Naval Air Training Command

Naval Air Training Command
Logo of Naval Air Training Command
ActiveJuly 1972 - present (as Naval Air Training Command)
CountryUnited States United States of America
Branch United States Navy
TypeTraining Command
RoleFlight training of Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
HeadquartersNAS Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Nickname(s)"CNATRA", "TRACOM"
Flying hours301,532 (2016)[1]
Websitewww.cnatra.navy.mil
Commanders
Commander RADM Richard T. Brophy
Chief of StaffCAPT Jeremy Rifas
Aircraft flown
FighterF/A-18E/F Super Hornet (Blue Angels)
Trainer helicopterTH-57B/C Sea Ranger
TrainerT-6B Texan
T-44C Pegasus
T-45C Goshawk
TransportC-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]

  1. ^ "Chief of Naval Air Training | Mission".
  2. ^ https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/mission.htm [bare URL]