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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is a United States Navy base in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The official step leading to the construction of the Naval Air Station was initiated by the 75th Congress in 1938.
As of 2005, NAS Corpus Christi is commanded by Captain Paula H. Hinger.
fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/NAS_Corpus_Christi   (269 words)

  
 Johnson's Hidden Loyalties
The Corpus Christi Naval Air Station was awarded to Brown and Root without competitive bidding.
Meanwhile, there was talk of another naval air base for Texas, on the Gulf of Corpus Christi.
By early 1939 it had become clear that a substantial portion of that billion would be spent on the construction of naval bases and training stations for a greatly expanded Navy Air Force.
www.jfkmontreal.com /johnson%27s_hidden_loyalties.htm   (4717 words)

  
 University of Chicago Magazine, Class Notes, February 96,
Amir is a flight surgeon at Training Wing Four at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
Amir H. Wolfe, AB'87, and Michelle Pinnas Wolfe, AB'88, live in Corpus Christi, TX, and have an 18-month-old daughter, Rachel Gabriela.
Michelle is a general medical officer at Branch Medical Clinic, Naval Station Ingleside.
magazine.uchicago.edu /9602/9602BOBClassnews8.html   (1815 words)

  
 Naval Air Station Pensacola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Naval Air Basic Training Command was absorbed by the Naval Air Training Command, which moved to NAS Corpus Christi.
Naval Air Station Pensacola, "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located in Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits.
The Korea War presented problems as the military was caught in the midst of transition from propellers to jets, and the air station revised its courses and training techniques.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola   (1057 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: NAVAL AIR STATION, CORPUS CHRISTI
In addition, the United States Naval Hospital, the United States Naval School of All-Weather Flight, the Fleet Logistic Air Wing, Acceptance, Test, and Transfer Unit, and the headquarters for the Corpus Christi Naval Reserve Training Center were operating at the Naval Air Station.
The Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, also known as the University of the Air, began on June 13, 1940, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed a $25,000,000 appropriations proposal.
By 1950 the Naval Air Station was training naval aviators in the advanced stages of flying multiengine land and sea planes.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/NN/qbn1.html   (630 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: NAVAL AIR STATION, CORPUS CHRISTI
In addition, the United States Naval Hospital, the United States Naval School of All-Weather Flight, the Fleet Logistic Air Wing, Acceptance, Test, and Transfer Unit, and the headquarters for the Corpus Christi Naval Reserve Training Center were operating at the Naval Air Station.
By 1950 the Naval Air Station was training naval aviators in the advanced stages of flying multiengine land and sea planes.
The naval air stations at both Kingsville and Beeville were deactivated for several years.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/NN/qbn1.html   (630 words)

  
 Official Biography for Allan T. Wood
After his detachment in October of that year, he reported to the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va., as squadron pilot with Marine Attack Squadron 233, and later, as S-2 Officer with Marine Aircraft Reserve Group 20, serving in the latter capacity until August 1964.
Following operational flight training at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla., in July 1945, he served as a squadron pilot with Marine Fighter Squadron 471, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Calif., until November of that year.
He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an aviation cadet, December 7, 1942, and received pre-flight training at Chapel Hill, N.C., primary flight training in Olathe, Kansas, and basic and advanced training at Corpus Christi, Texas.
www.usmc.mil /genbios2.nsf/biographies/97CEF86B843533A185256A4000718846?opendocument   (630 words)

  
 Jacksonville Weather.Net-Corpus Christi Naval Air Station-Truax Weather
Weather for Corpus Christi Naval Air Station-Truax, Texas
jacksonvilleweather.net /p.x/ct/w/c/514   (630 words)

  
 Official Biography for Allan T. Wood
After his detachment in October of that year, he reported to the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va., as squadron pilot with Marine Attack Squadron 233, and later, as S-2 Officer with Marine Aircraft Reserve Group 20, serving in the latter capacity until August 1964.
He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an aviation cadet, December 7, 1942, and received pre-flight training at Chapel Hill, N.C., primary flight training in Olathe, Kansas, and basic and advanced training at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Following operational flight training at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla., in July 1945, he served as a squadron pilot with Marine Fighter Squadron 471, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Calif., until November of that year.
www.usmc.mil /genbios2.nsf/biographies/97CEF86B843533A185256A4000718846?opendocument   (793 words)

