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Bart Nikodem said:I wouldn't mind since NAS Whidbey has 4 Patrol, 2 Fleet Air Reconnaissance squadrons, while Comox has 1 Patrol squadron. I think BC has more coastline than Washington state, but I could stand to be corrected.
The USN's Maritime patrol force has, in recent years, suffered from large cuts as well as the accelerating retirement of P-3C airframes. On the west Coast, NAS Whidbey Island stands alone as an LRPA base, as there is no longer a permanent VP presenve at NAS North Island (Coronado, California). Therefore the VP units at Whidbey Island patrol the entire West coast of the US. They have their work cout out for them just as much as we do.
http://www.naswi.navy.mil/pao/index.htm