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With the retirement of the T-34C Turbomentor from the Naval Air Training Command and its replacement with the T-6 Texan II, the NOLF Saufley Field portion of NETPDC Saufley Field was no longer tenable for solo flight operations by Student Naval Aviators from Training Air Wing FIVE (TRAWING 5) at NAS Whiting Field. As NAS Saufley Field in the ...
Naval Air Station Pensacola became known as the "Annapolis of the Air". Station Field was created on the north side of the navy yard in 1922. Enlarged, it was renamed Chevalier Field in 1935 for Lt. Cdr. Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1910, and an early Naval Air Pilot, designated as No. 7 on 7 November ...
This is a list of airfields operated by the United States Navy which are located within the United States and abroad. The US Navy's main airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF) having a support role.
The NAS Pensacola Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show happens between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Nov. 3-4. Civilian and other aerobatic demonstration teams begin performing at 9 a.m. and perform throughout ...
H-19 and H-34 helicopters of HT-8 over NAS Ellyson Field in 1967. UH-34Gs airborne at NAS Ellyson Field c.(Dec'67-Jan'68) Naval Air Station Ellyson Field was a former U.S. Navy training base, established in Escambia County, Florida in 1940 at the outset of World War II as an auxiliary facility to Chevalier Field at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
The U.S. Navy released its report on the crash of a NAS Whiting Field aircraft that claimed the life of a Navy instructor and a Coast Guard student.
The Pensacola Naval Air Station Historic District encompasses the early historic elements of Naval Air Station Pensacola in Warrington, Florida.Included in the historic district are surviving buildings of the Pensacola Navy Yard, which the air station took over, as well as buildings related to the early years of aviator training by the United States Navy.
Trader Jon's was a bar in Pensacola, Florida which operated from 1953 to 2003. It became famous for its owner, Martin "Trader Jon" Weissman's personal eccentricities, "Tradernomics", and large collection of military memorabilia primarily focused on Naval Aviation given the nearby presence of NAS Pensacola, NAS Whiting Field, and the former NAS Saufley Field (now NETPDC Saufley), former NAS ...