I first laid eyes on NAS Pensacola in the late summer of 1966. The United States was fully engaged in a war in Vietnam, and the possibility of having to serve there was real for all of us who were new in the American military. I was assigned to Pensacola after Navy Boot Camp, to attend the best photography school in the country, the basic photography program at NAS Pensacola.
Today, the base has seen its aspiring Navy pilots sent to other bases, and its photography school combined with photography programs of other services in Maryland. The 1939 building that housed the photography school is being renovated to become the base headquarters. The Navy and Air Force jointly train electronic warfare officers here. It is a thriving part of America's defense.
Oh, and the Blue Angels are based here.
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