Naval Air Station Cecil Field, the Master Jet Base, was the center of East Coast carrier aviation for nearly five decades. Located west of Jacksonville, Florida, Cecil Field opened in 1952 and...
NAS Jacksonville has been running naval aviators through the grinder since 1940, and for much of that history, the headquarters doing the running was Naval Air Operational Training Command right...
They call it the Cradle of Naval Aviation—a place where the roar of jet engines, the sweep of propellers, and the traditions of more than a century converge. Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, is...