Any news for NAS Pensacola??

[kray1395]

The news of the damage to the Pensacola area continues to trickle in both on the news and pensacolanewsjournal.com. But I haven't heard any word about NAS Pensacola. My guess is that it must have taken a really bad hit. Just wanted to start this thread so that anyone could post any information hey have about the status of the base. Thanks.

 

[boilersmack]

Whiting

I was talking to a buddy and he told me a tornadoe hit Whiting Field causing some damage. He didnt know the severity.

 

[Piperdriver]

The place is trashed. Go to yahoo news and check out the slides. Most of the pictures are from Pensacola.

 

[airgreg]

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/news/guides/hurricane/galleries.shtml

 

[kray1395]

The question referred specifically to NAS Pensacola. Not the city. I have already seen all of the pictures of the rest of the city. I know that it must not be in great shape because the Ensign who called me tonight for phone muster had to call me from Gainesville and had no information to give out as far as a future muster, the shape of the base, or when to start heading back to Pensacola.

 

[PropStop]

if there is anyone who is stationed there right now, i'd love to see some pics of the base. I imagine that the Naval Aviation Museum was beat pretty badly, lots of glass there.

 

[airgreg]

Looks like "minimal" damage for the NAS:

http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15183

 

[virtu050]

umm. that article is for Naval Station Pascagoula... not NAS Pensacola.

 

[cindy]

Lol. Understand significant damage. Navy is preparing a diaster recovery team for NAS Pensacola. No one source, several third party inputs.

 

[kray1395]

Looks like the base got hit really bad. Here's the first story I have found.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6028506/

 

[VetteMuscle427]

it says the base wont be open for 2-3 weeks, but what will this mean in the long run. will it affect us planning on OCS in the next year?

 

[slabicro]

Oops didn't mean to post here!

 

[Jaxs170]

Got a little word that some units on the base will not be back up for months due to damage to their facilities. My squadron was trying to get me order for water survival refresher and they were told that NASP was out for a while and that studs being scheduled to go there were being sent elsewhere. However, apparently JAX at least isin't taking anyone for a while b/c they are full for quite some time to come.

 

[Grant]

I was watching Fox News earlier, and they said that NAS Pensacola was hit pretty hard. The reporter on the ground said that some building will have to be bulldozed and rebuilt. But then again, he's just a journalist, not an engineer, so I take what he says with a grain of salt.

 

[squeeze]

Crap.... I was planning a cross-country there the weekend of the 8th. Any FOs/Helo guys know what kind of status they're at for transients?