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Navy rejects plan to move electronic attack jets from NAS Whidbey Island to California
The Navy has rejected a proposal to move its Growler electronic attack squadrons from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island to ...
South Whidbey Record1d
Navy SAR helps save soldier who fell 100 feet in mountains
A search-and-rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island helped rescue an Army special forces soldier who fell 100 feet ...
Whidbey Island Search & Rescue helicopter team helps save injured soldier at Mt. Rainier
A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island helped rescue a 32-year-old Army soldier who was injured ...
Whidbey News-Times10h
Navy to host public meetings to address well water investigation
The U.S. Navy will host four public meetings to inform the community about its recent and ongoing efforts to test drinking water wells in sampling areas near Naval Air Station Whidbey Island for ...
Soldier airlifted after 100-foot fall at snowy peak near Mount Rainier
The soldier, a member of the Army's 1st Special Forces Group, broke his leg in the fall during mountaineering practice in ...
Army soldier rescued off Mount Rainier during training
Whidbey Island assisted in the rescue of an injured Army soldier member off Pinnacle Peak near Mt. Rainier last week.
Smithsonian Magazine5d
The P-3 Orion Was Made for Hunting Submarines
How Lockheed’s P-3 kept the Cold War from turning hot. Submarines are hard to kill. For military strategists, no warship ...
KING516d
Public attends meeting over Navy Growler jet noise
WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. — For years, some Whidbey Island residents have been trying to get the noise of U.S. Navy Growlers out of the air space. The jets — known for their deep ...