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Naval Air Station
Brunswick is the last, active-duty Department of Defense airfield
remaining in the northeast, and is home to five active duty and two
reserve squadrons. Flying Lockheed P-3 "Orion" long-range
maritime patrol aircraft tasked by Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing
Five, active duty squadrons regularly deploy overseas for six months
at a time. NAS Brunswick has 29 tenant commands, including a Reserve
P-3 squadron and a Reserve Fleet Logistics Support Squadron flying
C-130 "Hercules" transports. In addition, over 1,600 Naval
Reservists travel from throughout New England to drill at Naval Air
Reserve Brunswick, SeaBee Battalion and numerous other reserve commands.
Approximately
20 percent of NAS Brunswick's activities, facilities and services
are in direct support of the AEGIS Destroyer shipbuilding program
at nearby Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Bath and the Bath Iron Works
Corporation. Also, the Navy's only cold weather Survival, Evasion,
Resistance and Escape (SERE) school is taught at Brunswick and on
12,000 acres near Rangeley in northwestern Maine.
As
Maine's second largest employer, NAS Brunswick employs 4,863 military
and civilian personnel, including 713 officer, 3,493 enlisted personnel
and 657 civilians. The air station provides over $187 million to
the local economy, including $115 million in salaries, $38 million
in contracts and material purchases and $34 million in medical purchases.
With
several area organizations dedicated to maintaining a seamless relationship
between the military and civilian communities, NASB officials are
actively working as partners with the Military-Community Council,
the Mid-Coast Council for Business Development, the combined Bath-Brunswick
Chamber of Commerce, the American Red Cross, and numerous other
state, regional and local organizations.
Located
near great circle routes for both shipping and air lanes, NAS Brunswick
is the base closest to the European theater and NATO commands. As
the last active duty DOD airfield in the northeast, with room to
grow, the base is poised to provide expanded services and facilities
to additional fleet commands as they are needed.
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