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Navy Gateway Project Oak Harbor, Washington
A-6E BUNO 152907 has been mounted at the site of the old "Sound of Freedom" corner at NAS Whidbey Island Washington, providing a dramatic welcome to the Air Station and Oak Harbor
(© 2007 K.C. Pohtilla)
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Thanks to the support of local businesses, industry, and our membership, the Navy Gateway project in Oak Harbor, Washington, is complete. The A-6E Intruder BUNO 152907 has been restored to its former glory, repainted in a lower maintenance Desert Storm era scheme, and has been joined by an EA-6B Prowler at the corner of State Highway 20 and Ault Field Road (on the site of the old "Sound of Freedom" sign).
 © 2007 KC Pohtilla The completed Navy Gateway Display Dedication ceremony Sep 20 2007 |
 © 2007 KC Pohtilla (L-R Base CO, Mayor, Wing Commander) |
Located at the north entrance to both Oak Harbor and NAS Whidbey Island, the Navy Gateway display provides the Intruder Association and fans of Naval Aviation an opportunity to "Showcase a Legend" where it can be seen by the hundreds of thousands of visitors to Whidbey Island each year. Dedicated by Captain Gerral David (Commanding Officer, NAS Whidbey), Captain Tom Tack (Commander, Tactical Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet) and Mayor Patty Cohen, Oak Harbor, on September 20th, 2007, this site provides a fitting tribute to the pilots, bombardiers and maintainers who flew, worked on, and made the ultimate sacrifice in the venerable Intruder.
 2007 US Navy Photo |
 2007 US Navy Photo |
The Intruder has been loaded with Precision Guided Munitions, including two GBU-12 500 pound Laser Guided Bombs (LGB), one AGM-65 Maverick missile, and one High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM).
 ©2007 US Navy photo |
 © 2007 by KC Pohtilla |
The second phase of the project added an EA-6B Prowler to complete this tribute to NAS Whidbey veterans of Naval Aviation. The Prowler, BUNO 158036, is painted in VAQ-129 colors, and mounted with an AGM-88 HARM, two ALQ-99 jamming pods, and a drop tank.
The resultant display gives visitors to the NAS Whidbey Island a dramatic welcome - but it will need your help to keep looking spectacular!
YOU can help sustain the project in years to come with your fully tax-deductible
donation!
(tax ID number 20-2954050)
PayPal:
Cash / Check Donations:
Please follow these simple steps to ensure that all donations will be fully tax
deductible, and that your contributions are recognized and applied to the Navy Gateway
Park project:
- Make out your check to the Intruder Association
- Annotate the memo with "Gateway Park Fund"
- Mail to:
The Intruder Association
3504 Beaver Ford Road
Woodbridge VA 22192
For more information contact:
Sam "Sammy" Bovington
(360) 257-3728
[email protected]
Capt Dave Williams, USN (ret)
(360) 929-1210
[email protected]
No donation is too small!
You can join with the many businesses and organizations that have already contributed time, materials or funds to the project, including:
| Association of Naval Aviation Squadron Forty The Men and Women of Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment, Whidbey Island Blue Mountain Electric Boy Scout Troop 144 Cane Engineering CDR & Mrs. Nick Carter, USN (ret) Ray Compton The Men and Women of Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, Whidbey Island Chugach Industries, Inc Commander, Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing, US Pacific Fleet |
Del-Jen Inc Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc Fakkema and Kingma Island County Sue Karahalios (in memory of her late father, Captain Ray Compton, USN) Krieg Concrete Products Krieg Construction L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace Contract Services NAS Whidbey Island Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northrop-Gumman |
The Oak Harbor Police Department The Oak Harbor Fire Department P&L Construction PCS Structural Solutions CAPT Christine Picci (in honor of her late husband, CDR Roger Lerseth, USN) John Peiguss The Pratt - Whitney Corporation Washington Iron Works The Men and Women of VAQ-129 The Men and Women of VAQ-131 Jim Offutt The City of Oak Harbor |
Thank you for your support!
