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Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) (IATA: NUW, ICAO: KNUW, FAA LID: NUW) is a naval air station of the United States Navy located on two pieces of land near Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington. The main portion of the base, Ault Field, is about three miles north of Oak Harbor.
NAS Whidbey Island history; NOLF Coupeville at GlobalSecurity.org; 2013-2019 US Navy Environmental Impact Study into EA-18G Growler Flight Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, includes NOLF Coupeville; E/A-18G Growlers flying touch-and-go landings at Coupeville on Whidbey Island, July 2016. Resources for this airport:
The 390th Electronic Combat Squadron (390 ECS) is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho and stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington.
The squadron returned to NAS Whidbey Island in January 1953, having turned in its P2V-2s and receiving P2V-5s in February. VP-4 remained in NAS Whidbey Island until November 1953 and was then transferred to Kadena Air Base and subsequently to NAF Naha, Okinawa, where the squadron flew shipping patrols in the vicinity of Taiwan. The squadron ...
The museum moved into Building 12 on NAS Whidbey Island in February 2008. [6] [a] However, the site was less than ideal as security restrictions limited access. [8] In 2010, the museum was finally able to purchase a PBY and it was moved to the base that June. [9] However, plans to acquire a Douglas A-3 Skywarrior were cancelled in 2012. [10]
The major Northwest installations are Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Naval Station Everett, and Naval Base Kitsap (which includes Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Submarine Base Bangor, Naval Undersea Warfare Center - Keyport, Manchester Fuel Depot, and Naval Magazine Indian Island).
In 1973, VAQ-135 relocated to NAS Whidbey Island and transitioned to the Grumman EA-6B Prowler. The squadron first deployed with the EA-6B to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) and the Indian Ocean from January to September 1976 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard USS Ranger. Following that deployment, VAQ-135 transitioned to the Improved ...
VAQ-134 transitioned to Detachment 134 of VAQ-135 for its 1970-71 WestPac deployment aboard the USS Ranger, and stood down in July 1971, moving to its current homeport, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. An EA-6B Prowler of VAQ-134 during USS Constellation's 1973 Vietnam deployment.