Naval Air Station Key West

110601-N-AC979-003 US (Jun. 1, 2011) 110601-N-AC979-003 KEY WEST, Fla. (June 1, 2011) Naval Air Station Key West Commanding Officer Capt. Patrick Lefere receives the National Weather Service "Storm Ready" designation sign from National Weather Service Key West Office Warning and Coordination meteorologist Jonathan Rizzo. Pictured left to right are: NAS Key West Emergency Manager Steve McBride, Lefere, Rizzo, and National Weather Service Key West Office Meteorologist-in-Charge Fred Johnson.

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110503-N-QE668-269 KEY WEST, FLA. (May. 3, 2011) Seabees from Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 202 Detachment Key West build a pavilion at Naval Air Station Key West's Truman Annex Beach Patio. The pavilion, which will serve as a beachfront shelter for events such as command picnics and ceremonies, is the last major project the detachment will complete before its disestablishment in September 2011. U.S. Navy photo by Trice Denny

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110429-N-FC065-002 KEY WEST, Fla. Florida Program for Shark Research Director George Burgess discusses a smalltooth sawfish survey area near Fleming Key with Yannis Papastamatiou. The survey, in partnership with Naval Air Station Key West, will give the air station a better understanding of potential impacts on the critical habitat of this endangered species while executing its military mission here. U.S. Navy photo by James E. Brooks

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110429-N-FC065-001 KEY WEST, Fla. Alex Filous and Emily Warchol of the University of Florida Program for Shark Research bait hooks with fish heads that will be used on a long line to catch smalltooth sawfish. Sawfish, an endangered species, will be measured and tagged before being released. The water around air station properties is ideal for the sawfish's critical habitat. U.S. Navy photo by James E. Brooks

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110427-N-AC979-121 KEY WEST, FLA. (Apr. 27, 2011) 110427-N-AC979-121 KEY WEST, Fla. (April 27, 2011) Aviation Structural Mechanic Senior Chief Keith Frazier, a Naval Air Station Key West shelter officer, seated, simulates assigning rooms to Navy housing evacuees in a barracks at NAS' Boca Chica Field Wednesday. The air station exercised local sheltering procedures during HURREX/Citadel Gale, the annual exercise that helps commands prepare for the Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30.

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100611-N-4779D-055 NAS KEY WEST, Fla. (June 11, 2010) Commander of Naval Air Station, Navy Region Southeast, Rear Adm. Townsend Alexander gives a speech during as change of command ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Trice Denny/Released)

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100527-N-4779D-173 KEY WEST, Fla. (May 27, 2010) Personnel assigned to the Naval Air Station Key West Ground Electronics Maintenance Division hoist a new elevation antenna into place at the air station's AN/FPN-63 precision approach radar (PAR). Air traffic controllers use PAR to direct jet pilots during landings in inclement weather. The division's installation of the antenna saved the Navy more than $25,000 in contractor costs. (U.S. Navy photo by Trice Denny/Released)

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100422-N-4779D-012 KEY WEST, Fla. (April 22, 2010) Naval Air Station Key West Command Master Chief Dan Messenger and his wife collect trash at Sigsbee Park Annex. Air station personnel gathered approximately one ton of trash during two Earth Day shoreline cleanups. (U.S. Navy photo by Trice Denny/Released)

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100410-N-8593M-001 KEY WEST, Fla. (April 10, 2010) The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform during the Southernmost Air Spectacular air show at Naval Air Station Key West. More than 21,000 people attended the two-day air show April 10 and 11. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael McNabb/Released)

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