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warfare is accepted at FASO. Buildings 29, 155, 309, 394, 481, 517, 538, 555, 1851, 1904, 1934,
1979, 1999, and gas pump and tank at H-2032 demolished.
May 15, 1979 - Base switchboard closes.
June 1979 - A team from the Mexican Naval Warfare College led by Rear Admiral Hector Argudin
onboard at FASO as part of a tour of U.S. antisubmarine warfare facilities.
July 2, 1979 - Building 953 demolished.
July 15, 1979 - Building 723 demolished.
Aug. 1979 - Vice Adm. James Stockdale speaks at station auditorium.
Oct. 1979 - Secretary of Defense Harold Brown visits NAS Jacksonville.
Oct. 29, 1979 - Computerized On-Line Police System became operational.
Nov. 16, 1979 - The Regional Medical Center Branch Clinic and Naval Regional Dental Center
dedicated.
Jan. 1980 - Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Tom Crow makes a three-day visit to NAS
Jacksonville.
Feb. 21, 1980 - Navy Exchange's new Convenience Store opens.
June 1980 - Navy Jacksonville Flying Club relocates to NAS Jacksonville from Herlong.
July 25, 1980 - HH-46 rescue helos take last flight. Replaced by SH-3's.
Aug. 1980 - Base Sea & Air Rescue team saves seven civilians in boating accident.
Sept. 26-27, 1980 - An estimated 300 spectators assemble in a wooded area on NAS Jacksonville
to join the Wacca Palatka Inter-tribal Council and the Southeastern Cherokee Conference in the
first Indian Pow-Wow ever held in the Jacksonville area.
Nov. 1980 - A small oak tree with 53 yellow ribbons symbolizes the hostages held captive now for
more than a year in Iran. The JAX Navy Wives Club, Chapter 86, bought and decorated the tree
and placed it near the flag pole in remembrance of the hostages. The Spanish Chief of Naval
Operations, Adm. Luis Arevalo-Pelluz, visits NAS Jacksonville.
Dec. 1, 1980 - VR-58 names one of their C-9's "City of Orange Park."
April 1981 - REDCOM 8 building dedicated.