FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland ~ 03 NOV 2009

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland

Naval Air Station Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, is a United States Naval Air Station located in St. Mary's County on Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River. It is home to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and serves a center for test and evaluation and systems acquisition relating to Naval Aviation. Commissioned on 1 April 1943 on land largely acquired through eminent domain, the air station grew rapidly in response to World War II.

The base became a center for testing as several facilities were constructed throughout the 1950s and 1960s; including the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (1958), the Weapons Systems Test Division (1960), and the Propulsion System Evaluation Facility.

This is also the testing facility for the V-22 Osprey. Since the end of the Cold War, the Navy's Base Realignment and Closure measures have migrated research and testing facilities for both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft to NAS Patuxent River from decommissioned bases. The complex now hosts over 17,000 people, including active-duty service members, civil-service employees, defense contractor employees, and military dependents.
 

Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River was commissioned April 1, 1943, in an effort to centralize widely dispersed air testing facilities established during the pre-World War II years.

Spurred on by the events of World War II, the consolidation effort was swift, and farming operations at Cedar Point, Maryland were replaced by flight test operations within a year after ground was broken in 1942.

The Naval Air Test Center was established as a separate entity on June 16, 1945, organizationally dividing the test and support functions. During World War II, hundreds of combat experienced pilots arrived here to test airplanes. Formalized classroom instruction started in 1948 with the establishment of a Test Pilot Training Division.

Learn More About The History Of NAS Patuxent River HERE!

The Patuxent River Naval Air Station Complex stretches across 25 miles of shoreline at the mouth of the Patuxent River, overlooking the picturesque Chesapeake Bay, 65 miles southeast of Washington DC and 90 miles south of Baltimore. The Complex supports naval aviation operations by researching, developing, testing and evaluating aircraft, aircraft components and related products. NAS Patuxent River’s mission is to support the Navy by providing the warfighter with technologies that deliver dominant combat effects and matchless capabilities.

NAWC Patuxent River continues to serve as the Navy's principal research, development, test, evaluation, engineering and fleet support activity for naval aircraft, engines, avionics, aircraft support systems and ship/shore/air operations.

 In addition the installation hosts the Navy Test Pilot School, and both NAS Patuxent River and the nearby OLF Webster host Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operations, all of which regularly use the installation's airspace complex. An additional mission is the detachment of the very high priority TACAMO mission (VQ-4 Det).

The Patuxent River Complex has been affected by the 1991, 1993, and 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) decisions to relocate Naval Aviation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) facilities from Warminster, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey and Naval Air Systems headquarters from Arlington, Virginia to the Complex. These realignments and consolidation of their assets positioned NAWCAD to carry out its mission as the Navy's principal RDT&E, engineering, and fleet support activity for Naval fixed and rotary wing aircraft and associated systems from acquisition through all life cycle phases.

Learn More About NAS Patuxent River HERE!

The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum will soon re-open in its new location at the intersection of Route 235 and Pegg Road in Lexington Park, Maryland. The new site of the Museum is adjacent to Gate 1 of the Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division. The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is the only Museum in the U.S.A. dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) of Naval Aircraft. The Museum is supported jointly by the Navy, the State of Maryland, St. Mary's County and the Naval Aviation community and the local community.

Visit The Patuxent River Naval Air Musem HERE!

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NEW YORK (Nov. 2, 2009) The amphibious dock landing ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21) transits New York Harbor past the World Trade Center site. The ship has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow and will be commissioned Nov. 7 in New York City. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric M. Durie/Released)

NEW YORK (Nov. 2, 2009) Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 26 fire a rifle volley as the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21) passes Ground Zero. New York has 7.5 tons of World Trade Center steel in her bow and will be commissioned Nov. 7 in New York City. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st class Corey Lewis/Released.)

NEW YORK (Nov. 2, 2009) The amphibious dock landing ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21) transits New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty. The ship has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow and will be commissioned Nov. 7 in New York City. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric M. Durie/Released)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 1, 2009) The amphibious transport dock ship Pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21) navigates off the coast of Long Island prior to her arrival in New York City. At approximately 8:00 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, the yet-to-be commissioned ship will come to a halt in the Hudson River. There, opposite the former World Trade Center site, the future USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) will dip her colors, fire a 21-gun salute to the people of her namesake city and state, and proceed to Pier 88 to be formally inducted into the Fleet at a shipboard ceremony on Nov. 7.The New York Has 7.5 tons of World Trade Center Steel in the bow. The ship’s motto is “Strength Forged through Sacrifice. Never Forget.” (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st class Corey Lewis/Released)

[Tanniker Smith]

"Good evening!"

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[SandRat]

In.

[laurenmarlowe]

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good eeeeeeeeevening Tann!

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[DDLL]

Wow.. cool! I’ve never seen much about Patuxent online before. (guess I never looked). My brother and I were both born in the Navy hospital there. That was back in the days when military housing were nepa-huts.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

Road Trip: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland!!

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[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy to you Sand!

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[laurenmarlowe]

Hi there Connie! *HUGS*

Thank you for the awesome Tribute To Our Troops!

[AZamericonnie]

Happy birthday Jim & many happy returns of the day! *hugs*

[laurenmarlowe]

Thanks for stopping in DDLL, howdy to you!

PAX River NAS looks like a very busy and fascinating Station!

[AZamericonnie]

Great to see you Lauren & thank you for this eveings road trip! *hugs*

Hope everything is well with you & yours.

Grand babies trick or treat this year?

[Wage Slave]

Good evening to all on this thread. I’m a stone’s throw from NAS Pax River. Mom of a soldier. Love all who serve.
Thanks to all of you and God bless.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren.....I thought our slow internet was never going to let me post....problems all day, starting with the complete crash of the timesheet input website for a couple hours this morning.

It is back up, but the slows haven’t much improved (and my keyboard just froze...unplug, replug).

Did you have ghosties at your house? Grandbabies have fun?

[laurenmarlowe]

Happy Birthday Jim Robinson!!

[luvie]

Great thread, (((Lauren)))

WHAT is this awesome aircraft

Hubby didn't know; and he knows most of them!