Naval Air Station Kingsville

27°30′16″N 97°48′29″W / 27.50444°N 97.80806°W / 27.50444; -97.80806TypeNaval Air StationSite informationOwnerDepartment of DefenseOperatorUS NavyControlled byNavy Region SoutheastConditionOperationalWebsiteOfficial websiteSite historyBuilt1942 (1942)In use1942 – presentGarrison informationCurrent
commanderCaptain Eric BromleyGarrisonTraining Air Wing TwoAirfield informationIdentifiersIATA: NQI, ICAO: KNQI, FAA LID: NQI, WMO: 722516Elevation15.2 metres (50 ft) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
17L/35R	2,438.7 metres (8,001 ft) Porous European Mix (PEM)
17R/35L	2,438.4 metres (8,000 ft) PEM
13L/31R	2,438.4 metres (8,000 ft) PEM
13R/31L	2,438.4 metres (8,000 ft) PEM

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Naval Air Station Kingsville or NAS Kingsville (NASK) (IATA: NQI, ICAO: KNQI, FAA LID: NQI) is a United States Navy Naval Air Station located approximately 3 miles east of Kingsville, Texas in Kleberg County. NAS Kingsville is under the jurisdiction of Navy Region Southeast and is the headquarters of Training Air Wing Two. The station also operates a nearby satellite airfield, NALF Orange Grove.

Founded in 1942 as Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Kingsville, it served nearby Naval Air Station Corpus Christi as an auxiliary field, aiding in training many of the U.S Navy's pilots for World War II. In 1968, the airfield was redesignated as Naval Air Station Kingsville, and has hosted flight training operations throughout its existence. Additionally, NAS Kingsville organizes and hosts the annual Wings Over South Texas Air Show.

Current operations

Naval Air Station Kingsville is one of the U.S. Navy’s premier locations for jet aviation training. The naval air station’s primary mission is to train Student Naval Aviators for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps and tactical jet pilots for other select NATO and Allied countries. To accomplish its mission, NAS Kingsville is home to Training Air Wing Two and several tenant commands, military as well as civilian, with a total complement of approximately 300 officers, 200 enlisted, 350 civilian personnel, and 625 contract maintenance personnel. The wing was the first in the Navy to operate the Boeing T-45 Goshawk aircraft, providing a single carrier-capable aircraft to replace the North American Rockwell T-2 Buckeye and the McDonnell Douglas TA-4 Skyhawk II in the Navy's strike pilot training pipeline. Originally equipped with the T-45A model of the Goshawk, the wing began accepting new production T-45C model aircraft in 2005, which replaces the earlier T-45A aircraft's analog cockpit with a digital or "glass" cockpit similar to what students will find when they transition to operational fleet combat aircraft. All T-45A aircraft at NAS Kingsville are slated to be retrofitted and upgraded to a T-45C configuration under the T-45 Required Avionics Modernization Program (T-45 RAMP), with a select number of RAMP modified aircraft slated for transfer to Training Air Wing SIX at NAS Pensacola, Florida in support of Student Naval Flight Officer training under the Undergraduate Military Flight Officer (UMFO) program.

NAS Kingsville is home to the U.S. Army Reserve 812th Quartermaster Company.^[2]

The NAS Kingsville Operations Department operates the airfield and provides services to support operations of activity, tenant, and transiting aircraft; provides firefighting functions, both structural fire and rescue; provides air traffic control; operates the air terminal; schedules administrative and proficiency flights; repairs and maintains station ground electronics equipment; stores, maintains, and issues assigned ordnance and munitions; operates firing ranges; operates aerial targets, bombing ranges, and auxiliary landing fields. NAS Kingsville also has both Military and Civilian security which man the entry control points and conduct vehicle inspections and patrols.

Tenant Units

• Training Air Wing Two
  • Training Squadron 21 (VT-21) "Fighting Redhawks"
  • Training Squadron 22 (VT-22) "Golden Eagles"
• Naval Branch Health Clinic Kingsville
• Contract Employers included L-3 Vertex, Fidelity Technologies, and Rolls-Royce
• CNATRA Detachment
• U.S. Army Reserve 812th Quartermaster Company

Former Tenant Units

• 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, F Company (MEDEVAC)
• Training Squadron Twenty Three (VT23)"Professionals"

See also

• List of T-45 Goshawk losses
• List of United States Navy airfields

References

• Naval Air Station Kingsville (official site)
• FAA Airport Form 5010 for NQI PDF
• Naval Air Station Kingsville GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2006-10-27
• KNQI Kingsville Naval Air Station AirNav.com Retrieved 2006-10-27

External links

LeadershipStructure

Operating forces	Fleet Forces Command Commander Pacific Fleet Commander Naval Forces Europe – Naval Forces Africa Naval Forces Central Command Naval Forces Southern Command Naval Special Warfare Command Naval Reserve Forces Operational Test and Evaluation Force Naval Network Warfare Command Military Sealift Command
Shore	Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Air Systems Command Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Naval Supply Systems Command Naval Information Warfare Systems Command Fleet Cyber Command Naval Academy Naval Education and Training Command Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Office of Naval Intelligence Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Naval Legal Service Command Naval Observatory Naval Safety Center Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Navy Installations Command Navy Working Capital Fund
Fleets	Second Fleet Third Fleet Fourth Fleet Fifth Fleet Sixth Fleet Seventh Fleet Tenth Fleet
Ships	A–B C D–F G–H I–K L M N–O P Q–R S T–V W–Z Aircraft carriers Airships Amphibious warfare ships Auxiliaries Battleships Cruisers Destroyers Destroyer escorts Escort carriers Frigates Mine warfare vessels Monitors Patrol vessels Registered civilian vessels Sailing frigates Steam frigates Steam gunboats Ships of the line Sloops of war Submarines Torpedo boats Torpedo retrievers Unclassified miscellaneous vessels Yard and district craft

Personnel
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training

People	Officers Insignia Designators Enlisted Rates Ratings Classification
Personnel	Chaplain Corps Chief Deputy Chief Explosive ordnance disposal Medical Corps Dental Corps Nurse Corps Medical Service Corps Supply Corps Civil Engineer Corps JAG Corps JAG DJAG NCIS Boatswain's mates Hospital corpsman Naval Aviator SEALs Seabees Master-at-arms Operations specialist SWCCs Hispanic sailors
Training	Recruit Officer Candidate School STA-21 NROTC Naval University System (Naval War College, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Academy, Naval Community College, Marine Corps University) BESS BFTT CNATT COMPTUEX NAWCTSD AIM Naval Chaplaincy School Naval Hospital Corps School Naval Justice School United States Armed Forces School of Music Navy Senior Enlisted Academy Navy Supply Corps School Nuclear Power School JMTC TOPGUN USNTPS Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

EquipmentHistory and
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