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The museum is supported by a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization, the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. [14] Since 1966, this foundation has raised tens of millions of dollars to construct the museum, build exhibits, recover and restore aircraft, and develop educational programs like the National Flight Academy.
Heroic size bronze statues surround Roman numeral II and "V" at the WWII Memorial in Pensacola, Florida, by R.L. Rasmussen. Robert L. "Bob" Rasmussen (born May 26, 1930 in Rio Vista, California), is a noted military artist; a retired Captain of the United States Navy; a former career naval aviator, primarily in the F-8 Crusader; a former member of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron ...
The United States Naval Aviation Hall of Honor, located at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, recognizes individuals "who by their actions or achievements made outstanding contributions to Naval Aviation."
151981 – Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation and Aviation Museum, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. [42] 157342 – Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. [citation needed] 157349 – National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. [43] F-4C
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.
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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.
Former seaplane hangars along the south edge of the air station, as well as a large structure at Chevalier Field were utilized for aircraft overhauls, and Pensacola was a designated as an A-4 Skyhawk rework site. In 1987 the name Naval Aviation Depot replaced the name Naval Air Rework Facility to more accurately reflect the range of their ...