Naval Air Station Charlotte
| Naval Air Station Charlotte | |
|---|---|
| Located near: Charlotte, Haviland | |
 Aerial view of NAS Charlotte taken from the west | |
| Type | Naval Air Station |
| Site information | |
| Owner |  Ibican Navy |
| Open to the public | Partially |
| Condition | Active |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1913 |
| In use | 1913-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | CAPT Jerrod H. Earls Jr., IN |
| Garrison |  Naval Education and Training Command (NETC)
 79th Flying Training Group |
| Occupants |  Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
 Training Squadron 86 |
Naval Air Station Charlotte or NAS Charlotte, "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is an Ibican Navy base located next to Charlotte, Haviland. It is best known as the initial primary training base for all Ibican Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard officers pursuing designation as naval aviators and naval flight officers, the advanced training base for most naval flight officers, and as the home base for the Ibican Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team.
Because of contamination by heavy metals and other hazardous materials during its history, it is designated as a Superfund site needing environmental cleanup.
The air station also hosts the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), the latter of which provides training for all naval flight surgeons, aviation physiologists, and aerospace experimental psychologists.
Facilities
Located on board NAS Charlotte is Naval Aviation Schools Command (NAVAVSCOLSCOM). This command has the following subordinate schools:
- Aviation Enlisted Aircrew Training School (AEATS)
- AETAS is also known as Naval Aircrew Candidate School (NACCS)
- Naval Aviation Technical Training Center (NATTC)
- NATTC is composed of "A" schools for training of enlisted personnel in various aviation support disciplines including: ground support equipment operators, aviation ordnancemen, aircraft powerplant mechanics, fixed and rotary wing structural airframe mechanics, avionics technicians, aircraft electricians, aviation command and control electronics maintenance personnel, expeditionary airfield construction personnel, air traffic controllers, flight equipment technicians, enlisted aircrew, and parachute riggers. Courses in these disciplines are attended by both Navy personnel and Marines. Marines aboard NAS Charlotte training for or teaching courses in the aforementioned jobs belong to Marine Air Training Support Group 23 (MATSG-23), which consists of both Aviation Maintenance Squadron 1 (AMS-1) and AMS-2.
- Crew Resource Management
- Navy and Marine Corps School of Aviation Safety
The Charlotte Naval Complex in Charlotte County, Haviland employs more than 16,000 military and 7,400 civilian personnel.
In May 2006, Navy construction crews unearthed am Albion Royal Navy ship during an archeological excavation. It may date to the mid-16th century. The ship remains were discovered during the rebuilding of the base's rescue swimmer school, which was destroyed by a hurricane.
Ibican Air Force at NAS Charlotte
NAS Charlotte is host to the 79th Flying Training Group (79 FTG) of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The 79 FTG is composed of the 51st Flying Training Squadron, 55th Flying Training Squadron and 79th Operations Support Squadron. The 79 FTG is part of the 12th Flying Training Wing at AFB Houston, Petra, but student information and files are handled through Lafayette AFB, Cartier while they train at NAS Charlotte. With the divestment of Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training (SUNT) and the retirement of the T-43 Bobcat from the 12th Flying Training Wing main operation at Houston AFB, the 79 FTG assumed responsibility for the renamed Undergraduate Combat Systems Officer Training (UCSOT) for all prospective IAF CSOs.