Funeral for U.S. Navy Sailor killed in training out of Porterville Airport

The grooming radical has operated retired of the airdrome for astir 5 years and does jumps astatine Veterans Day, Flag Day and Freedom Fest.

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Family and friends volition stitchery Monday for a peculiar procession to determination the assemblage of a US Navy Sailor who died successful a parachute grooming ngo retired of the Porterville Airport.

Special Warfare Boat Operator Second Class Noah Tobin died during a naval parachute course.

Tobin had been a servicemember since October of 2021.

He was portion of a squad stationed successful Virginia; however, the Navy stated that Tobin was from California.

The grooming radical has operated retired of the airdrome for astir 5 years and performs jumps astatine Veterans Day, Flag Day and Freedom Fest.

Action News precocious spoke to assemblage members, who said they were heartbroken by the incident.

"It's a punch successful the gut due to the fact that for the past 2 years, they've been retired present grooming and we spot them astir each day," says Luis Avila.

The subject grooming group's website claims to instrumentality information precautions, including having a 174-acre landing abstraction and lone hosting 1 subject portion astatine a time.

An probe into what led to the sailor's decease remains ongoing.

A constabulary escort and assemblage caravan volition escort Tobin's assemblage from Myers Funeral Home successful Porterville astatine 7 americium Monday.

From Porterville, it volition question connected Interstate 15 to Castaic, past to Corona and past to a ceremonial location successful Escondido.

You're asked to delight deterioration patriotic colors and bring American flags if you wish.