Naval Air Station Patches - NAS, NAAS, NAF

[Salvage Sailor]

RATCC -17 NAS JACKSONVILLE - Radar Air Traffic Control Center 17 ("Rat-See" Seventeen) http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028307/00759

 

The air traffic control centers were established in the late 1950's and are still in operation at active NAS installations manned by Naval GCA/ATC personnel

 

Nice late 50's early 60's patch with pinned on tab

 

 

RATCC establishment article Miramar NAS - Coronado Eagle and Journal, Number 33, 14 August 1958

 

'Ral-See' experimental radar brain may help prevent mid-air collisions

 

At Miramar Naval Air Station, an entirely new air traffic control system was born at midnight late in July. Radar Air Traffic Control Center (RATCC, called “RAT-SEE”), is the formal name of this novel system. For the first time, Civil Aeronautics administration radar controllers work side by side with Navy GCA controllers in the same room. This permits control of aircraft with radar from takeoff to landing, while the pilot is within range of the radar "eye.” At Miramar, there are 25 CAA and 30 Navy controllers. The Navy furnished the modem facilities in this pioneering of long range radar control of aircraft. When a pilot takes off from Miramar under RATCC his plane appears on the RATCC radar scope as a whitish “blip” about half an inch long and a quarter inch wide. His CAA RATCC controller follows this “blip” constantly and can tell where the plane is in terms of direction and distance from the airport. He can also see obstacles such as mountains and other aircraft. A major advantage of radar control is that aircraft can operate safely with only three miles between them.

 

Before radar was used, the CAA controller allowed ten minutes between planes. With aircraft speeds of 5 to 10 miles a minute today, a three mile spacing with safety becomes meaningful. Miramar RATCC does not control flight on the airways yet. It does control the airspace between them that is north and east of San Diego, to Julian. If a pilot wants to be controlled beyond this local area, over the ocean for example, he will be given a “Seawolf” departure. This takes him on a westerly heading from Miramar under the airway extending toward Oceanside, at 1500 feet altitude. In this way he is able to get to his operating arkea without fear of a mid-air collision. His RATCC controller is watching his every turn on radar.

 

In October the Miramar RATCC will take control of the airways in this area, in addition to the area presently controlled. Then all flights to be conducted under CAA’s “Instrument Flight Rules” in this area will be seen and controlled on Miramar’s RATCC radar scopes. Ultimately, all flights on airways may be radar monitored. Then, planes flying under CAA’s “Visual Flight Rules” could also be given radar traffic information. Before July 14, CAA airways controllers maintained contact with pilots on airways with radio only. RATCC has entered their lives, so they must learn how to interpret radar information and use it to control air traffic. It takes a month to properly train a CAA controller in the radar technique. The Navy and CAA hope to learn a great deal about positive radar control of jet aircraft from the Miramar RATCC. The experience to be gained there may very well provide answers to the big problems of control of aircraft over the U.S. in our modern jet age.

 

RATCC-35 NAS OCEANA "Rat-See" Thirty Five

 

[Salvage Sailor]

US NAVAL HOSPITAL WHIDBEY ISLAND - Naval Air Station Whidbey Island 1968

(This Command became Naval Hospital Oak Harbor on 1 October 1983)

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

......another Rat See patch

 

RATCC-43 NAS CECIL FIELD Radar Air Traffic Control Center 43 ("Rat-See" Forty Three) Master Jet Base, Duval County, near Jacksonville Fl., closed in 1993

 

Detachment also assigned to Air Traffic Control in Antarctica for VXE-6 Puckered Penguins

 

[Salvage Sailor]

NAS OAKLAND Golden Gaters (modern copy) http://www.militarymuseum.org/NASOakland.html

 

[bronxboymike]

NAS Sanford, Florida was home to all of navy's heavy attack squadrons flying AJ Savage and A3 skywarriors

 

Original ca 40's NAS Spokane patch

[Salvage Sailor]

Nice patch Mike,

 

I've got a merrowed edge version from a vet purchase, unfortunately he wrote 48-58 on it which is when it was operational as NAS SPOKANE http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/aug/05/for-blue-angels-a-time-warp/#/0

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 2/19/2014 at 11:19 AM, Bearmon said:

NAS Brunswick Maine

 

NAS BRUNSWICK MAINE

Hilborn Hamburger version

[Salvage Sailor]

NAS OCEANA - Different versions, US made Gemsco

 

 

NAS OCEANA - Different versions, US made Gemsco on the card

 

NAS OCEANA - Different version

 

 

 

NAS OCEANA SAR - Different versions, US made Gemsco Search and Rescue

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

NAS ALAMEDA - Operational 1940 to 1997

 

 

U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 10/27/2011 at 10:21 AM, bronxboymike said:

NAS Glenview, NAS Willow Grove, both circa 1960's.

 

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NAS GLENVIEW ILLINOIS - Different maker

 

 

NAS GLENVIEW ILLINOIS - Triangle Version - Strength Thru Readiness

 

[Salvage Sailor]

NAAS WHITING FIELD

Established in 1943

 

Naval Air Station Whiting Field is a United States Navy base located near Milton, Florida, in central Santa Rosa County, and is one of the Navy's two primary pilot training bases (the other being NAS Corpus Christi, Texas). NAS Whiting Field provides training for U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force student pilots, as well as those of several allied nations. NAS Whiting Field is home to Training Air Wing Five (TRAWING 5).

