NAVY LAND SWAP COMPLETED

The U.S. Navy and Escambia County have finalized the land swap they have been negotiating for the past several years. Naval Air Station Whiting Field will now have a new, 600-acre outlying landing field in Jay that will be used for helicopter training. In exchange, Escambia County gets the 636-acre property on nine mile road in Beulah. Navy Federal Credit Union has already expressed interest in buying part of the old airfield to expand its operations.

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