Change at Whiting Field
WHITING FIELD — The Naval Air Station Whiting Field wing that helps train "lethal military professionals," in the words of Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, chief of U.S. Naval air training, was placed under…
Whiting receives $12 million support contract
JACKSONVILLE — A nearly $12 million contract has been awarded to a Louisville, Kentucky, small business for Base Operating Support services at Naval Air Station Whiting Field and outlying areas.
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New flight simulators arrive at Whiting
MILTON — In a ceremony onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field yesterday, Training Air Wing Five (TW-5) accepted the Navy’s first new TH-57 flight simulator in nearly 40 years. The new simulator is n…
NAS Whiting Field holds Bells Across America Gold Star Event
MILTON — NAS Whiting Field held its third annual Bells Across America Gold Star event Sept. 27 to honor fallen service members in a ceremony at the NAS Whiting Field Chapel. Lauren Anzaldo, Fleet and…
Blue Angels fan earns her wings of gold
MILTON — After growing up surrounded by naval aviation in Pensacola and Northwest Florida, Lt. j.g. Lauren Burns earned her wings of gold onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field Aug. 24 at a winging …
Whiting Field recognized for energy excellence
MILTON — In an announcement Aug. 3, the Secretary of the Navy named Naval Air Station Whiting Field the recipient of the Department of the Navy Energy Excellence Award for 2018 in the Navy Small Shor…
Aboard guided-missile submarine, Navarre native plays a key role in unique Navy mission
SILVERDALE, Wash. — A 2017 Navarre High School graduate and Navarre native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of a crew working aboard a unique guided-missile submarine, USS Ohio, one of only four i…
Jay Royal becomes naval aviator, headed to Japan
MILTON — Lt. j.g. Payden Roberts of Jay, formerly of Milton, earned his Wings of Gold onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field in a ceremony on April 27. Roberts, who said both towns hold a special pl…
Change of command: HT-28 gets new leadership
MILTON — Helicopter Training Squadron TWENTY-EIGHT observed a time-honored Navy tradition June 9 as the commanding officer of the unit passed command to another officer in the Naval Air Station Whiti…
Black Hawk memorial torn down; man said it had been there too long
NAVARRE BEACH — Charges have not been filed against a man who took it upon himself to start removing a makeshift memorial on Navarre Beach Causeway that honors the lives lost from the 2015 Black Hawk…
















