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NAS Corpus Christi was commissioned by its first Commanding Officer, CAPT Alva Berhard, on March 12, 1941. The first flight training started on May 5, 1941. US Navy North American SNJ-4s warming up for training at NAS Corpus Christi circa 1943. Aviation Ordnanceman stationed at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi boarding a PBY Catalina, circa ...
USS Lexington-- The-Blue-Ghost' -- Corpus Christi Bay On 26 November 1991, the US Navy turned Lexington over to the City of Corpus Christi. On 15 June 1992, the ship was donated as a museum and now operates as the "USS Lexington Museum on the Bay" at 2914 North Shoreline Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Texas.
In 1940, the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi was established on the bay, and by 1944 had transformed into a major base with one main air station and six additional stations. [12] Notably, during a March 1960 practice run from the base, future Senator John McCain lost track of his altitude and speed, and his single-seat, single-pistoned-engine ...
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi: Corpus Christi: Naval Air Station Kingsville: Kingsville: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth: Fort Worth: Carswell AFB Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex: Grand Prairie: Hensley Field: Grand Prairie Camp Mabry: Austin: Camp Swift: Bastrop: Camp Bowie: Brownwood: Coast Guard Air Station ...
Trainin Squadron 27 was initially established on 11 July 1951 as Advanced Training Unit-B at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi. The command moved to Naval Air Station, Kingsville in 1952 and again to Naval Air Station, New Iberia, Louisiana in 1960. It was there the squadron was redesignated VT-27 in July of that year and about that time that ...
Coordinates: 27°42′46″N 97°19′24″W. Naval Air Technical Training Center Ward Island is a decommissioned United States Navy base located on Ward Island, just offshore from Corpus Christi, Texas. During World War II (WWII), this base provided highly classified airborne electronics maintenance training for many thousands of Navy, Marine ...
Naval Air Station Kingsville. Naval Air Station Kingsville or NAS Kingsville (NASK) (IATA: NQI, ICAO: KNQI, FAA LID: NQI) is a United States Navy Naval Air Station located approximately 3 miles east of Kingsville, Texas in Kleberg County. NAS Kingsville is under the jurisdiction of Navy Region Southeast and is the headquarters of Training Air ...
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