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Dec. 15, 1994 - CNO Adm. Boorda visits Station.
Dec. 21, 1994 - Fleet Aviation Specialized Operation Training Group (FASO) changed to Naval
Aeronautical Medical Institute (NAMI).
Feb. 28, 1995 - BRAC-95 list maintains NAS Jacksonville.
March 13, 1995 - McFarland Street, between Enterprise and Saratoga, permanently closed.
March 22, 1995 - CNO Adm. Boorda speaks to Station personnel. First steel supports go up for
Hangar 30. HS-5 receives their first SH-60 helo.
April 10, 1995 - Facilities and Environmental Department moves from Building 103 to newlyrenovated
Building 27.
April 13, 1995 - VP-24 disestablishment ceremony in Segment 4 of Hangar 1000.
April 30, 1995 - Building H-2032 (Hospital Transportation Building) demolished.
May 12, 1995 - Rear Adm. Delaney returns as Commander, Naval Base Jacksonville.
May 15, 1995 - Congresswoman Tillie Fowler receives thanks from all 3,000 NADEP employees
at NADEP horseshoe area.
May 18, 1995 - Building 711 demolished.
June 1, 1995 - USS Saratoga towed out of Mayport. Defense Accounting Office (formerly RAADC)
disestablished.
June 26, 1995 - Ground broken by Capt. Resavage for Westside Regional Park.
June 27, 1995 - NADEP rolls out first Thai A-7 Corsair.
July 5, 1995 - Chiefs Club closes at Building 789 and reopens at Building 798.
Aug. 7, 1995 - Navy Band Jacksonville begins first practice in old Chiefs' Club. Air Ops SH-3
(#8042), "Old Reliable," flies off to Norfolk for last flight, ending SAR for NAS Jacksonville after 45
years.
Aug. 25, 1995 - Capt. Whitmire relieves Capt. Resavage as Station CO at H-124.
Sept. 14, 1995 - Severe evening lightning storm with lightning hitting runway 37 times in a 200'
area.