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Naval Air Station Oceana

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US Navy 030903 N 0020T 001 1st Lt. Jason McManigle, assigned to the Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Six (VFA 106), performs a section takeoff in an F A 18 Hornet from Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana
US Navy 030903 N 0020T 001 1st Lt. Jason McManigle, assigned to the Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Six (VFA 106), performs a section takeoff in an F A 18 Hornet from Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana

Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana (IATA: NTU, ICAO: KNTU, FAA LID: NTU) is a United States Navy Naval Air Station located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The base is under the jurisdiction of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic and is the headquarters of Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic and Carrier Air Wings 1, 3, 7 and 8. As home to all east coast strike fighter jet squadrons, the Naval Air Station is classified as a master jet base. The airfield is known as Apollo Soucek Field, named after Lieutenant (later Admiral) Apollo Soucek, a Navy test pilot who set the global altitude record in 1930 by flying a Curtiss "Hawk" biplane to an altitude of 43,166 feet. Constructed in 1941, and officially commissioned in 1943, NAS Oceana has been home to carrier-based aircraft since its inception. The field serves as home for 14 deployable Strike Fighter squadrons operating the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a Strike Fighter Fleet Replacement Squadron, an adversary squadron, and a logistics squadron. Additionally, NAS Oceana operates Dam Neck Annex, a separate military installation that is home to other non-flying commands, including various school houses, and Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress, a practice carrier landing field, in nearby Chesapeake, VA. The air station is not open to the public except one weekend each year, usually in September, when it hosts the NAS Oceana Air Show.

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US Navy 030903 N 0020T 001 1st Lt. Jason McManigle, assigned to the Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Six (VFA 106), performs a section takeoff in an F A 18 Hornet from Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana
US Navy 030903 N 0020T 001 1st Lt. Jason McManigle, assigned to the Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Six (VFA 106), performs a section takeoff in an F A 18 Hornet from Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana
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