airship's flying qualities, performance, and vulnerability to radar

A right side view of Skytrain 500, a 164-foot British-built airship, d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

An air-to-air right rear view of a T-2C Buckeye aircraft during handling evaluations. LTs William B. Binnie and Nelse E. Petersen, students at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Maryland, are flying the plane

An air-to-air right rear view of a T-2C Buckeye aircraft during handli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Bob Lawson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crewmen conduct a preflight check on a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter prior to a flight from the US Naval Test Pilot School, Naval Air Training Center

Crewmen conduct a preflight check on a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert L. Lawson, USN (Ret.) Release Status: ... More

A test pilot checks the tail end of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft prior to an evaluation flight.  The Navy will eventually procure about 300 of these aircraft to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft.  The T-45A, which is capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers, will be used for intermediate and advanced student pilot training

A test pilot checks the tail end of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft prior to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson, USN Release Status: R... More

Followed by an A-7 Corsair aircraft, a T-45A Goshawk aircraft rolls down the runaway, its jet engines leaving a trail of hot exhaust. The T-45A, which is capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers, will be used for intermediate and advanced student pilot training, replacing the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft. The Navy will eventually procure about 300 Goshawks

Followed by an A-7 Corsair aircraft, a T-45A Goshawk aircraft rolls do...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson Release Status: Releas... More

A test pilot taxis a T-45A Goshawk aircraft past a row of F-14A Tomcat aircraft. The Navy is evaluating the aircraft, which is an intermediate and advanced student trainer capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers. About 300 T-45As will be procured to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft currently in service

A test pilot taxis a T-45A Goshawk aircraft past a row of F-14A Tomcat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Richeson Release Status: Released t... More

A Convair UC-880 aircraft, the only such aircraft in U.S. Navy service, refuels an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft. The Convair is assigned to Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, and is employed in Tomahawk cruise missile testing and refueling aircraft procedures

A Convair UC-880 aircraft, the only such aircraft in U.S. Navy service...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Vernon Pugh Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Hellfire missile leaves the launching rail of an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter at the Naval Air Warfare Center during static test and evaluations to qualify the weapon for use on the SH-60.(Exact date unknown)

A Hellfire missile leaves the launching rail of an SH-60F Seahawk heli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Mccabe Release Status: Released to Publi... More

S122E008839 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

S122E008839 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember during Expedition 16/STS-122 joint operations, including the Patuxent River. Subject Terms: Earth Obs... More

Sailors assigned to the Pioneers of Air Test and Evaluation

Sailors assigned to the Pioneers of Air Test and Evaluation

Sailors assigned to the Pioneers of Air Test and Evaluation (VX) 1 perform the alternate physical readiness test at the base gym on Naval Air Station Patuxent River. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Speci... More

150623-N-OY799-024 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (June 23, 2015)

150623-N-OY799-024 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (June 23, 2015)

150623-N-OY799-024 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (June 23, 2015) - - Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) Airman Apprentice Brittany Debord, assigned to 1st LT division, performs yard work in front of the duty office... More

Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Stephen Swett,

Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Stephen Swett,

Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Stephen Swett, assigned to the Pioneers of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1, signals for the start up of an E-2D Hawkeye on the flight line. (U.S. Navy photo by Mas... More

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Dec. 4, 2020) – Hospital

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Dec. 4, 2020) – Hospital

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Dec. 4, 2020) – Hospital Corpsman Matthew Price, assigned to Naval health Clinic Patuxent River, prepares a flu vaccine at NAS Patuxent River’s drive-through flu shot station for milit... More

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 27, 2017) - Capt. Jason

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 27, 2017) - Capt. Jason

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 27, 2017) - Capt. Jason Hammond, NAS Patxent River executive officer, adresses guests of the 2017 NMCRS Fund Drive kickoff event in the FRCMA Hangar at NAS Patuxent River Feb. 27.... More

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Blackjacks of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 tests a 50/50 Camelina seed-based biofuel blend at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The test de... More

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Dane Wiedmann.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (April 2, 2017) - Gunner's

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (April 2, 2017) - Gunner's

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (April 2, 2017) - Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Curtis Bradley, with NAS Patuxent River, observes Chief Master-at-Arms Michael Vandarwaka, a Reservist with Navy Reserve Naval Security Force (... More

A pilot prepares to board a T-38 Talon aircraft for a test flight

A pilot prepares to board a T-38 Talon aircraft for a test flight

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Kirby Harrison Release Status: Rel... More

A test pilot conducts a walk-around inspection of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft prior to taking it up on an evaluation flight.  The Navy will eventually purchase about 300 Goshawks to replace the TA-4J Skyhawk and T-2C Buckeye trainer aircraft.  Designed to be capable of carrier landings, the T-45A will be used for intermediate and advanced student pilot training

A test pilot conducts a walk-around inspection of a T-45A Goshawk airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson, USN Release Status: R... More

An F/A Hornet aircraft and an F-18A Hornet aircraft stand by on the flight deck of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as sea smoke, a vapor resulting from the combination of warm Gulf Stream air currents and the colder air of Atlantic coastal winter, settles around the carrier. The aircraft, from Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, are aboard the carrier to test the vessel's flight deck capabilities

An F/A Hornet aircraft and an F-18A Hornet aircraft stand by on the fl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Steven Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Captain Joseph Dyer, USN passes the position of flight test and engineering group director to Captain R. A. Dudderar, USN in an airborne change of command over the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The aircraft are F/A-18 Hornet's assigned to the Patuxent River Test Flight Center

