Location
Satellite and aerial maps of NAS Imperial Beach / Ream Field with nearby locations | |
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| Km | Bearing | ||
| 12.6 | 087 | KSDM | Brown Field Municipal, California |
| 12.7 | 353 | USSAN |  Naval Base San Diego, California |
| 13.7 | 350 |  NASSCO San Diego, California | |
| 17.3 | 340 |  USS Midway Museum, California | |
| 17.4 | 329 | KNZY | NAS North Island, California |
| 17.7 | 320 | NB Pt Loma, California |
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History of this Location | |
On October 1975 was re-designated as Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach and operates as a branch of NAS North Island.
It is known as The Helicopter Capital of the World
It is known as The Helicopter Capital of the World
April 1961, I was stationed for a short time. I was right out of boot camp, went mess cooking and compartment cleaning. with HS-2 My best friend was a guy named Joe Monte, he was from Boston area, shortly after Sept. I got orders to A school Lakehurst NJ of Aerographers school. After school I got orders to Fallon, Nevada. I remember the Seals coming into eat at 3 am when I was mess cooking. I also had a friend Bleacher. 
List of units at NAS Imperial Beach / Ream Field | Login to Edit | |
| Years | Rotary Wing Aircraft Unit | bold : Current Model normal: Unit no longer at this base |
| 1973/75 | HSL-33 | Seasprite 1973/94 |
| 1972/76 | HSL-31 | Seasprite 1972/92 |
| 1967/73 | HC-3 | 107M H-46 Sea Knight 1967/06 |
| 1967/72 | HC-5 | S-58 H-34 1968/72 Seasprite 1967/72 |
| 1960/76 | HS-10 | S-61 H-3 1962/89 S-58 H-34 1960/62 |
| 1956/68 | HS-8 | S-58 H-34 1956/68 |
| 1956/75 | HS-6 | S-61 H-3 1962/92 S-58 H-34 1958/62 S-55 H-19 1956/57 |
| 1952/75 | HS-2 | S-61 H-3 1961/90 S-58 H-34 1957/62 S-55 H-19 1952/57 |
| 1952/75 | HS-4 | S-61 H-3 1964/91 S-58 H-34 1956/64 S-55 H-19 1952/56 |
| 1951/76 | HC-1 | S-61 H-3 1970/94 107M H-46 Sea Knight 1964/94 Seasprite 1962/90 S-58 H-34 1955/64 S-55 H-19 1951/60 PV-18 1948/64 |
List of aircraft and events at NAS Imperial Beach / Ream Field | Login to Edit | |
| Dates | Org/Type | Unit | |||
| 1970 | USMC | HRS-3 | 130250 | ||
| 1970 | HS-10 | SH-3A | 152104 | ||
| 1971-mar | HC-3 | CH-46A | 151949 | ||
| 2002-jun-10 | SH-60B | 162336 / TY-65 | |||
| 2004-nov-22 | SH-60B | 162329 / TS-00 | |||
| 2004-nov-22 | SH-60B | 164850 / TX-104 | |||
| 2004-nov-22 | SH-60F | 164076 / RA-610 | |||
| 2006-nov-17 | SH-60B | 162329 / TS-04 | |||
| 2010-oct-25 | MH-60S | 165776 / WC-40 Bossbird of Hel | |||
