The Cradle of Naval Aviation

Over the course of 100 years, NAS Pensacola has continuously trained thousands of personnel, regardless of rank or aviation community, to pursue careers in Naval Aviation and earn Navy Wings. Founded on the shores of Pensacola in 1914 as the Navy’s first air station, it became the Navy’s first flying school when Lieutenant Jack Towers arrived on 20 January 1914 and days later made the maiden flight from what would become NAS Pensacola. From 1928 to 1947, Towers was the earliest designated Naval Aviator still serving on active duty, and his campaign to make air power a central component of U.S. Navy operations reached fruition during World War II and endured thereafter. NAS Pensacola has remained the roots of those whose wings carried them onward and continues to train warfighters across aviation, aviation maintenance, aerospace medicine, information dominance, and other enabling areas of national security.

Warrington, Florida · United States