Primary out West?

[Moc1Sig]

if you are going to go on that stretch, why not go all out. how about the Navy just Buy Homestead AFB. It has a long runway which is good for planes to land on, there is everglades which tons of SNA's could bailout into and the sundowners in KeyWest for the T-6B SUPERtexan to go get a fox 2 and then party on duvall. You know just for discussion....

The only thing that would be as big of a monetary cluster fuck moving primary to MIRAMAR (and you putting all the angry marines somewhere else)(oh and the few JG's), would be a primary stud trying to talk to LA center.

 

[Catmando]

U.S. Naval Air Stations suffer a dwindling existence. The trend is not a friend.

Former U.S. Naval Air Stations
Naval Air Station Adak - Adak, Alaska
Naval Air Station Agana - Agana, Guam
Naval Air Station Akron - Akron, Ohio (now Akron Fulton International Airport)
Naval Air Station Alameda - California
Naval Air Station Albany - Georgia (former Turner AFB)
Naval Air Station Argentia - Newfoundland
Naval Air Station Atlanta - Atlanta, Georgia
Naval Air Station Barbers Point - Barbers Point, Hawaii (realigned as CGAS Barbers Point)
Naval Air Station Banana River - Florida (1940–1947)
Naval Air Station and Naval Operating Base Bermuda - Southampton Parish, Bermuda, 1941-1970
Naval Air Station Bermuda - St. David's Island, Bermuda (1970–1995) (
Naval Air Station Brunswick - Brunswick, Maine
Naval Air Station Cecil Field - Florida (now Cecil Field Airport
Naval Air Station Chase Field - Bee County, Texas
Naval Air Station Chatham - Chatham, Massachusetts
Naval Air Station Cubi Point - Philippines
Naval Air Station Dallas - Dallas, Texas
Naval Air Station Daytona Beach - Florida
Naval Air Station Denver - Colorado
Naval Air Station DeLand - Florida
Naval Air Station Ellyson Field - Florida
Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale - Florida
Naval Air Station Glenview - Glenview, Illinois
Naval Air Station Glynco - Georgia
Naval Air Station Green Cove Springs - Florida
Naval Air Station Grosse Ile - Michigan
Naval Air Station Hitchcock - Texas
Naval Air Station Hutchinson - Kansas
Naval Air Station Keflavik - Keflavik, Iceland
Naval Air Station Kingsley - Klamath Falls, Oregon
Naval Air Station Kodiak - Alaska (realigned as Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak; also functions as Kodiak Airport))
Naval Air Station Lincoln - Nebraska
Naval Air Station Litchfield Park - Litchfield Park, Arizona (now Phoenix Goodyear Airport
Naval Air Station Los Alamitos - California
Naval Air Station Melbourne - Florida
Naval Air Station Miami -
Naval Air Station Moffett Field - Mountain View, California
Naval Air Station New York - Brooklyn, NY (1941–1971) Floyd Bennett Field (realigned in 1971 as CGAS New York, closed 1999)
Naval Air Station Niagara Falls - New York
Naval Air Station Port Lyautey - Morocco
Naval Air Station Pu'unene - Pu'unene, Hawaii (1940–1947)
Naval Air Station Norfolk - Virginia (realigned as Naval Station Norfolk / Chambers Field)
Naval Air Station Oakland - California
Naval Air Station Olathe - Kansas (now New Century AirCenter)
Naval Air Station Quonset Point - Rhode Island
Naval Air Station Richmond - Florida
Naval Air Station St. Louis - Missouri
Naval Air Station Sangley Point - Sangley Point, Philippines
Naval Air Station Sand Point - Sand Point-Seattle, Washington
Naval Air Station Sanford - Sanford, Florida
Naval Air Station Saufley Field - Florida (
Naval Air Station South Weymouth - Weymouth, Massachusetts
Naval Air Station Squantum - Quincy, Massachusetts
Naval Air Station St. Simons - Georgia
Naval Air Station Tillamook - Tillamook, Oregon (now Tillamook Airport
Naval Air Station Twin Cities - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Naval Air Station Vero Beach - Florida (now Vero Beach Municipal Airport)
Naval Air Station Weeksville - Elizabeth City, North Carolina
United States Naval Air Station, Wexford, Ireland --- Wexford, Ireland
Naval Air Station Wildwood - Rio Grande, New Jersey (now Cape May Airport)
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove - Horsham Township, Pennsylvaniaval Air Stations

