Spotting at NAS/JRB Willow Grove - December 2004

[planelover3640]

I lived about 35 min from here, im upset they closed it.

[slyguy3993]

yeah i live about 5 minutes from here, im gonna miss the airshows

[grr915]

the base is not closed

[planelover3640]

i did figure that out, isnt it just being used for VIP flights w/ the C-9 Nightingales, and for basic training?

[grr915]

as of right now the base is fully operational, it has lost a lot of planes, but right now the Ch53s from HMH-772 are on deployment they will be back soon, there are still 4 C-9s that are out nearly every day, going out somewhere, we have 4 NAVY C-130s from VR-64 which don't fly too often a couple C-12s and 4 A-10s, which there used to be about 17 A-10s a year ago, but there getting distributed to othere sqaudrons due to BRAC,

[grr915]

by 2011 there will be final closure for the NAVY and all planes and squadron will be gone except the 111th FW, the 111th will continue to Work here after 2011 but they are still going to lose all there A-10s, we dont know if they will get new aircraft. after closure in 2011 it Will be turned into a JII base the runway should continue to be open but to who knows what, so as far as we know now an ARMY striker brigade will be based here and the 111th FW...the future for Willow Grove is very unclear

[planelover3640]

ok thanks for the info :)