  
 Closure and Realignments by Service Branch 1995, 1993, 1991, & 1988
Naval Air Station, Key West, FL Naval Activities, GU Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, TX Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport, WA Department of the Air Force
Naval Station San Francisco (Hunters Point), CA Return to Table of Contents
Naval Air Systems Command, Arlington, VA Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Alexandria, VA Naval Recruiting Command, Arlington, VA Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, VA Naval Supply Systems Command, Arlington, VA (Including Defense
www.jameslandrith.com /dbcrc/appendix-m.html   (793 words)

  
 nas in TutorGig Encyclopedia
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This is a list of United States Navy air stations.
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 DefendAmerica News - Profile Article
While at Corpus Christi, Giordano made the Commodore's List for "sustained outstanding performance." The Commodore's List Certificate is awarded to pilots in the top 10 percent of the graduating class.
She continued her excellence as a student aviator with HT-8, where she once again made Training Air Wing 5's Commodore's List.
She reported to Helicopter Training Squadron 8 (HT-8) aboard NAS Whiting Field, Milton, Fla., in October 2001 for advanced training in the TH-57C Sea Ranger helicopter.
www.defendamerica.mil /profiles/dec2002/pr122702a.html   (793 words)

  
 flughafen-3-letter-code-n.html
NWP Argentia - NF [Argentia Naval Air Station] in Kanada
NBU Glenview - IL [Glenview Naval Air Station] in USA
NQI Kingsville - TX [Kingsville Naval Air Station] in USA
www.last-minute-traum.de /flug/flughafen-3-letter-code-n.html   (793 words)

  
 Thousands of Coastal Bend base jobs threatened (Naval Station Ingleside)
South Texas Navy is made up of commands and units aboard Naval Station Ingleside, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, and Naval Air Station Kingsville.
Ingleside TX Naval Station Ingleside is located on the northern shore of Corpus Christi Bay, 12 miles northeast of the city of Corpus Christi, about 150 miles south of San Antonio, and approximately 200 miles south of Houston.
Naval Station (NAVSTA) Ingleside is situated adjacent to Corpus Christi Channel on the north side of Corpus Christi Bay, about 8.5 nmi west of the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1403246/posts   (793 words)

  
 KWTX Pentagon Recommends Closing Four Major Texas Military Bases
Six bases would be realigned, including Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and Sheppard Air Force Base.
Also proposed for elimination are Naval Station Ingleside, near Corpus Christi, and Brooks City Base in San Antonio.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth
www.kwtx.com /home/headlines/1577727.html   (793 words)

  
 Caller.com: Contributors
The four area facilities - Naval Station Ingleside, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, the Corpus Christi Army Depot and Naval Air Station Kingsville - provide the Department of Defense with the nation's only deepwater port, air fields, depot facilities and training ranges that are free of air, land or sea encroachment issues.
Naval Station Ingleside is the Navy's only deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico that can accommodate any ship in the fleet.
Naval Station Ingleside is the ideal location to integrate current training with training for the emerging organic mine warfare programs.
www.caller.com /ccct/contributors/article/0,1641,CCCT_879_3673636,00.html   (793 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: BRAC 2005: Closings, Realignments to Reshape Infrastructure
Eleven Navy realignments include Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill.; Naval Station San Diego; and naval air stations in Brunswick, Maine, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Pensacola, Fla. The Marine Corps Logistics Base in Barstow, Calif., also will realign, as will the naval medical centers in Portsmouth, Va., and San Diego.
Ten major Air Force installations are closing, including Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.; Onizuka Air Force Station, Calif.; Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.; Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass.; and Brooks City Base, Texas.
The five major Army realignments are Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington; the Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.; Fort Knox, Ky.; and Fort Eustis, Va.; and the Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis.
www.defenselink.mil /news/May2005/20050513_1081.html   (793 words)

  
 Senator Hutchison -- Press Releases
The BRAC recommendations also proposed significant reductions at the Corpus Christi Army Depot and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
The Senators stressed Naval Station Ingleside's strategic location as the only naval station in the Gulf of Mexico and its status as the newest most modern naval station in the country.
"Ingleside is the only deep water port in the Gulf of Mexico and it is critical to our homeland security mission," said Sen. Hutchison, Chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee.
www.senate.gov /~hutchison/prl644.htm   (793 words)

