VR-62 was originally stationed at which former Navy blimp base?
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VR-62 Fleet Logistics Support Squadron SIX TWO (FLELOGSUPPRON SIX TWO, or VR-62, nicknamed the "Nomads") is one of five U.S. Navy Reserve squadrons operating the Lockheed C-130T medium-lift cargo aircraft. VR-62 used to be stationed at Naval Air Station South Weymouth and Naval Air Station Brunswick.
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Naval Air Station South Weymouth Naval Air Station South Weymouth, was an operational United States Navy airfield from 1942 to 1997 in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. It was first established as a regular Navy blimp base during World War II. During the postwar era the base became part of the Naval Air Reserve Training Command, hosting a variety of Navy and Marine Corps reserve aircraft squadrons and other types of reserve units. Environmental contamination from wastes stored in 3 landfills was detected in 1986, and since 1993 the site has been on the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Numerous remedies and long term monitoring of ground water are in place. Since 2005, over 600 acres have been transferred to the affected towns for reuse, and in 2011 the Navy signed a $25 million contract to transfer its remaining land.
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VAQ-141 Electronic Attack Squadron 141 (VAQ-141), also known as the "Shadowhawks", is an EA-18G Growler squadron of the United States Navy that is based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. VAQ-141 falls under the command of Commander Electronic Attack Wing Pacific (COMVAQWINGPAC) and flies in support of Carrier Air Wing 5 aboard the USS "Ronald Reagan" .
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Henderson Field (Midway) Henderson Field (originally known as Naval Air Station Midway Islands) on East Midway Island is a former World War II airfield in the Central Pacific. The airfield was abandoned after the war.
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VAK-308 VAK-308 was a U.S. Navy Tactical Aerial Refueling Squadron. The squadron was established on 2 May 1970 as a Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron VAQ-308, redesignated as VAK-308 on 1 October 1979 and disestablished on 30 September 1988.
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Elliston Ridge Air Station Elliston Ridge Air Station (ID: N-22B, C-22B) is a closed General Surveillance-Gap Filler Radar station. It is located 74 mi north-northwest of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was closed in 1961.
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Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles (5 kilometers) southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County.
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Hellenikon Air Base Hellenikon Air Base was a former United States Air Force base located in Athens, Greece. After its closure, it was redeveloped into Ellinikon International Airport.
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HMAS Commonwealth HMAS "Commonwealth" is a former Royal Australian Navy shore base located in Kure, Hiroshima in Japan. The base had been run by the British as HMS "Commonwealth", and was renamed HMAS "Commonwealth" on 1 October 1948. It ceased operation in June 1950, at which time the base was transferred to Japanese control. HMAS "Commonwealth" (Establishment) was transferred to Korea on 28 April 1952, where it continued until 19 April 1956.
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Charleston Naval Shipyard Charleston Naval Shipyard (formerly known as the Charleston Navy Yard) was a U.S. Navy ship building and repair facility located along the west bank of the Cooper River, in North Charleston, South Carolina and part of Naval Base Charleston.
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Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Air Station Naval Auxiliary Air Station Crows Landing is a former United States Navy air station
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Foster Air Force Base Foster Air Force Base (1941–1945, 1952–1959) is a former United States Air Force base, located approximately 6 mi east-northeast of Victoria, Texas. A flying training airfield during World War II, it was part of Tactical Air Command during the Cold War as a tactical fighter and command base.
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Burevestnik Airport Burevestnik (also Iturup; Japanese: 天寧飛行場 , "Tennei-hikōjyō") (IATA: BVV, ICAO: UHSB) is a military air base on Iturup Island, Russia, establishing the nation's presence on the disputed South Kuril Islands with the largest airfield in the region. It is also the former Soviet Union's most remote interceptor base, home of 387 IAP (387th Interceptor Aviation Regiment). During the 1970s it flew MiG-21bis and upgraded to MiG-23 jets in 1983. Burevestnik's communications and logistics were tied to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and supplies were flown in weekly on An-12 aircraft.
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Vernam Field Vernam Field (locally spelled Vernamfield) is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield located in Clarendon Parish, 34.3 mi west-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica. The airfield was renamed Vernam Air Force Base by the newly formed United States Air Force in 1948, but was closed in 1949.
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VR-54 Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Four (VR-54), nicknamed the Revelers, is a transport squadron of the Fleet Logistics Support Wing of the United States Navy. Based out of NAS/JRB New Orleans, it is a reserve unit composed of both active duty and selected reserve sailors. The squadron currently flies the Lockheed C-130T Hercules.
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Second VA-66 (U.S. Navy) VA-66 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy; it was the second squadron to be so named. The squadron was called to duty and established as Reserve Fighter Squadron VF-671 on 1 February 1951. It was redesignated Fighter Squadron VF-81 on 4 February 1953, and finally as VA-66 on 1 July 1955. The squadron was disestablished on 1 October 1986, but one detachment continued in existence until 31 March 1987. The squadron's nickname was the "Waldomen" from the 1950s to the early 1960s, and the "Waldos" from that point forward. Its insignia, a rooster toting a machine gun, was a well-known design in naval aviation.
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Amchitka Air Force Base Amchitka Air Force Base is an abandoned Air Force Base located on Amchitka, in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.
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Naval Station Argentia Naval Station Argentia (IATA: NWP) is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941 to 1994. It was established in the community of Argentia in what was then the Dominion of Newfoundland, which later became the tenth Canadian province, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) USS "John S. McCain" (DDG-56) is an "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer currently in the service of the United States Navy. She is part of the Destroyer Squadron 15 within the Seventh Fleet, and has her homeport at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan.
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HMAS Albatross (air station) HMAS "Albatross" is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) naval air station in support of the RAN's aviation branch, the Fleet Air Arm. The base, located near Nowra, New South Wales, was formally established in May 1942 as Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base RAAF Nowra, then was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS "Nabbington" in 1944, and operated as a naval air station until it was decommissioned in late 1945. In 1948, the airfield was commissioned into the RAN as HMAS "Albatross", as the primary shore base for the Fleet Air Arm. Since 2011, four squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm operate from "Albatross". The current commander of the base is Captain Fiona Sneath, RAN.
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Naval Air Technical Training Center Ward Island Naval Air Technical Training Center Ward Island was a former United States Navy base located on Ward Island, just offshore from Corpus Christi, Texas. During World War II (WWII), this base provided highly classified airborne electronics maintenance training for many thousands of Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, and Royal Air Force personnel.
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Fleet Readiness Center Northwest Fleet Readiness Center Northwest (FRCNW) is located in Oak Harbor, Washington and is part of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Although originally named Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment and established in 1959, it was changed on October 10, 2008 and is a subsidiary of the Navy's Fleet Readiness Center Command.