Naval Air Facility El Centro [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Naval Air Facility El Centro
Naval Air Facility El Centro or NAF El Centro is a United States Navy Naval Air Facility located approximately six miles (10 km) northwest of El Centro, in Imperial County, California. NAF El Centro is under the jurisdiction of Navy Region Southwest and serves both as temporary homeport to military units conducting air-to-air and bombing training, and as the winter training home of the Blue Angels.
Founded in 1946 as Naval Air Station El Centro, the facility had previously been
- Imperial County Airport is located in nearby Imperial. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The nearest large international airports are San Diego International Airport and Mexicali International Airport.
- Naval Air Facility El Centro is a U.S. Navy airfield
- Douthitt Strip Airport is a former military airfield, now private use.
Politics.
El Centro is operated by a council/manager form of government. The members of the City Council also sit as the Community Development Commission (Commission) and Redevelopment Agency (