Ex-CNATRA to deliver talk

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Naval Aviation School Command (NASC) will host a ceremony in honor of the 77th anniversary of WWII’s Battle of Midway on June 4 at the National Naval Aviation Museum onboard NAS Pensacola. Guest speaker will be retired Rear Admiral Donald P. Quinn. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Navy inflicted irreparable damage to the Japanese Navy in the Battle of Midway from June 4-7, 1942, that changed the tide of the war in the Pacific. (Source: Chipley Bugle 05/31/19) Quinn is a Naval Academy graduate (1979) and a designated a naval flight officer. In September 2005, Quinn was promoted to flag rank. He commanded the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) at Corpus Christi, Texas, and was the 17th commander of the Naval Education and Training Command HQ based at NAS Pensacola, Fla. CNATRA conducts six Student Naval Aviator training pipelines and is the foundation of Naval Aviation's development of the primary phase of pilot training. Primary training is conducted in the T-6B Texan II at NAS Meridian – home to Training Air Wing One, and Training Squadron 9, and Training Squadron 7 – and Training Air Wing Four and Five. NETC is the HQ for education and training that includes CNATRA and an array of other commands.