US Naval Air Training Center - Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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nrid CIS NATS, come inTo official exi of The Navy ouihorizing iT, NATS soon come inTo ionion now operoTes planes on numerous missions Through houscmd passengers and nearly 2,000,000 pounds The Naval Air TronsporT Service, commonly known around, 1941. AiThough Then There was only 0 prominence and reod To The Tar corners of T all kinds of we I .-r more Than 0 million miles 0 prioriTy cargo and personnel To poinTs where They are needed in a hurry is The mosT imporTonT ossignmenT e keynoTe of iTs operoTions, NATS hos esTCIbiished om ouTsTOInding record in iTs shch period of ex- isTence. is is due largely To The excellenT Training ThOIT iTs fliers and ground crewmen have previously received and To The eTTicienT use of iTs various squadrons 0nd equipmenT. The Naval Air TronsporT Service varies in iTs ossignmenTs from delivering aeroplane engines and medical supplies To The Soufh Pacific To carrying personnel and mail To Aiosko 0nd ouleing bases. NATS cperoTes scheduled plcmes beTween Com- odo 0nd SouTh America, California and AusTroiio, or To Alaska, New York and England. SkymosTers, Mariners, Coronados, Mars and oTher powerful planes are responsible for delivering cargo and moinTCIinirIg The schedules over iTs 60,000 miles of rouTes ThroughouT The world in which speed and sofeTy ploy simulToneous roles.

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e I I Cah To Charles Perry Mason, Rear dmirol, U. S NV NGVOI AViOfOr . . 1.! umber Fi Ty-Two, Commander, oval Air Training Bases, Corpus .hrisfi; his Volume ls Inscribed With ESteeih and A ecinn.