  
 Ingleside Chamber of Commerce - Home to the Naval Station Ingleside. We're Navy Proud!
The 450 acre Naval facility is designated the "Mine Warfare Center of Excellence." The base is situated on the Corpus Christi ship channel that links the Port of Corpus Christi with the Gulf of Mexico.
Ingleside is home to the Naval Station Ingleside.
Among the national and international corporations are Gulf Marine, DuPont, Griffin Services, Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd, Oceaneering International, Occidental Chemical Corporation, OxyMar, Peterson Ship Repair, Sherwin Alumnia, Air Liquide, South West Marine and Brown and Root.
www.inglesidetxchamber.org   (793 words)

  
 Naval Air Station Corpus Christi / Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD)
The Coast Guard Air Station and the Coast Guard Group Office are located together in Hangar 41 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Texas.
The Naval Air Station is also home to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron FIFTEEN, flying the MH-53E Sea Dragon.
In support of the base’s training mission are two nearby outlying landing fields owned by the Navy: Navy Landing Airfield (NALF) Waldron, which is 3.5 miles from the Air Station; and NALF Cabaniss, which is 8.0 miles from the Air Station.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/corpus-christi.htm   (793 words)

  
 Houston plane lands at naval airfield instead of Corpus Christi International
The runway at Cabiness, which was an auxiliary field for Corpus Christi Naval Air Station during World War II and the Korean War, is now used for "touch and go" training for T-34 jets at the naval air station.
A Continental flight originating in Houston inadvertently landed Sunday at a naval airfield, four miles from its intended destination, Corpus Christi International Airport.
The airfield shares the same compass reading with Corpus Christi International and is located about four miles away.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/97/05/12/continental.2-0.html   (307 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller-Times / Navy Federal Credit Union moving into area
With three Navy facilities - Naval Station Ingleside, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and Naval Air Station Kingsville - and a number of retired military in the area, credit union executives expect local membership to increase once the Portland office is open, he said.
Portland was chosen because it was accessible to both Naval Station Ingleside and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Perkins said.
Enlisted personnel at Naval Station Ingleside, for example, will be able to join when deployed overseas, Perkins said.
www.coastalbendhealth.com /busarch/bus3362.html   (307 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Naval Station Ingleside's command changes today
Honey will now work at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi for Rear Adm. Ed Boyington, chief of naval air training.
"Ingleside is a new base for the Navy, comparatively," Honey said, adding that many of the nation's bases are 40 and 50 years old.
Concannon comes to Ingleside from Washington, D.C., where she worked for the assistant secretary of the Navy.
www.corpuschristi.bbb.org /2001/may/25/today/localnew/998.html   (307 words)

  
 Mission Transition
The other two FFSCs are located at Naval Air Station Kingsville and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.”
Naval Station Ingleside was originally planned as the homeport of a training aircraft carrier, USS Lexington, a battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB 64), and its surface action group.
On June 1, the Chief of Naval Operations established Naval Station Ingleside as an activity of the Shore Establishment of the Department of the Navy in a “development” status.
www.militarytransitiontimes.com /10-04/MissTrans.htm   (307 words)

  
 Todd Abrahamson
Shortly thereafter, Todd attended primary flight training at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.
Todd then reported to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT 101) at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, for pilot training in the F/A-18 Hornet.
His personal decorations include an Air Medal, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals and various other service and unit awards.
www.blueangels.org /Years/2003/2Abrahamson.htm   (332 words)

  
 KZTV10 - News - Headlines
Ray says about 3,200 personnel do intensive mine warfare training at Naval Station Ingleside and about 2,000 personnel from Naval Air Station Corpus Christi co-mingle training.
A majority of them are active military personnel, the other half military personnel who've retired, attracted to the climate, affordable housing and a safer, quiet community to raise their kids.
In fact, Ingleside city manager Mike Ray says he plans to hold onto the mine warfare mission training ground in Ingleside as long as he can.
www.cbs10kztv.com /news/headlines/1060021.html   (332 words)

  
 Kingsville Naval Air Station
Kingsville Naval Air Station southwest of Corpus Christi in Texas' Coastal Bend region, contains: Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Orange Grove; Squadrons VT-21 and VT-22; Training Air Wing 2; McMullen Target Range; the Mobile Mine Assembly Unit, which supports Ingleside Naval Station in mine warfare training; and a Border Patrol detachment.
The naval air station currently employs more than 900 active-duty and 1,260 civilian personnel.
The Strike Instructor Training School, also a part of Training Air Wing TWO, prepares winged fleet aviators to become flight instructors in the T-45A.
pcskingsville.net /dspbasemain.cfm   (332 words)

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