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Navy Enlistment: An Analysis of Military Entrance Processing Stations Medical Failures. Naval Postgraduate School. 1997. Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards. National Academies Press. 27 February 2006. ISBN 978-0-309-16487-0. Budahn, P. J. (30 September 2000).
Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jacksonville) (IATA: NIP, ICAO: KNIP, FAA LID: NIP) is a large naval air station located approximately eight miles (13 km) south of the central business district of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. [2]
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.
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast is a U.S. Navy maintenance, repair and overhaul depot-level facility located onboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville with intermediate-level detachments at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Key West.
Jacksonville International Airport (IATA: JAX, ICAO: KJAX, FAA LID: JAX) is a civil-military public airport 13 miles (21 km) north of Downtown Jacksonville, in Duval County, Florida. It is owned and operated by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority.
The Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) is the owner of all four public airports in Jacksonville and serves as the Fixed-Base Operator (FBO) at Herlong. The airport was originally built during World War II to facilitate pilot training for the Navy and Air Force. After the war, the property was given to the city, and subsequently the JAA.
The United States Navy had no base at the Port of Jacksonville until shortly before World War II when two facilities were constructed. [8] Today, the Naval Station Mayport, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Blount Island Command and nearby Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay form the third largest military presence in the United States. [9]
The airport is located on the site of the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field, which opened in 1941 and closed in 1999 following the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision. Covering a total area of 22,939 acres (92.83 km 2 ), it was the largest military base in the Jacksonville area and supported all Atlantic Fleet F/A-18 Hornet ...