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Naval Air Station Key West

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The seaplane base was designated as a Naval Air Station Key West on 15 December 1940 and served as an operating and training base for fleet aircraft squadrons, to include seaplane, land-based aircraft, carrier-based aircraft and lighter-than-air blimp squadrons. This set the stage for America's entry
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Also at Trumbo Point is the Navy Gateway Inns and Suites (NGIS), formerly known as the Bachelor Officers Quarters (BOQ) and later the Combined Bachelor Quarters (CBQ). NGIS accommodates transient government personnel and dependents. Distinguished Visitors (DV) quarters are also available for senior
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class aircraft carriers. All RVAH squadrons were in place at NAS Key West by late 1974 and all were eventually decommissioned over a six-year period that coincided with the phased retirement of the RA-5C. Following decommissioning of the last RA-5C squadron, RVAH-7, Reconnaissance Attack Wing ONE
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After World War I, the base was decommissioned and its personnel were transferred or released. Most of the buildings were destroyed or dismantled and moved to other locations. The remaining facilities were used only occasionally during 1920–1930 for seaplane training. The station remained inactive
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approach to NAS Key West. Both aircraft plunged into the sea; Navy personnel at the base witnessed the accident and immediately launched rescue and recovery efforts, but all 34 passengers and five crew aboard the DC-4 were killed, along with the pilot-instructor, two student pilots, and radio
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aircraft. An operational/deployable fleet unit, the wing relocated Reconnaissance Attack Squadron THREE (RVAH-3), the single site RA-5C Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), to NAS Key West, as well as nine other deployable Vigilante squadrons
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into World War II. The government had retained the property during the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s, which proved to be a wise decision as the nation scrambled to re-arm in a state of emergency at the outbreak of the war.
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were home to many wealthy shipping merchants whose fleets operated from these waters. This drew the interest of pirates who used the Florida Keys as a base from which to prey on shipping lanes. The base was expanded during the
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The nation's southernmost Naval Base proved to be an ideal year-round training facility with rapid access to the open sea lanes and ideal flying conditions for Naval Aviation. The Navy's forces were expanded to include
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logo painted prominently on the south side of the building (it is the tallest building on the island of Key West). It is approximately a mile, or a twenty-five-minute walk, from the NGIS to Duval Street downtown.
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Units conducting detachment training at NAS Key West utilize the Key West Complex airspace, a system of overwater Warning Areas to the south between the Florida Keys and the island of Cuba, to the west beyond the
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B in 1966. In 1979, the 671st Radar Squadron was replaced by the 20th Air Defense Squadron, Operating Location Alpha Juliet (OL-AJ). By 1988, the last of the two AN/FPS-90 sets was removed. Today, an
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As in the past, NAS Key West continues to be frequently utilized for detachments by active and reserve U.S. Navy strike fighter squadrons and carrier airborne early warning squadrons,
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Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
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was established on the main island of Key West on what is now naval air station "annex" property. Its mission during World War I was to supply oil to the U.S. fleet and to block
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training facility for fighter aircraft of all military services, with favorable flying conditions year round and nearby aerial ranges. The station and its associated offshore
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off the coast of Florida. As the war continued, German submarines were progressively attrited by U.S. Navy and Allied antisubmarine warfare forces and German torpedo raids by
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Due to its superb flying weather, NAS Key West has also hosted several permanent detachments of the fighter and strike fighter Fleet Replacement Squadrons (FRS) at
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In addition to the main air station on Boca Chica Key, NAS Key West comprises several separate annexes in the Key West area. These additional properties include:
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aircraft also routinely conduct detachment operations at NAS Key West, primarily conducting counternarcotics reconnaissance missions in the Gulf of Mexico and the
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NAS Key West was to become a focal point during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which posed the first doorstep threat to the United States in more than a century.
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Lieutenant Stanley Parker. About three months later, on 18 December, Naval Air Base Key West was commissioned and LT Parker became the first Commanding Officer.
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and other fortifications in the Key West area commencing in 1845 and continuing through to its completion in 1866. The base also figured prominently during the
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On 18 January 1918, the first class of student aviators arrived for seaplane training, which launched the station's reputation as a premier training site for
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was established at NAS Key West and for the next three decades conducted airborne antisubmarine warfare (ASW) systems evaluation out of Boca Chica, while
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Company. The project involved dredging, erection of station buildings, three seaplane ramps, a dirigible hangar, a hydrogenerator plant, and temporary
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operator aboard the SNB. The accident occurred at midday, weather was clear with unlimited visibility, and both flights had been cleared to fly under
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set when a second radar was added. Routine general radar surveillance was performed by the USAF at NAS Key West until 1988, upgrading the radar to an
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NAS Key West also holds responsibility for several other properties and activities in the Florida Keys. Most military family housing, as well as the
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site was also added to the SAGE network at that time (Z-399), being operated by contractors. A battalion of the 65th Artillery (later to become the
