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On September 15, 1942, the United States Navy commissioned the Naval Reserve Aviation Base on the south side of the station. On 1 January 1943, the Naval Reserve Aviation Base was renamed Naval Air Station Memphis. During the war, Naval Air Station (NAS) Memphis was a primary flight training center for aviators.
Aerial view of the Naval Air Station Memphis in the mid-1940s. Millington is home to the Naval Support Activity Mid-South (NAVSUPPACT) naval station, one of the largest single employers in the state of Tennessee, with more than 7,500 military, civilian, and contractor employees on 1,950 acres (7.9 km 2). [11] The naval base hosts many tenant ...
The 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission report resulted in significant changes to the base's mission and its redesignation in 1995 as Naval Support Activity Memphis. The airfield and flight line were turned over to the city of Millington, which is now the Millington-Memphis Airport.
Suzanne Marie Collins was a United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal who was tortured, raped, and murdered in 1985. At the time of her murder she was stationed at Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, Tennessee.
In 1942, the US Navy built the Millington Naval Air Station (now the Naval Support Activity Mid-South) in Millington, Tennessee, just north of Memphis. This 3,500-acre (14 km 2 ) facility provided pilot training during World War II, and later became the major naval air technical training center for enlisted personnel aviation specialty training.
The outskirts of Millington could see a major change to its landscape in the next few years. A planned solar farm from European energy company RWE is going in front of the Shelby County Commission ...
The Navy Ten Nautical Miler (Navy 10 nm, 11.5 mi) is a 10-nautical-mile (19 km) run held at Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, Tennessee.It is unique because it is the only race measured in nautical miles as opposed to statute miles.
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