SECNAV gets peak at naval aviation

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer got a first-hand look naval aviation training during a Jan. 9-10 visit to Naval Air Stations (NAS) Corpus Christi and Kingsville, Texas. Spencer met with Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) staff, student-aviators, and instructor pilots and toured both bases. Instructor pilots and students showed Spencer CNATRA’s twin-engine T-44 Pegasus and single-engine turboprop T-6B Texan at Training Air Wing 4 at NAS Corpus Christi; and the T-45 Goshawk training jet aircraft of Training Air Wing 2 at NAS Kingsville. CNATRA is responsible for training of all Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard aviators, naval flight officers, and naval aircrewmen across five air wings located at NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field in Florida; NAS Meridian, Miss.; and Texas. (Source: Chief of Naval Air Training 01/14/19)