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The Transition Assistance Program (TAP) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) led program that provides information and training to ensure service members transitioning from active-duty are prepared for their next step in life - whether pursuing additional education, finding a job in the public or private sector, or starting their own business.
The first lighthouse built by the U.S. on the Florida coast. Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (IATA: NPA, ICAO: KNPA, FAA LID: NPA) (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now Lynden Pindling International Airport, to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a ...
The Group composed of only four Marine squadrons, detachments from six Navy carrier squadrons (VS-5, VB-6, VF-5, VS-71, VT-8 and VS-3), and the 67th Army Pursuit Squadron. This heterogeneous group shot down 244 enemy planes in four weeks. Navy pilots accounted 44, Army flyers, using P-400s shot down eight. The remaining 192 were credited to ...
Pensacola Mayor-elect D.C. Reeves named retired Navy Captain and former NAS Pensacola commander Tim Kinsella to lead his transition team Thursday.
In 1914, the navy opened Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, dubbed the "Annapolis of the air", to train its first naval aviators. Candidates had to have served at least two years of sea duty and training was for 12 months. In 1917, the navy's program became part of the Flying Officer Training Program. Demand for pilots, however, still ...
Marine Aviation Training Support Group 42 (MATSG-42) is a United States Marine Corps Reserve aviation unit based at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.The mission of MATSG-42 is to provide Marine Corps reserve component augmentation in direct support of active component Navy and Marine Corps aviation activities in order to sustain required levels of qualified Naval Aviators, Naval Flight ...
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 ...
After completion of recruit training, enlistees in the Airman Apprenticeship Training program (ATD) attend a three-week course on basic theory in aviation fundamental skills at Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) located aboard NAS Pensacola in Pensacola, FL. After successful completion of this training, airman apprentices are usually ...