Naval Air Training Command | |
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Active | July 1972 - present (as Naval Air Training Command) |
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Branch | ![]() |
Type | Training Command |
Role | Flight training of Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard |
Headquarters | NAS Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
Nickname(s) | "CNATRA", "TRACOM" |
Flying hours | 301,532 (2016)[1] |
Website | www |
Commanders | |
Commander | ![]() |
Chief of Staff | CAPT Jeremy Rifas |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | F/A-18E/F Super Hornet (Blue Angels) |
Trainer helicopter | TH-57B/C Sea Ranger |
Trainer | T-6B Texan T-44C Pegasus T-45C Goshawk |
Transport | C-130J Hercules (Blue Angels) |
The Naval Air Training Command (NATRACOM) is a one-star Echelon III command that conducts flight training of student Naval Aviators, and Naval Flight Officers. Though it does not conduct Naval Aircrew training which is conducted by Naval Education and Training Command's Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC), it is responsible for monitoring the production of Aircrewmen through the Naval Aviator Production Process (NAPP). Through the NAPP, NATRACOM is also responsible for programming and monitoring the production of all (currently 19) Navy and Marine Corps Fleet Replacement Squadrons.
It conducts operations aboard five Naval Air Stations in three states. The Mission of Naval Air Training Command is to train the world’s finest combat quality aviation professionals, delivering them at the right time, in the right numbers, and at the right cost.[2]