<P> The film was shot in late 1981 on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington , at Port Townsend and Fort Worden . The U.S. Navy did not permit filming at NAS Pensacola in the Florida panhandle , the site of the actual Aviation Officer Candidate School in 1981 . Deactivated U.S. Army base Fort Worden stood in for location of the school , an actual Naval Air Station in the Puget Sound area , NAS Whidbey Island . However , that installation , which is still an operating air station today , was and is a `` fleet '' base for operational combat aircraft and squadrons under the cognizance of Naval Air Force Pacific , not a Naval Air Training Command installation . </P>
<P> The film was shot in late 1981 on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington , at Port Townsend and Fort Worden . The U.S. Navy did not permit filming at NAS Pensacola in the Florida panhandle , the site of the actual Aviation Officer Candidate School in 1981 . Deactivated U.S. Army base Fort Worden stood in for location of the school , an actual Naval Air Station in the Puget Sound area , NAS Whidbey Island . However , that installation , which is still an operating air station today , was and is a `` fleet '' base for operational combat aircraft and squadrons under the cognizance of Naval Air Force Pacific , not a Naval Air Training Command installation . </P>
where was an officer and a gentlemen filmed
where was an officer and a gentlemen filmed
Olympic Peninsula of Washington , at Port Townsend and Fort Worden
Olympic Peninsula of Washington , at Port Townsend and Fort Worden