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4. NAV / NAS / Whidbey Island
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Country: United States Region: Washington Locale: Seattle Latitude: 48° 21' 0" N Longitude: -123° 20' 59" E Area use / Military Branches: ACTIVE |
48°20'43"N 122°39'51"W Naval Air Stn Whidbey Island (NASWI) http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrnw/installations/nas_whidbey_island.html
Home to all USN tactical electronic attack squadrons flying EA-18G Growler http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Cobrachen_Ea-18g.jpg Also based P-3C Orion http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Orion.usnavy.750pix.jpg and P-8A Poseidon http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/P-8A_Poseidons_of_VP-16_at_NAF_Atsugi_in_2013.JPG Maritime Patrol squadrons and Fleet Reconnaissance squadrons flying EP-3E Aries http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/EP-3E_DN-SD-07-09322.JPEG
Current naval units:
- Commander Electronic Attack Wing Pacific (COMVAQWINGPAC) operating 14 squadrons
- Electronic Attack Weapons School (EAWS) providing training to EA-6B Prowler and EA-18G Growler aircrews and weapons related training to EA-6B and EA-18G ordnance and tech personnel. In 2015 the USN replaced its aged EA-6B fleet by EA-18G. The USMC keeps the EA-6B in service until 2019.
- Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN (CPRW-10) responsible for training, maintenance and admin support of its assigned VP and VQ squadrons.
- Naval Ocean Processing Facility (NOPF) Whidbey Island at grid 48°20'28"N 122°41'4"W, The only integrated undersea surveillance system facility in the US Pacific Fleet. Its mission is to conduct continuous antisubmarine warfare (ASW) and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) surveillance in support of Pacific Fleet objectives. It is the dataprocessing site of the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) the successor of the former submarine detection SOund Surveillance System (SOSUS).
USAF
- 390th Electronic Combat Sq is the parent command for all USAF personnel stationed at NASWI
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