FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: NAS Pensacola, Florida ~ 23 FEB 2016

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Road Trip: NAS Pensacola, Florida

Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola, "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits.

It is best known as the initial primary training base for all Navy, Marine and Coast Guard aviators and Naval Flight Officers, the advanced training base for most Naval Flight Officers, and as the home base for the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team known as the Blue Angels.

The air station also hosts the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), which provides training for all naval flight surgeons, aviation physiologists, and aviation experimental psychologists.

With the closure of Naval Air Station Memphis in Millington, Tennessee and the transition of that facility to Naval Support Activity Mid-South, NAS Pensacola also became home to the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC), providing technical training schools for nearly all enlisted aircraft maintenance and enlisted aircrew specialties in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard.

NAS Pensacola contains Forrest Sherman Field, home of Training Air Wing SIX, providing undergraduate flight training for all prospective Naval Flight Officers for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, and flight officers/navigators for other NATO/Allied/Coalition partners. TRAWING SIX consists of the Training Squadron 4 (VT-4) Warbucks, Training Squadron 10 (VT-10) Wildcats and Training Squadron 86 (VT-86) Sabrehawks, flying the T-45C Goshawk, and T-6A Texan II.

A select number of prospective U.S. Air Force Navigator/Combat Systems Officers, destined for certain fighter and bomber aircraft, were previously trained via TRAWING SIX, with command of VT-10 rotating periodically to a USAF officer.

Today, all USAF Undergraduate CSO Training (UCSOT) for all USAF aircraft is consolidated at NAS Pensacola as a strictly USAF organization and operation under the 479th Flying Training Group (479 FTG), an Air Education and Training Command (AETC) unit.

The 479 FTG is a tenant activity at NAS Pensacola and a geographically separated unit (GSU) of the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW) at Randolph AFB, Texas. The 479 FTG operates USAF T-6A Texan II and T-1A Jayhawk aircraft.

Learn More About NAS Pensacola HERE!!

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[MEG33]

So beautiful

[SkyDancer]

Thank you. I’ll print your picture to put with others with her. She’s cremated and will have her back shortly. L/Janey

[SkyDancer]

I miss her terribly. I had her almost fourteen years. When young she would fly with me.

[luvie]

She’s precious...and beautiful. I know you miss her so much. They don’t stay nearly long enough. :(

[MEG33]

(((HUGS)))

[MEG33]

It is heartbreaking to lose a beloved pet...I have sworn never to have another because of the pain. Time passes and another comes along that needs me...and I am exposed again to joy of a companion and the inevitable pain of loss.

[SkyDancer]

Kind and well meaning friends have given me names of BC breeders. I told them I need some time.

[MEG33]

Friends hate to see us suffer, I koow.
You take all the time you need.

[knarf]

When Liza arrived from the Philippines, Bubba immediately took to her ... Bubba was a mixed black Lab of about 7 or 8 years
He was like a service dog to her ... always trotting by her side and when she was on the riding mower, he'd sit up proud, like BALTO, watching over her

The morning he was killed by a car, Liza penned a beautiful and insightful tribute to him that pretty much spoke of her love for him and their relationship together

I believe THAT testimony helped to relieve her pain and she was able to move on so quickly and smoothly

We replaced him with a pure bred black Lab and gave him the same name, Bubba .... and we are now like all the old people I used to think were insane ... refering to our son, Bubba.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?

[luvie]

Howdy, EGC! (((hugs)))

All is well here. It’s really chilly outside...so I imagine it is there too. Hope you and Bo have a nice day. Will you try to get to the lake today?

[E.G.C.]

We’ll see. It’s forecast to be windy also today.

[HiJinx]

So sorry for your loss - border collies have a way of bonding that is sometimes unfathomable.

[HiJinx]

Our DQ is right across the street from my office - it is so hard to do the right thing and avoid their yummy soft serve treats...

[luvie]

I’ll bet Bo hopes you can. :)

[SkyDancer]

Thank you. Many heartfelt posts from animal lovers. My girl would freak out if she couldn’t find me and when I returned from a flight after a couple of days she’d be running around me in circles. Right now I’m just numb although I expected her failing for a few weeks before I had to take her to the vet; incontinent, no appetite, wouldn’t drink water.

[luvie]

Oooo...that’s just TOO tempting! What’s your favorite?

[luvie]

Can I?

[luvie]

Can I?

[luvie]

Can I?