NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Washington. – A Search and Rescue (SAR) team MH-60S Knighthawk from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island rescue two hikers the last week: a female hiker on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail near Blizzard Peak in North Central Washington, June 15, 2024, and another female hiker near Colchuck Lake Leer másWhidbey SAR MH-60S aircrew rescue 2 hikers in four days[…]
NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – A Search and Rescue (SAR) MH-60S Knighthawk team from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island rescue an Army Soldier who was on a training exercise with his unit in the Okanagan Mountain range. Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The soldier’s unit requested transport to a medical facility after he Leer másWhidbey SAR MH-60S rescue a soldier in Okanagan Mountain range[…]
A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island rescued a hiker who had fallen and sustained injuries on Cutthroat Peak in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest, Monday, April 29, 2024. The day before, April 28, the SAR weekend duty crew attempted to perform the rescue but was forced to abort the Leer másWhidbey SAR team rescue hiker on Cutthroat Peak[…]
NAS Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Washington. — A NAS Whidbey Island MH-60S Knighthawk SAR helicopter aircrew rescue a man (hiker) who had fallen more than 1,200 feet down a ravine on Mount Ellinor in the Olympic National Forest. Saturday, December 16, 2023. The 30-year-old male hiker had fallen down the ravine near the top of Leer másWhidbey SAR MH-60S crew rescue man on Mount Ellinor[…]
March 28, 2022 | By C. Todd , DoD news Six Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft took off yesterday for Germany. The planes are from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State and are expected to arrive at Spangdahlem Air Base today, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said. «This is in order to bolster Leer más6 Navy EA-18G Growler headed to Germany to support deterrence mission[…]
SEATTLE — The USCG, Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy concluded a two-day joint exercise on Feb. 17 and 18, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Salish Sea. The exercise involved multiple United States and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) assets and crews. The training was conducted to prepare Royal Canadian Navy crews for deployments Leer másUSCG, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian Navy[…]
SEATTLE — A Port Angeles-area man pleaded guilty Monday at the U.S. District Court in Tacoma for aiming a laser pointer at a Coast Guard Air Station / SFO Port Angeles MH-65D Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew in 2016. Randall Muck, 35, pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of assault on a federal officer under Title Leer másSuspect pleads guilty to 2016 laser strike on Coast Guard aircrew[…]
A variant of the F/A-18F Super Hornet, the Growler will receive several capabilities common with the Block III upgrades The first production EA-18G aircraft delivered in 2007 is the first Growler to receive this capability upgrade WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash., March 19, 2021 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has started a five-year modification program for the U.S. Navy’s Leer másBoeing Inducts First EA-18G Growler for U.S. Navy Modification Program[…]
