MILTON — No one likes to talk about it, but with any air training facility come crashes.
the first such fatality came within 60 days of commissioning. It was an early Sunday morning when three offi…
July 16, 1943
MILTON — It was 1943, a significant year for the Navy’s aviation community. The United States’ war machine was in full production. In fact, by year’s end, 11 fleet and four light carriers were commis…
NAS Whiting Field
MILTON — During World War II, in the rural fields of Milton, a small outlying field named Naval Auxiliary Air Station Whiting Field began its primary mission—producing the military’s best-trained avi…
NAS Whiting Field's Commanidng Officers Through the Years
2010’s
Paul D. Bowdich , CAPT
December 2017 to present
Todd A. Bahlau , CAPT
December 2014 to December 2017
Matt Coughlin , CAPT
September 2011 to December 2014
Peter Hall , CAPT
Nove…
Award-winning Whiting Field
MILTON — To call Naval Air Station Whiting Field an award-winning base is an understatement. The following is a list of awards the base has received since 2015:
Commander, Navy Installations Co…
Santa Rosa County Faith Calendar
MILTON — Here is a list of scheduled faith-based services and events. UPCOMING FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF PACE: Saturday, July 28: 8 a.m. United Methodist men's breakfast meeting in CCC; 11 a.m. Meagan's Love in kitchen. Contact 994-5608 or church@pacefumc.org to learn about more FUMC events. FUMC of Pace is located at 4540 Chumuckla Highway.… Continue reading Santa Rosa County Faith Calendar
Speak Out: Press Gazette readers' calls
Here are featured comments from our Speak Out hotline. REVOKE THEIR CLEARANCES Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Rice, Haden, McCabe, and others are no longer government employees. President Trump should immediately revoke their security clearance. Revoking it is not political retribution. When I quit my job to get job to get married, my top secret COSMIC clearances automatically… Continue reading Speak Out: Press Gazette readers' calls
Chris Dosev, the adult in the room
Dear editor,
Letter to the Editor
I met Cris Dosev and Matt Gaetz in the spring of 2017 at a UWF College Republicans dinner. My first impression of Dosev was that he was a genuine man who cared…
Re-Elect Williamson
Dear editor,
First, Santa Rosa County needs Commissioner Rob Williamson to continue to serve our county. I am not writing to defend this dynamic and hard working young man. I am here to commend him…
Hypocrisies, Tramps and Thieves
Forty million tax dollars into the Mueller farce of a “Russian collusion investigation,” another TMZ-like story has been unearthed. The heavy-handed, ceremonious and against-all-legal-precedent raid…