Naval Air Station Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, is a United States naval air station in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River.
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon flies with a P-3C Orion, prior to landing at NAS Patuxent River, 2010.
Aerial view of NAS Patuxent River in the mid-1940s
An aerial view of the hangars in the late 1940s
A Vought XF7U-1 Cutlass prototype being photographed by the press on 18 November 1948 at NAS Patuxent River
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Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 is an aviation unit of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, United States. The squadron was established on 22 July 1995. Usin
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
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Aircraft assigned to VX-23 include EA-6B, F/A-18E, F/A-18C and T-45.
An VX-23 F/A-18A (BuNo 163093 'SD105') releases Mk 83 bombs over the Atlantic Test Range, July 2002.