NAS Pensacola, located on the white sands of the Gulf Coast, is the Cradle of Aviation, known for it’s longstanding history of aviation and for being the home of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team. The installation covers a total of 8,423 acres of land – 5,804 acres at NAS Pensacola proper, and over 2,500 acres at other locations.NAS Pensacola is also home to the Navy Aviation Schools Command, Naval Air Technical Training Center, and the headquarters of Navy Education Training Command.
NAS Pensacola was the first Naval Air Station commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1914. Tens of thousands Naval Aviators have received their training there including John H. Glenn, USMC who became the first American to orbit the earth in 1962 and Neil Armstrong who became the first man to set foot on the moon in 1969.