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US
NAVAL CORONADO
NORTH ISLAND SAN DIEGO
"NACF" auxillary "OLF"
Naval Air Station, North Island
(NASNI) is part of the largest aerospace-industrial complex in the Navy,
the 57,000-acre Naval Base Coronado. The commanding officer of North
Island is also the Commanding Officer, Naval Base Coronado.
Additionally, he commands or administers Naval Amphibious Base Coronado,
Outlying Field Imperial Beach, Navy Radio Receiving Facility, Mountain
Training Facility LaPosta, Warner Springs Training Area and Naval Air
Landing Facility, San Clemente Island. NASNI, with only its
commands in the metropolitan San Diego Area, brackets the city of
Coronado from the entrance to San Diego Bay to the Mexican border.
North Island itself is host to 23 squadrons and 80 additional tenant
commands and activities, one of which, the Naval Aviation Depot, is the
largest aerospace employer in San Diego. North Island was commissioned a
naval air station in 1917, 82 years ago. On August 15, 1963, the
station, which was originally called the Naval Air Station, San Diego
until 1955, was granted official recognition as the "Birthplace of Naval
Aviation" by resolution of the House Armed Services Committee. Naval
base Coronado is also the Navy home to Transload Navy.
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