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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Navy announces major changes to GW's carrier air wing

USS George Washington |The U.S. Navy announced a host of changes to the USS George Washington’s carrier air wing Friday, in what amounts to at least the third significant Navy airframe upgrade in the Asia-Pacific region this year.

The HSL-51 Warlords squadron at Naval Air Facility Atsugi will swap their SH-60B and SH-60F Seahawk helicopters for newer MH-60S and MH-60R Seahawks, officials from Commander Naval Forces Japan said Friday.

Atsugi also will gain the HSM-77 Saberhawks squadron, which flies MH-60s, from the USS Abraham Lincoln’s carrier air wing at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.

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