 

NAS Whiting Field is actually two airfields sharing a common support base. Primary Flight Training student aviators fly the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II from North Whiting Field (KNSE) while Advanced Helicopter Training takes place utilizing the TH-57 Sea Ranger at South Whiting Field (KNDZ)

 

NAAS Whiting Field - Museum of WWII Florida History http://www.museumoffloridahistory.com/exhibits/permanent/wwii/sites.cfm?PR_ID=121

[Salvage Sailor]

NAVAL AIR STATION CUBI POINT

Home of GECKO AIRWAYS, Your Budget Liberty Airline to the PI

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 10/27/2011 at 2:20 PM, Patchcollector said:

The fifth is for NAF Sigonella.I had alot of trouble trying to get a nice pic of this one,the glare was really bad.Notice the Italian manufacturer.With flash.

 

NAF SIGONELLA, Italy, 1960's Gemsco Naval Air Facility Sigonella established in 1959. It was redesignated NAS in 1980

 

 

 

NAS SIGONELLA, Italy - Italian made Security Police

 

 

NAS SIGONELLA, Italy - Tactical Support Center, Maritime Air Control Authority, TSCOMM NAS SIGONELLA

 

Defending Freedom Protecting the 2004 Olympic Games

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington

 

 

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington

 

Supply Department - Fuel Division - Grumman A-6 Intruder - Retired in 1997

 

Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (NAS) Oak Harbor Aircraft Display

Static aircraft displays were dedicated in September, 2007, just outside Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, and the City of Oak Harbor, Washington. The aircraft display is in recognition of the accomplishments of the men and women who have served at NAS Whidbey Island.

 

An EA-6B Prowler, BuNo 158036, has the insignia of Electronic Attack Training Squadron (VAQ) 129 Vikings, the only EA-6B training squadron for the Navy and Marine Corps, so every EA-6B pilot has been through that program. The names on the aircraft represent four former VAQ-129 commanding officers who have made lasting impressions on the EA-6B community.

 

A second aircraft, an A-6 Intruder, BuNo 152907, has the logo for the Attack Squadron (VA) 145 Swordsman. It also bears the name of two members of NAS Whidbey Island who have made their impact on the A-6 community.

 

 

[0bx]

During WW2, there was a Naval Air Station(NAS) located at Weeksville, NC. Has anyone ever seen a patch for NAS Weeksville?

-fritz

[Salvage Sailor]

Aloha Fritz,

 

I've never seen anything for NAS Weeksville but there should be something out there as it wasn't closed until 1957.

[Salvage Sailor]

NAS ATSUGI JAPAN

Electronics Division pair, both 5"

 

 

NAS ATSUGI JAPAN - Electronics Division pair, both 5"

 

[Salvage Sailor]

NAVAL AIR TEST FACILITY (NATF) 1958

 

 

 

1958 The Naval Air Test Facility (NATF) was established

 

 

1965-1973 Antisubmarine helicopter squadrons become part of the station's mission

 

 

1973 The Naval Air Engineering Center (NAEC) is relocated to Lakehurst from Philadelphia

 

 

1977 NAS and NATF are disestablished and merged into NAEC

 

 

 

 

[0bx]

Aloha Fritz,

 

I've never seen anything for NAS Weeksville but there should be something out there as it wasn't closed until 1957.

 

Thank you Salvage Sailor for your response. A few years ago I lived directly across the Pasquotank River from WW2 NAS Weeksville (currently occupied by a LTA blimp mfg.) but was never able to id any type of shoulder sleeve insignia.

[Salvage Sailor]

NAS CUBI POINT Bataan, Philippines WESTPAC Aviation Support

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 10/27/2011 at 10:42 AM, bronxboymike said:

NAS Norfolk circa 1950's, NAS Atsugi circa 1950's.

 

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Nice NAS Atsugi patch.

 

Here's a NAF Atsugi version

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Naval Air Facility Annapolis (NAF Greenbury Point, Annapolis MD) The US Navy's first naval aviation base was established in 1911 at Greenbury Point, across the Severn River from the US Naval Academy. Annapolis became the home of naval aviation, having both the first naval air station and the first flight from a naval air station to add to its illustrious history.

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii - It was the only USN SAR base for well over a thousand miles.

 

Closed in the BRAC of 1999 with the remaining P-3 Orion squadrons relocating to MCBH Kaneohe Bay. The USCG still maintains their SAR Helo squadrons at Barbers Point.

 

Enameled Plaque circa 1970's

 

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii

Patches circa 1970's

 

 

USCG Air Station Barbers Point - still in operation as the only military tenant on the airfield. The Navy patrol squadrons are now at Kaneohe Bay and the Army/HANG Helo squadrons are at Wheeler Field

 

 

[Bearmon]

NAS Point Mugu Around from 1946 to 2000 when it merged with Port Hueneme to become Naval Base Ventura County

 

[Salvage Sailor]

NAF MAYPORT FLORIDA - Naval Air Facility Mayport, Fl, established in 1982, redesignated NAS Mayport in September 1988. Jacksonville was the only city in the United States with three naval air stations during this time period.

 

Patch circa 1982-1988