USS Nimitz to be stationed in Everett

heraldnet ^

[joe fonebone]

whidbey is an air field.....bremerton or everett are ports

[A.A. Cunningham]

Whidbey Island is just to the west of Everett, the carrier air wing is stationed there.

Incorrect. The squadrons which comprise a Carrier Air Wing - CVW - are dispersed at several Naval Air Stations. No CVW is headquartered at Whidbey. Whidbey is home to mostly VAQ - EA-6B and EA-18G - and VP - P3 - squadrons. Only one VAQ squadron is part of a CVW. The Lincoln's CVW, CVW-2, is headquartered at NAS Lemoore.

[Competition clutch]

San Diego gets a ship named after a politician (pro-Navy, but still a member of a loathsome class of people) - WA gets the ship named after the war hero.

I don’t like CVN John Stennis, either.

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I guess that’s it. DS was at the air field, and flew off the Nimitz.

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DoH, I didn’t know that, I knew the A6’s were there, I thought the rest of the planes were on the Island too.

[A.A. Cunningham]

The only A6 at Whidbey is on static display. The Intruder was retired from service in February of 1997.

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97’ wow, has it been that long...

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bump

[joe fonebone]

I was with a Q squadron back in the ‘70’s...it is hard to believe that an area that far north can be a rain forest...whidbey is beautiful

[joe fonebone]

intruders do not fly out of whidbey........prowlers do, the EA-6B

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ya that was my bad...