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

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Q i, E z i v: Z 71 T s5 7kg ADMINISTRA'ITIIJN BUILDING The noTicns Number One Novol Training Bose become an official porT of The Navy cn March 12, T941, when The huge sToTion IocoTed souTh CT The CiTy of Corpus ChrisTi, Texas, was commissioned mm The U. 3. Navy. AT The some Time, CopToin Alva D. Bernhard, USN, assumed The duTies as The TirsT commanding officer of The Nova! Air Training Bases, OTTer cm impres- sive commissioning ceremony ThoT was oTTended by The SecreTory of The Navy, Ccngressmen, Bureau OT AeronoUTics Officials, local civic ouThoriTies 0nd guesTs. The gicmT Naval Air Training Bose known To The ovioTion codeTs as The UniversiTy CT The Air is 0 splendid monumenT dedicoTed To The YouTh of America by The loTe SecreTory of Navy, Colonel Frank Knox. The imporTonT mission of The Naval Air Training Base is To Train The young men To defend Their counTry in The air. The combined eTTorTs of Naval and civilian personnel were welded mm on organized uniT To carry OUT This mission. The Naval Air Training Boses has expanded Tor beyond The plans of The original builders. This was due To The TGCT ThoT The Novel AvioTion Program increased Tremendously 0nd oddiTionol Training TociliTies were found necessary. The Training program reached iTs peak wiTh The Naval Air Training Bases, consisTing CT The huge ivioin SToTion wiTh iTs compleTe operoTing TociliTies for land and seoplones and six auxiliary air bases: Rcdd, Coboniss Cuddihy, Woldron, Kingsviile and y-, Chose field. Each quxiliory Air base is Cl seporoTe 0nd compleTe operoTing uniT wiTh TociliTies for Training The ovioTiOl'T codeTs m The bosm, msTrumenT, advanced and operoTionol sTages of Their Training. The firsT class of codeTs To compleTe The Training program groduoTed November T, 194T. Since Then Thousands Of Novel, Morineend CeosT Guard AVIOTors Thoroughly Trained in Novel AvioTion TocTics have passed Through The goTes Of This greoT Naval Air Training Bose, enrouTe To imporTonT ossignmenT: ThroughouT The world. Page 36

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