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Formerly an independent naval air station, NOLF Imperial Beach is located in the city of Imperial Beach, on the U.S.-Mexico border, 10 miles (16 km) south of NAS North Island. The air station was known as Ream Field in the 1950s and 1960s. NAS North Island resembles a small city in its facility content and its operations.
A naval outlying landing field (NOLF) or naval auxiliary landing field (NALF) is an auxiliary airfield with no based units or aircraft, and minimal facilities. They are used as a low-traffic locations for flight training, without the risks and distractions of other traffic at naval air stations or other large airfields.
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake; Naval Base San Diego; Naval Base Coronado. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado; Naval Air Station North Island; Naval Outlying Field Imperial Beach; Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island; Naval Base Point Loma; Naval Medical Center San Diego; Naval Air Facility El Centro; Naval Air Station Lemoore
In 1997, Naval Base Coronado was created, incorporating eight separate Naval installations under one Commanding Officer.Those facilities include: Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI); Naval Amphibious Base Coronado (NAB); Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NOLFIB); Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island (NALFSCI); Silver Strand Training Complex (SSTC), formerly known as ...
The Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet is a three-star US Navy command based at Naval Air Station North Island, California.COMNAVAIRPAC is the aviation Type Commander (TYCOM) for all United States Navy naval aviation units assigned to the Pacific Fleet.
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron THREE (HELSEACOMBATRON 3 or HSC-3 Merlins) (previously Helicopter Combat Support Squadron THREE (HELSUPPRON 3 or HC-3 Packrats)), is a United States Navy multi-role combat helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, which operates the Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter to train aircrew and support fleet development on ...
VP-31 P5M-2 in 1962 VP-31 SHU-16B at NAS North Island in the 1960s VP-31 P-3A dropping a torpedo VP-31 P-3s over the Golden Gate Bridge in 1989. 30 June 1960: VP-31 (later DETNI) was established at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. The primary mission of the squadron was training replacement aircrew and maintenance ...
HSC-21 was established as Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11) "Gunbearers" on 1 October 1977 at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California (United States), to provide logistics support for the units of the United States Pacific Fleet. In April 2005, HC-11 was redesignated HSC-21 "Blackjacks".