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Navy Chooses Wallops Island For Practice Site

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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -  It's not just rockets you'll be seeing flying through the skies at Wallops Flight Facility anymore.

The Navy has picked Wallops as a practice landing site for Pilots based at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach. We're told training operations should start picking up sometime this summer.

We'll continue to keep you updated on this story, stay tuned to WMDT and wmdt.com for the very latest.

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