Captain Joseph Dyer, USN passes the position of flight test and engine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Vernon Pugh Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A left side view of a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor test aircraft taxiing down the flightline at the Naval Air Station

A left side view of a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor test aircraft taxiing dow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Terry Cosgrove Release Status: Released ... More

Harrison Ford exits the helicopter he just piloted to Naval Air Sation (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland, the location of his current movie project Random Hearts. Three scenes were filmed in a hangar on NAS Patuxent River and involved many active duty personnel as extras

Harrison Ford exits the helicopter he just piloted to Naval Air Sation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Damon J. Moritz, USN Re... More

150312-N-UX143-009 PATUXENT RIVER, MD. (March 12, 2015)

150312-N-UX143-009 PATUXENT RIVER, MD. (March 12, 2015)

150312-N-UX143-009 PATUXENT RIVER, MD. (March 12, 2015) Thomas Momiyama, left, and his wife pose for a photo with Vice Adm. David Dunaway, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), following a ceremony hon... More

F-35 Lightning II Ski Jump

F-35 Lightning II Ski Jump

The Pax River ITF conducts the first-ever ski jump of an F-35 Lightning II during flight 298 of aircraft BF-04 aboard NAS Patuxent River June 19, 2015. The multi-phase ski jump tests will determine the aircraft... More

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society kicks-off annual fund drive

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society kicks-off annual fund drive

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (Feb. 22, 2017) - From left, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) volunteers Kathleen Crain, Nancy Fiester, and Ginger Commerford prepare materials for 2017's NMCRS fund drive at Na... More

Lt. Cmdr. William P. Martin receives the Meritorious Service Medal

Lt. Cmdr. William P. Martin receives the Meritorious Service Medal

Lt. Cmdr. William P. Martin receives a Meritorious Service Medal from NHCPR Commanding Officer, Capt. James C. Young. Friday was Martin's last day at NHCPR. He has had a permanent change of station to Naval Air... More

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.- An F-35B is

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.- An F-35B is

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.- An F-35B is prepped for a test flight at Pax River Integrated Test Force in Patuxent River Md. May 24, 2017. The air station is the testing sight for the F-35’s capabiliti... More

Sailors take the Navy-wide E-6 advancement exam at

Sailors take the Navy-wide E-6 advancement exam at

Sailors take the Navy-wide E-6 advancement exam at the drill hall at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Abbate/Released)

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Feb. 1, 2017) - Navy law enforcement

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Feb. 1, 2017) - Navy law enforcement

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Feb. 1, 2017) - Navy law enforcement from Naval Air Station Patuxent River carry a simulated casualty out of a building during the Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 17 (SC-CS17) emergency respon... More

The final systems development and demonstration (SDD)

The final systems development and demonstration (SDD)

The final systems development and demonstration (SDD) Test flight of F-35 aircraft CF-2 was piloted by BAE test pilot Peter Wilson, April 11, 2018, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. The F-35C compl... More

[EPA Science Chesapeake Bay 2] 412-DSP-2-2012-08-02_DNRPatuxent_048.jpg

[EPA Science Chesapeake Bay 2] 412-DSP-2-2012-08-02_DNRPatuxent_048.jp...

The original digital file had the following descriptive metadata embedded in its header: Description: Chalk Point power plant, Patuxent River, Maryland. Date Picture Taken: 2012-08-02T13:29:22.023 Byline: V... More

A view of a fully capable manned flight simulator which uses the cockpit controls of the F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. The flight simulator is being developed at the Naval Air Test Center

A view of a fully capable manned flight simulator which uses the cockp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: George Hurlburt Release Status: Release... More

An air-to-air right side view of a TA-4 Skyhawk aircraft, top left, a TA-7 Corsair II aircraft, top right, a T-38 Talon aircraft, bottom left, and a T-2 Buckeye aircraft in flight near the Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River, Maryland

An air-to-air right side view of a TA-4 Skyhawk aircraft, top left, a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Kirby Harrison Release Status: Rel... More

An air-to-air left side view of a UC-880 Convair aircraft assigned to the Naval Air Test Center, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, refueling a TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft

An air-to-air left side view of a UC-880 Convair aircraft assigned to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A test pilot dons his helmet before his T-45A Goshawk aircraft is towed from a hangar onto the flight line. The Navy will eventually procure about 300 T-45As, which are able to land aboard aircraft carriers. The Goshawk will replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft for intermediate and advanced student pilot training

A test pilot dons his helmet before his T-45A Goshawk aircraft is towe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson Release Status: Releas... More

A T-45A Goshawk aircraft rolls down the runway after completing an evaluation flight. The Navy will eventually procure about 300 of these aircraft, which are capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers, to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft in the intermediate and advanced student pilot training role

A T-45A Goshawk aircraft rolls down the runway after completing an eva...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson Release Status: Releas... More

Catapult crew members prepare to launch an F-18A Hornet aircraft from the No. 2 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The Hornet is one of several aircraft from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River aboard the LINCOLN for the purpose of testing the carrier's flight deck capabilities

Catapult crew members prepare to launch an F-18A Hornet aircraft from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Catapult crew members prepare to launch an A-7 Corsair II aircraft from the No. 2 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The Corsair is one of several aircraft from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River aboard the LINCOLN for the purpose of testing the carrier's flight deck capabilities

Catapult crew members prepare to launch an A-7 Corsair II aircraft fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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