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surface to air missiles were set up in and around Key West using the radar facilities. ARADCOM designated the site as AADCP site KW-18DC under the
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During the 1980s and into the mid-1990s, NAS Key West's Trumbo Point Annex and Truman Annex waterfront pier areas served as the home port for the
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After World War II ended, NAS Key West was retained as a training facility. On 1 June 1962, the Navy AN/FPS-37 Radar site was added to the
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aircraft. Decommissioned in the late 1990s due to post-Cold War budget cuts, VF-45's former mission at NAS Key West is now performed by
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disestablished at NAS Albany prior to relocation) that routinely embarked with Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet carrier air wings aboard
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are equipped with the P5 Combat Training System/Tactical Combat Training System (P5CTS/TCTS) which tracks and records aerial maneuvers.
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out of the former seaplane base at Trumbo Point. This continued until the late 1960s/early 1970s when these squadrons relocated to
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resting on the surface to recharge batteries. The aircraft was armed only with a single machine gun, but gunners were supplied with
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training detachments, primarily student Naval Aviators in the strike aircraft pipeline during initial carrier qualifications.
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for lighter-than-air blimp operations on Key West, and runways for land-based and carrier-based aircraft on Boca Chica Key.
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Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Atlantic Targets and Marine Operations (ATMO) Detachment Key West
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On a broader scale, NAS Key West's national security mission supports operational and readiness requirements for the
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in Haiti. The station hosted a wide variety of military aircraft during this period, to include multiple U.S. Navy
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In the late summer of 1994, NAS Key West also served as a primary staging base for Operations Support Democracy and
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On 22 September of that year, the base's log book recorded the first naval flight ever made from Key West â€“ a
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that closed in 1974 that is still under military control. It has a beach and is the location of Headquarters,
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Investigation of Aircraft Accident: COMPANIA CUBANA DE AVIACION AND U.S. NAVY: KEY WEST, FLORIDA: 1951-04-25
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attributed the accident to the failure of both flight crews to see and avoid conflicting air traffic.
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The U.S. Navy's presence in Key West dates back to 1823 when a Naval Base was established to stop
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In 2019, a 20-year-old Chinese student received a year in prison for photographing the facility.
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fighter and rescue squadrons for exercises, and unit level training/continuation training. The
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On 5 October 2001, Naval Air Station Key West was temporarily downgraded and redesignated as
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within sight of land. Submarine raids peaked in May of that year, when 49 ships were
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Underwater Operations School. NAS Key West also provides a degree of support for
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were disestablished and combined into a single aviation activity designated as
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The following notable accidents and incidents have occurred at NAS Key West:
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was also based at NAS Key West to provide air combat adversary services with
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Naval Base Key West was reopened just prior to the United States' entry into
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decreased. In March 1945, the satellite airfields, some previously known as
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property formerly on the base was turned over to the State of Florida as a
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and operational flights were begun 22 October 1962, in support of the
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resulted in the United States declaring war on Spain, and the entire
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RA-5C BuNo 156624 of RVAH-6. This aircraft is now preserved at the
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Several structures of the main base of NAS Key West can be seen on
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The air station is also host to several tenant commands, including
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landing at NAS Key West in 2008 with a VFC-111 F-5N in foreground.
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submarines were operating so near Key West that they were sinking
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Runway 08/26: 10,001 x 200 ft. (3,048 x 61 m), Surface: PEM
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A height-finder radar at NAS Key West, which was modified to an
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Runway 14/32: 7,001 x 150 ft. (2,134 x 46 m), Surface: PEM
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Runway 04/22: 7,002 x 150 ft. (2,134 x 46 m), Surface: PEM
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and Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF â€“ SOUTH).
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takes off from its home at NAS Key West during November 2020
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units, other federal agencies, and allied military forces.
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Trumbo Point Annex (the former NAS Key West seaplane base)
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Naval Branch Health Clinic Key West (site of the former
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VFA-106 F/A-18Cs and VFC-111 F-5Ns at NAS Key West, 2007
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of Patrol Hydrofoil Missile Squadron TWO (PHMRON TWO).
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Truman Annex is the remaining portion of the former
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Marker for the Truman Annex, Key West Naval Station
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Key West Naval Air Station
Key West International Airport
Key West
Florida
United States

F-5N Tiger II
VFC-111
NAS Key West is located in the United States
24°34′33″N 081°41′20″W / 24.57583°N 81.68889°W / 24.57583; -81.68889
Naval Air Station
Department of Defense
US Navy
Navy Region Southeast
Official website
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Porous European Mix
Federal Aviation Administration

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