 The Navy officially vacated NAS Sanford in 1969 and the installation was turned over to the City of Sanford.With the later post-Vietnam closure of NAS Albany in 1975, the wing and squadrons subsequently relocated again, this time to NAS Key West, Florida, during the 1974–75 time frame and continued to deploy to both the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific aboard "Forrestal", "Kitty Hawk", "Enterprise" and -class aircraft carriers.RA-5C units remained operational at NAS Key West until the RA-5C's retirement from active naval service in January 1980.