California
Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents are investigating the death of a sailor at North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado.
Feb. 13, 2015
World & Nation
An EA-6B Prowler, an electronic warfare plane used by the Navy to jam enemy radar, crashed Monday while taking off from North Island Naval Air Station, killing two of the three airmen on board.
July 25, 1989
A Navy pilot died Saturday after ejecting from a fighter jet that caught fire during a training flight and crashed into the channel leading into sailboat-filled San Diego Bay.
May 26, 1985
A federal commission Saturday added El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, the Alameda Naval Aviation Depot and San Diego Naval Training Center to a growing list of California military bases being sacrificed to dwindling Pentagon budgets.
June 27, 1993
The Naval Aviation Depot on North Island will lay off as many as 825 employees in an effort to make the aircraft repair facility more competitive with private industry and other military depots, the Navy said Monday.
July 2, 1991
After adding more California military installations to its review list, the federal base-closing commission will travel to San Diego early next month to hold a new round of regional hearings, according to a commission source.
May 25, 1993
May 26, 1993
Travel & Experiences
Capt. Buddie J. Penn is scheduled to relieve Capt. Russel N.
June 24, 1985
A federal commission’s decision Saturday to close the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Orange County helps make San Diego the apparent winner--at least for now--in the high-stakes economic war over which California military bases are sacrificed to dwindling Pentagon budgets.
If the Navy ever finds the sailors who used North Island Naval Air Station phones to make 56 “dial-a-porn” calls at $2 each during a single day two months ago, the culprits will be punished with “counseling,” a spokesman for the station in San Diego said.
Sept. 20, 1985