The Restoration and Mounting Teams:
| Mayor Patty Cohen, City of Oak Harbor Capt Thomas Tack, CVWP Capt Syd Abernethy, CO NAS Whidbey Capt Gerral David, CO NAS Whidbey AMCS Ward Toner, VAQ-129 AECS Craig Olson, VQ-1 CDR Matt Miller, NAS Whidbey CDR Paul Spillsbury, NAS Whidbey Mike Johanssen, NAS Whidbey LCDR Steve Rico, NAS Whidbey LCDR Thomas Gibbons, NAS Whidbey LCDR Steven Nickerson, NAS Whidbey AFCM Tim "Buzz" Bussard, CVWP AMCS Jon Martin, CVWP AMC Johnathan Heath, CVWP Brian Hoagland, CVWP AN Blake Gilley, VAQ-129 AN Daniel Stulka, VAQ-129 AD3 Jason Campbell, VAQ-129 AM2 Karl Walters, VAQ-129 AM3 Lestor Bursley, VAQ-129 AMAN Trevor Bates, VAQ-129 AMEAN Richard Mueller, VAQ-129 AO2 Samuel Bailey, VAQ-129 AM2 Kenneth Poyneer, VAQ-129 LCDR Denny Tremblay, VAQ-129 AZ2 Jeannie Eaves, VAQ-129 ADC John Dzubay, VAQ-129 AM1 Tim Staul, VAQ-129 ADC Bill Zabelka, VAQ-129 SSGT Shaun Tate, VAQ-129 SGT Andre Quiroz, VAQ-129 AM3 Shane Lee, VAQ-129 SGT Nicholas Bosquet, VAQ-129 GYSGT Tim Colantoni, VAQ-129 AM1 Michael Gorman, VAQ-129 AZ2 Jeannie Eaves, VAQ-129 AM1 Tom Poppel, VAQ-129 AO3 Al Sealy, VAQ-129 Greg Cane, Cane Engineering Ken Bender, Cane Engineering Bob Boyer, P&L Construction |
AMCS Todd Robinson, VAQ-131 AM1 Thomas Bond, VAQ-131 AM1 Theodore Kowalski, VAQ-131 AM3 Charles Altman, VAQ-131 Larry Hunt, Chugach Keith Johnson, Chugach Mike McGill, Chugach Kerry Porter, Chugach Billie South, Chugach Wayne Trumbull, Chugach Lloyd Weatherford, Chugach John Zylstra, Chugach Noreen Baldwin, Del-Jen Gary Brundidge, Del-Jen John Cook, Del-Jen Pat Dallen, Del-Jen Wayne Hiner, Del-Jen Andy Newman, Del-Jen Denis Purin, Del-Jen Everet Seely, Del-Jen Bard Trumbull, Del-Jen AD3 Aaron Geiger, VAQ-131 AM3 Dwayne Best, VAQ-131 EO1 Sean Riggins, EODMU Eleven AMC Lloyd Billups, CNATTU AD1 Belinda Pinnell, CNATTU AM1 Mitchell Connell, CNATTU AM1 Mike Blankenship, CNATTU AM2 Kevin Peterson, CNATTU Capt Robert D. Schlesinger, NAVFAC Northwest LT Ryan Bylsma, NAVFAC Northwest Bruce Macon, NAVFAC Northwest Robert G. "Tugg" Thomson, First Command Ron Martin, EFA Northwest Mike Nagel, Washington Ironworks David King, Washington Ironworks Steven Nagle, Washington Ironworks Don Krieg, Krieg Construction Chuck Krieg, Krieg Concrete Don Howat, Blue Mountain Electric Rick LaMont, L-3 Vertex Rick Oehmcke, PCS Structural Solutions |
The Oak Harbor Police Department The Oak Harbor Fire Department P&L Construction PCS Structural Solutions CAPT Christine Picci (in honor of her late husband, CDR Roger Lerseth, USN) John Peiguss The Pratt - Whitney Corporation Washington Iron Works The Men and Women of VAQ-129 The Men and Women of VAQ-131 Jim Offutt The City of Oak Harbor Stephen Rothboeck, NAVFAC Northwest Gerald Bernhardt, NAVFAC Northwest Barry Christensen, NAVFAC Northwest AMCS JJ Holland, FRC Northwest AM1 Mike Fraash, FRC Northwest AM1 Louis Garcia, FRC Northwest AE2 Erik Murphy, FRC Northwest LCDR Keith Celebrezze, RLSO Northwest CDR Robert Boserman, Strategic Communications Wing One Joe Ignatowicz, NATEC Northwest Ross Wilhelm, CNAF Hank Nydam, Oak Harbor Parks and Recreation Department Captain Rick Wallace, Oak Police Department Ron Hancock, Oak Harbor Fire Department Dean Fetterman, USS Midway Museum John McMahon, Northrop Grumman Joe Farina, Northrop Grumman Capt Tom Ford, USN (ret), EWA Keith Holden, EWA John Ball, Chugach Rich Bennett, Chugach Jerry Braulik, Chugach Joe Cerrullo, Chugach Larry Cook, Chugach Joe Grogan, Chugach Bob Turk, Del-Jen Ed Witt, Del-Jen Rich Frazier, Fakkema and Kingma |
