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A naval air station or navy airbase is a military air base under the command of a navy, dedicated to the use of aircraft for naval operations. These bases are typically populated by squadrons, groups
MH-60S helicopters at NAS North Island, California, circa 2011
Flight line at NAS Key West, 2007
Naval Air Station Key West
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Naval Air Station Key West, is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States.
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…AB facility in the Azores; NAF Kadena at the U.S. Air Force's Kadena AB, Japan; NAF Adak, Alaska; and NAF Midway northwest of Hawaii. Flight line at NAS Key West, 2007 There are also a number of former Naval Air Stations that have been realigned as part of larger Naval Stations (NAVSTA) or redesignated to other…
A US Navy F-5N Tiger II of VFC-111 takes off from its home at NAS Key West during November 2020
Marker for the Truman Annex, Key West Naval Station
Barracks, Dec. 1939
Aerial view of NAS Key West in the 1940s