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The main portion of the base, Ault Field, is about three miles north of Oak Harbor. The other section, called the Seaplane base for the PBY Catalina flying boats once based there, holds most of the island's Navy housing as well as the air station's main Navy Exchange and DeCA Commissary.
Map showing dB levels to areas surrounding NOLF Coupeville [5]. Jet noise has been an on and off concern to residents living near the Navy jet training field. In July 2013, a local citizens' group filed a lawsuit asking for an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) examining EA-18G Growler flight operations at NOLF Coupeville and NAS Whidbey Island. [6]
Fleet Readiness Center Northwest (FRCNW) is located in Oak Harbor, Washington and is part of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Although originally named Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment and established in 1959, it was changed on October 10, 2008, and is a subsidiary of the Navy's Fleet Readiness Center Command. [1]
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]
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Military unit Marine Aviation Training Support Group 53 (MATSG-53) was a United States Marine Corps aviation training group located at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island , Washington .
Electromagnetic Attack Squadron 133 (VAQ-133) is an EA-18G Growler squadron of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington. Beginning in 2013, the squadron began the transition from the EA-6B to the EA-18G. Upon completion of the transition in spring of 2014, they returned to their attachment to Carrier Air Wing ...
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Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 61 (VR-61), nicknamed Islanders, is a transport squadron of the Fleet Logistics Support Wing of the United States Navy Reserve, based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington. It is a reserve unit composed of both active duty and Selected Reserve sailors.