Feb 4, 2015
NAS Whiting Field personnel undergo security exercise (PHOTOS)
A perpetrator unlawfully enters Naval Air Station Whiting Field leading security forces on a chase to a building. Upon entering the suspect shoots two individuals and barricades himself inside the fa…
Jan 30, 2015
Digman to turn over command of VT-6
Cmdr. Wade A. Iverson will assume command of VT-6 from Lt. Col. Kevin L. Digman during a Change of Command ceremony Friday, January 30 at 1 p.m. in the Naval Air Station Whiting Field Atrium building…
Jan 29, 2015
NAS Whiting Field to participate in security exercise
NAS Whiting Field will participate in Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield ’14, an anti-terrorism/force protection exercise conducted on all continental United States Naval installations Feb. 2 – 13.
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Jan 23, 2015
New captain lauds Whiting Field’s national honor
Naval Air Station Whiting Field was selected by the Commander Naval Installations Command (CNIC) as the FY 2015 recipient of the Installation Excellence Award in the small category. For perspective, …
Jan 19, 2015
Pickard relinquishes command of HT-18 to Coleman
Lt. Col. Rafford Coleman, USMC, will formally relieve Cmdr. Kevin Pickard Jr., USN, as the commanding officer of Helicopter Training Squadron EIGHTEEN, Friday, Jan. 16 at the Naval Air Station Whitin…
Dec 22, 2014
Bahlau takes command of NASWF as Coughlin retires
With Santa Rosa County and Baldwin County Commissioners, state representatives, distinguished military personnel, friends, and family in attendance, Captain Matthew Coughlin was relieved of his three…
Dec 16, 2014
Ketcham assumes command of HT-28
Amidst the pomp and circumstance of military ceremony, Cmdr. Jeffrey Ketcham accepted the reins of command for Helicopter Training Squadron TWENTY-EIGHT from Lt. Col. Jeff Pavelko, Friday, Dec. 5. H…
Dec 11, 2014
NASWF Named Tree City USA for 23rd Year
The National Arbor Day Foundation once again recognized Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field as a Tree City USA for its dedication to conservation and urban renewal. This is the 23rd consecutive ye…
Dec 5, 2014
Lighting the tree at NAS Whiting Field
NAS Whiting Field celebrated the Christmas season with the lighting of the base tree in front of the command building. Children came from the base Child Development Center, led by SoRoyal Sinclair, …
Dec 5, 2014
Memoirs of an African American Pearl Harbor survivor
Forrest King’s daughter, Joyce King-Bolds, tells his story.