FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Air Station Key West, Florida ~ 11 FEB 2025

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Naval Air Station Key West, Florida

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.

NAS Key West is a training facility for air-to-air combat fighter aircraft of all military services, with favorable flying conditions year round and nearby aerial ranges. The station and its associated offshore air combat maneuvering ranges are equipped with the P5 Combat Training System/Tactical Combat Training System which tracks and records aerial maneuvers.

On a broader scale, NAS Key West's national security mission supports operational and readiness requirements for the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security (e.g., U.S. Coast Guard), Air National Guard and Army National Guard units, other federal agencies, and allied military forces.

The air station is also host to several tenant commands, including Fighter Squadron Composite 111 (VFC-111), Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106) Detachment Key West, the U.S. Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School and Headquarters, Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF South).

Units conducting detachment training at NAS Key West utilize the Key West Complex airspace, a system of overwater Warning Areas to the south between the Florida Keys and the island of Cuba, to the west beyond the Dry Tortugas, and to the northwest over the Gulf of Mexico. Warning Area 174 (W-174), Warning Area 465 (W-465), the Key West OPAREA, and the Bonefish Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace (ATCAA) define the Key West Complex airspace.

The majority of the airspace is covered by a Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System (TACTS) range that continuously tracks aircraft positions and maneuvering parameters, recording everything for later playback during mission debrief.

Learn More About Naval Air Station Key West HERE!!

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy girls!

*HUGS*

8:00 pm just flew right by me, LOL!

Hope you all have a terrific Tuesday!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren.

Hope all’s well. Are you expecting a lot of rain this week like we are? From what I’ve seen, the rain systems will be moving through TX to get to us. We sure need what’s coming this week.

[radu]

Time does have a way of sneaking up and passing by. LOL

[PROCON]

It’s Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[radu]

I am so pumped. Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth just signed a memorandum reversing the naming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg a little over an hour ago.

And he said more to come.

YES!!!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you PROCON!

[Kudsman]

Congrats. More common sense winning.

[icclearly]

Brings back memories from long ago. I spent two years at the sub base (now gone) in Key West and drove past the NAS many, many times.

My boat and many others from that squadron went out to play war with the Russians during the Cuban Missle Crises.

Not a bad place to hold a Canteen :-).

[laurenmarlowe]

Fantastic news for sure! Hope he changes them all back.

ROCKSTAR!

It’s rained a little this evening, more to come, and rain all day tomorrow. It’s a great thing. Last week so much rain it flooded my dog park and now they’ve dug great big holes in the ground for who knows what purpose. Ought to be interesting after tomorrow, I guess the dogs can go swimming.

Hope you get lots as well!

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I didn’t get home from work till after 8:00PM. Monday is my late day...5 Piano Lessons and 1 Guitar lesson.

I’m pretty tired by the end of the day.

[radu]

There was talk but I didn’t know when it would be done. I ran across his post this evening about 15 minutes after he posted it.
Scared a couple of cats put of the room when I let out a loud whoop. LOL

[laurenmarlowe]

You sound busy, for sure!

I admire you for your talent and creative ability. I’m lucky to write my name.

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You do a nice presentation here on FR, Fonts, Colors, Pictures, frames, and all kinds of HTML goodies.

I learned it from you and some others and have been posting a colorful thread in the Religion Forum for over 15 years.

Don’t sell yourself short, Girlfriend!

(((HUGS)))

[radu]

It’s been a couple of years since you were stationed down there. :-) Interesting time to be there. I was young but I remember when that was going on.

[radu]

He said more to come so I have a feeling all of the bases that were renamed will get their names back.

It sounds like we’ll have similar weather this week. It’s supposed to rain all day tomorrow, a little break tomorrow night, then rain some more Wednesday. We do it again this weekend and they’re saying that the grand total by Sunday could be around 9 inches! Do we ever need it!!!! We’ve been in either severe or extreme drought for months.

It sounds like tomorrow’s trip to the dog park could be an “adventure”. LOL

[laurenmarlowe]

You’re so sweet, thank you for the compliment. It’s most appreciated.

Backatcha!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

**HUGS**