Naval Air Training Command

rdf:langString Naval Air Training Command

rdf:langString Naval Air Training Command

rdf:langString "CNATRA", "TRACOM"

rdf:langString Logo of Naval Air Training Command

rdf:langString CAPT Scott Starkey

rdf:langString Commander

rdf:langString Chief of Staff

rdf:langString United States of America

rdf:langString July 1972 - present

rdf:langString Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.

rdf:langString Headquarters

rdf:langString "CNATRA", "TRACOM"

rdf:langString Flight training of Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard

rdf:langString Training Command

rdf:langString Naval Air Training Command

rdf:langString The Naval Air Training Command (NATRACOM) is a one star 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. Commanded by RDML Robert D. Westendorff, the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), CNATRA and NATRACOM are headquartered on board Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. As recently as 2009, NATRACOM's 739 aircraft logged 358,449 flight hours, nearly a third of the Department of the Navy total for that fiscal year. To put those numbers in perspective, CNATRA flew 28% of the combined Navy and Marine Corps flight hours with 19% of the aircraft. In that same time more than 2,400 Naval Aviators, Naval Flight Officers (NFO) and Naval Aircrewmen earned their “Wings of Gold”.