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

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

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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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[PROCON]

Woo-Hoo!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[SandRat]

Quack! Quack! Quack!

[tgusa]

Brings a tear to my eye; many happy days at NAS Pensacola learning to fly....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...is it spring yet?

Have you found anything to get you out of the house?

[jch10]

The Cradle of Naval Aviation has trained countless pilots, navigators, etc. I see the student helicopter pilots overhead every time I go out. One of their auxiliary fields is near my house.

[eyedigress]

The Museum there is AWESOME!

[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD



CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides" remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
(Click for Bosun's Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

[PROCON]

Not quite Spring yet although we're having lots of sun.

I'm getting closer to....Doing Something.

[yarddog]

There is a great museum at NAS Pensacola.

One of the things which fascinated me was the cutaways of various aircraft engines.

[SkyDancer]

Today was a sad day for me. I had to put my girl down. She was the sweetest border collie ever. She was with me almost fourteen years. I’m heart broken over it.

[Georgia Girl 2]

So sorry. We have been through it. Its a terrible thing.

[radu]

It sure is! We went to the awesome Naval Aviation museum last summer. It was overwhelming with all the cool planes, models of several aircraft carriers, and such. I wore out my poor camera snapping pix.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please note: The author of tonight's Road Trip is laurenmarlowe.
She is at work.

Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.

~ Road Trip: NAS Pensacola, Florida ~

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[radu]

Howdy, PRO.
Was today a lucky one for you?

[DoughtyOne]

[yawningotter]

An overnight aboard USS Alabama followed by a Sunday at the museum is a fun weekend. I will be doing that trip this weekend.