 

[PropAddict]

U.S. Naval Air Stations suffer a dwindling existence. The trend is not a friend.

Former U.S. Naval Air Stations
Naval Air Station Barbers Point - Barbers Point, Hawaii (realigned as CGAS Barbers Point)
Naval Air Station Pu'unene - Pu'unene, Hawaii (1940–1947)

Sigh. . .

And coming in 2018: no more Navy squadrons in Hawaii. . . it is to weep. . .

 

[Aquonox]

Sigh. . .

And coming in 2018: no more Navy squadrons in Hawaii. . . it is to weep. . .

I heard that the Navy was doing a study about only basing the P-8 in Whidbey and Jax. Is it official that they are going to be moving out of Kaneohe for good?

 

[PropAddict]

If the commodore's brief is to be believed: the plan has been vetted through the JCS and blessed by the Hawaii senators. The Wing will close circa FY2015 and shortly thereafter the squadrons will do the homeport shuffle to Whidbey as they roll back from deployment and transition to P-8.

Runway expansion costs, hangar construction costs, and the fact that the landlord (USMC) wants his real estate back for his own squadrons all combined to make continuation untenable.

HSL-37 might get to stay. . .but it seems the Ospreys will need the hangar space, so I wouldn't hold my breath on that one.

Plan is to det "something like" 1-2 planes and 1-2 crews to KBay from Whidbey on a permanent, rotating basis for ASW training support and national tasking.


For the last month, I have been praying for Ivan to park an Akula off Waikiki or resume Bear patrols to Barking Sands, in the hope that we can end this madness. . .

 

[HuggyU2]

Have you ever heard of an Environmental Impact Report?
Nevermind all of the other reasons it would be dumber than a box of hammers to move all of the training... the EI Survey and ensuing report will take years and cost millions of lives.

 

[cfam]

If the commodore's brief is to be believed: the plan has been vetted through the JCS and blessed by the Hawaii senators. The Wing will close circa FY2015 and shortly thereafter the squadrons will do the homeport shuffle to Whidbey as they roll back from deployment and transition to P-8.

P-8s and 2-3 more expeditionary Growler squadrons. It's about to get crowded up here on the Rock.

 

[PropAddict]

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if someone said, "Why do we need 6 squadrons in Whidbey? Let's just make the 3 squadrons there a little bigger, shift to a detachment mentality, and save a metric assload of money."

And that person would actually be the smartest person in the whole MPRA community.

 

[Picaroon]

Wind, hurricanes, and humidity build character!

 

[Renegade One]

Have you ever heard of an Environmental Impact Report?
Nevermind all of the other reasons it would be dumber than a box of hammers to move all of the training... the EI Survey and ensuing report will take years and cost millions of lives.

Not to mention: NASA never flies again, the Russians beat us to Mars, and we all live under the boot heel of Socialism. Wait…forget that last part.

 

[Renegade One]

U.S. Naval Air Stations suffer a dwindling existence. The trend is not a friend.

I know that it, like Barbers Point, was "re-aligned as MCAS", but Naval Air Station Miramar deserves at least a shout-out for historical purposes...

 

[MIDNJAC]

I know that it, like Barbers Point, was "re-aligned as MCAS", but Naval Air Station Miramar deserves at least a shout-out for historical purposes...

Pretty sure that is where God himself intended fighters (or strike fighters) to be flown. I can't think of a place in existence that is more conducive to both training as well as having QOL. Fallon with a beach.