State of Washington v. United States Department of the Navy et al

  1. March 27, 2026

    Navy Fights Bid To Reopen Wash. Jet Flight Challenge

    The U.S. Navy urged a Washington federal court Friday to reject an environmental group's bid to file a new complaint challenging its amended environmental impact analysis on expanding training flights on Whidbey Island, arguing that it would be "futile."

  2. September 01, 2023

    Wash. Judge Won't Vacate Navy's Plan To Increase Jet Flights

    A federal judge said Friday he will not vacate the U.S. Navy's plan to expand training flights on Whidbey Island, Washington, despite ruling that the service branch failed to analyze the effects of low-flying jets on schools and bird populations, in an order that requires the Navy to reconsider an environmental impact report that greenlighted the added flights.