Once again, this past summer the 302nd Fighter Squadron took us to Key West Naval Air Station Florida for annual tour. We were on TDY from June 16 through July 1 2001. It was a fairly uneventful trip. I did some SCUBA diving with Subtropic Divers Inc. I highly recommend diving with them. I dove the Grand Cayman Salvager, 10 fathom bar, Sand Key, and Rock Key. All were a nice change from the day in and day out activities on the flight line. The deployment ran fairly smoothly and Key West party atmosphere was in full effect at night.
Last summer I was really busy in Key West too! In May 1999, we got deployed to Key West Naval Air Station located on Boca Chica Key, just a few minutes from Key West. It was such a tough deployment, they even put us up in the Truman Annex, located 2 blocks from Duval street and Facing the Gulf of Mexico.
Here are some pictures from both trips. Click to enlarge photos. Use your browsers back button to return here.
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| Here is the C-130 we flew in on from Pensacola. | Here is Jeremy just after arrival at KW NAS | This is me out front of A/C 211, my baby for the deployment |
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| Here is the KWNAS flightline. It was a mini-air show with F-14s, S-3 Vikings, helicopters, AV-8B Harriers, F-18s, A-7s, F-15s, F-16s, C-130s, C-5s, and many other military aircraft. | This is AC 283, the deployment pain in the ass, the little sign says "Aircraft Impounded" | This is one of the AF F-15s from Alaska, this one just so happened to be their pain in the ass jet. |
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| This is Leo and LT, Leo was my assistant crew chief in KWNAS | This is the Wing King of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. | Here is sunset point were everyone ends up every night at sunset located at the end of Duval Street. |
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| Here is Sunset Point from the Dive Boat as we came back in. | Here is the nightly Sunset Cruise as it passes the end of Duval St. | This is what sunset looks like at sunset point |
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| Here is the deck of the Cayman Salvager, one of the wrecks I dove on in Key West. |
Leaving Key West |
This is the C-5 that we flew home on. Notice the Maint stand under the wing? |
