NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – For several decades the Navy has sought to enhance its airborne Electronic Warfare (EW) training capabilities in the Pacific Northwest in order to keep ahead of our adversaries in this increasing important field of modern warfare.
OAK HARBOR, Wash.
(NNS) -- Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing (CPRW) 10 held a change of
command ceremony in Hangar 6 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Nov.
10.
NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – A Search
and Rescue (SAR) team of five from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island rescued
three cold, stranded boaters from a sand bar on the Skagit River on Thursday,
November 17, 2016.
NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – Navy Band Northwest will present a free holiday concert for the local community on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 at 3 p.m. in the Oak Harbor High School’s Performing Arts Center. This year’s event is sure to be a heartwarming musical evening for the entire family.
NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – It’s
been just over eight months since I assumed command of Naval Air Station
Whidbey Island. It has been a time marked by generosity, expressions of good
will, many inquiries about the base and expressions of enormous support for the
Navy’s mission and presence here.
SILVERDALE, Wash. —The U.S. Navy announced today its decision to implement its Preferred Alternative (Alternative 1), as described in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS), to conduct military readiness training and testing activities primarily within existing range complexes, operating areas and testing ranges of the NWTT Study Area.
NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – A Search
and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island conducted a
Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, from Friday Harbor
Airport, on the San Juan Islands to Harborview Medical Center in downtown
Seattle.
NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - The family of former Army Air
Corps Pfc. Lawrence Edward Sabin recently wrote Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey
Island to help surprise him on his 100th birthday celebration on
Nov. 12, 2016 at Veteran's Hall in Pioneer, Calif., and to coincide with Veterans Day on Nov. 11.