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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[luvie]

I don’t blame you for not wanting to get out on a bad day...but that kitteh HAS to go to the vet...right? :)

[luvie]

Wow! That’s a dazzler...thanks! :)

[luvie]

I was so slow, I was sure one of you would trip me up! LOL!

[radu]

It was a warm day but one that just didn’t make one want to get out. Tomorrow and Wed. will be worse!

Pandy isn’t sick. She has a heart murmur that’s kept well under control with meds and it’s time for a refill. Doc checks her twice a year to make sure no adjustments in the dosage are needed and that’s what this appointment is for. I don’t expect any adjustments.

[radu]

I was busy resizing and getting ready to post the pic of the model aircraft carrier ....... distracted. But a worthy distraction. :-)

[fella]

Ditto that.

[PROCON]

Sheesh, now I'm going to have to visit a DQ soon too!

We have a couple in our town.....Hmmm, they may still be open!

[radu]

This is all LUV’s fault, ya know. She just HAD to bring up DQ in the first place last night. LOL

[mojo114]

Oh dear it is the hardest thing to do. I have had to put two of my Westie’s down in year’s past and it is just the saddest decision. I have been so lost without them that I always get another. Our latest is a wonderful dog and I always tell her about the other’s. Maybe she understands, maybe not, but it makes me feel good talking about it all.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a close second....ML snags the silver!!

[luvie]

Aww...poor Pandy. Good thing she has a “mommy” who cares about her!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....radu bags the bronze!!

[luvie]

They’re mighty good! I think all three of us are going to have to visit DQ soon! :) nom-nom!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, eye...are you on the road? Home in SC? Home in TN?

[radu]

If you go to this page you'll be able to view many of the aircraft at the Naval Aviation Museum. Just click on "Browse Aircraft" and enjoy. :-)

I'd love to go back because we didn't get to see everything. That place is HUGE and we got there after lunchtime. But we saw a lot of it and were fascinated by it all. Highly recommended for anyone travelling to Penscola.

[Kathy in Alaska]

It’s nice to be able to “shop”. Take your time and find what you enjoy.

[radu]

Pandy’s fine. The murmur doesn’t seem to affect her in any adverse ways. And it hasn’t gotten any worse in the years we’ve had her so she should be fine for her remaining years. She’s 11 now so she has a few years left with us.

[PROCON]

Well, I told ya before, LUV can be a bad influence...

[luvie]

That’s a relief! I’m surprised you even noticed she has it since she seems to be active and my! She’s nearly a senior catizen! :)

[radu]

I wonder how many others are going to head to DQs soon that haven’t chimed in. LOL
You may have started something, LUV.