Whidbey Island NAS. Brings back memories. In the mid 60s while I was working for the Naval Research Lab, we took our EC-121 on a trip to the Orient. If my memory serves me right, we left Pax River, Maryland and the first stop was Whidbey Island. The EC-121 was a Super Connie with a pot belly on the bottom and a radome on the top. It took quite a while to get to where it was going. My boss said it flew too long in one spot. All we did was an overnight on Whidbey. The next day it was on to Adak, then to Tachikawa (sp?). On to Hong Kong a few days later, by way of a stop in Okinawa due to a typhoon.
The return trip was Guam, Hickam, San Diego, Tulsa, PAX River. LBJ was to visit Oklahoma about that time & his preparatory entourage was at the Tulsa Airport.
Good morning, Western Phil
thanks for sharing that experience.
I work at NRL. :~}