Whidbey Gateway
Navy Gateway Project Oak Harbor, Washington
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)
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:
- 1. Make out your check to the Intruder Association
- 2. Annotate the memo with "Gateway Park Fund"
- 3. Mail to:
The Intruder Association
9859 Conde Rd
Marshall VA. 20115
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 Jim Offutt The City of Oak Harbor |
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 |
Thank you for your support!
The Restoration and Mounting Teams:
Mayor Patty Cohen, City of Oak Harbor |
AD3 Aaron Geiger, VAQ-131 |
