Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: arf@chinet.chi.il.us (Jack Schmidling) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: NAS Bermuda (??) Summary: heres what I know bout NAS BDA Keywords: Naval Air Station, what for? Message-ID: <7876@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 30 Jun 89 03:19:42 GMT References: <7784@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Chinet - Chicago, Ill. Lines: 51 Approved: military@att.att.com From: arf@chinet.chi.il.us (Jack Schmidling) I was vacationing in Bermuda (British owned ? ) 3 weeks ago and was very surprised to find a U.S. Naval Air Station (NAS Bermuda I suppose) there outside of Hamilton........... What significance does this "NAS" have for us?........... ............................. This information is dated but probably more accurate than yours. I was stationed at the U.S. Coast Air Detachment, Bermuda until 1963 and at that time.......... Near your Civil War museum in St Georges was Kindley AFB and hospital. My daughter was born there. I dont recall what function Kindley provided but that is where the commercial airport is. At the opposite end of the island, in Somerset, is NAS Bermuda and the CG Air Detachment. CG provides communications and search and rescue operations for the Mid-Atlantic and supports ops with amphibious aircraft (desig forgotten) and a large cutter on rotating duty. NAS Bermuda was dedicated to submarine surveillance via sona buoys and amphibious aircraft. It is also a great place for r & r and possibly the whole operation is just the facade of an excuse for Navy ships to stop there. Hamilton Harbor is strictly for small cruise ships and yachts. But carriers and large ships anchor and maneuver within the protection provided by the horseshoe shaped coral reef and communicate with shore via liberty boats (maybe a little electronics too). I hope this is of interest to you and not too out-dated. Jack Schmidling (arf) ZZ