Au cours des années 1970 et 1980 et jusque dans les années 1990, les Trackers, T-Bird, Twin Huey et, bien sûr, Sea King, étaient basés à Shearwater, et quand j'y suis arrivé en 1980, la base comptait encore environ 2 400 militaires.
Through the 1970s and 1980s and into the 1990s, Trackers, T-Birds, Twin Huey helicopters and, of course, Sea Kings, were all based in Shearwater, and when I first arrived there in 1980 there were approximately 2,400 military personnel stationed there.