 The US Pacific Fleet established the Fleet Intelligence Center , Pacific ( FICPAC ) on Ford Island by 1955 as the Vietnam War escalated and an additional intelligence branch was needed in addition to the one in Guam . With little other use of the island , as naval and air operations were moved to facilities on the side of the Pearl Harbor previously owned by the Bishop estate , the Navy decommissioned Naval Air Station Ford Island in 1966 . The island continued to be controlled by the Navy as a sub @-@ component of Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor . 
