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Aerial view of the Naval Air Station Memphis in the mid-1940s. Just as the onset of World War I had given Park Field its birth in 1917, the declaration of war on 8 December 1941, had similar results, heralding the arrival of naval aviation in the Memphis area. In February 1942, the Navy Shore Station Development Board recommended approval of a ...
The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2004, [1] is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy.Members of the Navy Reserve, called reservists, are categorized as being in either the Selected Reserve (SELRES), the Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR), the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), or the Retired Reserve.
Naval Training School (Radio), Naval Reserve Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana; Naval Training School (Radio-Special), Bainbridge Island, Port Blakely, Washington; Naval Training School (Radio-Women), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Naval Training School (Radio-W), Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Posing 1940s-style alongside a vintage wood-paneled Chrysler Town-and-Country, Jennifer Bennie of Collierville, a veteran Navy pilot, is the October model in the 2025 edition of "Pin-Ups for ...
Opinion: As the beloved Flyboys of this era dwindle in number, may we never forget- nor surrender to time their memory.
Just as the onset of World War I had given Park Field its birth in 1917, the declaration of war on December 8, 1941, had similar results, heralding the arrival of naval aviation to the Memphis area. In February 1942, the Navy Shore Station Development Board recommended approval of a reserve aviation base on the former site of Park Field.
Military aviation first came to Memphis during World War I when the US Army leased 904 acres (366 ha) from the Memphis Chamber of Commerce. The Army established Park Field for flight training on November 26, 1907. The US Government purchased the property in 1920. Two years later, the Army closed the base.
1 November 1970: VP-67 was established at NAS Memphis, as a land-based patrol squadron flying the SP-2H Neptune. The squadron was formed in 1970 from the assets of VP-17M1, VP-60M2, and VP- 68M3, which had been based at NAS Olathe, Kansas, and NAS Memphis. The new squadron came under the operational and administrative control of the Commander ...