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

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

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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[Jet Jaguar]

mine

[luvie]

PRO was a bit defensive and didn’t understand ((((hugs))))

needless to say, he does now...and even returns them! :)

[Jet Jaguar]

Mine. Or not! :0)

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“I wonder how many others are going to head to DQs soon that haven’t chimed in.”

I prefer Whataburger malts.

[luvie]

#100!!!

[radu]

:-)

How ya doin', JJ? Good to see ya tonight!

[PROCON]

I do still miss (or NOT), the 3-way ganging up LUV, MS. and Taz did on me though, LOL.

A guy didn't stand a chance!

OK, galz, I'm off, need tend to some early morning business...

G'night!

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Dudess! ;-)

[radu]

Well he’s figured things out. He can dish it out like a pro. ;-)

[PROCON]

HA, JJ tried to sneak one in...NOT!

[radu]

LOL! You get an “A+” for effort. I’m a sucker for “stealth” moves and that was good.
Just not quiiiiiite quick enough. *Hugz*

[luvie]

I miss seeing my Sis and Taz around here at night! They gave us all a run for our money on the 50s! LOL!

Oooo...I hear high winds outside. Maybe it’ll rain.

[luvie]

He can! And enjoys being here...which is our goal...right? :)

[luvie]

How are you tonight? Don’t often see you on weeknights! :)

[Jet Jaguar]

I gave it a shot. Gotta head off to bed. Y’all take care.

[radu]

We don’t have Whataburgers around here. Don’t tell us how awesome their malts are or I’m liable to get more gray hairs in frustration. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, yawningotter.

Have a wonderful weekend!! That looks like quite an adventure. Are you going with scouts?

http://www.ussalabama.com/overnight-adventures

[radu]

Good night, PRO, sleep well. Catch ya on the next go-round.

[radu]

One has to be sneaky to get one in. LOL

[radu]

Your storm system is heading here tomorrow. Watching the weather report a few minutes ago, it looks like it’ll be a reeeeeally soggy ride to the vet.
Just hoping for some good thunderstorms to go with it.