NAVAL AIR STATION KINGSVILLE

nel support should first coordinate their requirements through their Administrative Office before contracting NAS Corpus Christi. PSA is located in Building 1730 at NAS Corpus Christi and can be reached by calling (361) 961-3848. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, ursday, and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Shopping

Defense Commissary Agency

Phone: (361) 516-6241 e Commissary opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday to Saturday. It closes at 5 p.m. on Saturday at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday and at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and ursday. e commissary is closed Sunday, Monday and holidays.

Navy Exchange

Phone: (361) 516-6241 e Navy Exchange and gas station are open Monday through Saturday, but are closed Sunday and holidays. e gas station opens at 7 a.m. daily while the Exchange opens at 10 a.m. Both facilities close at 5 p.m. Monday through ursday 5:30 p.m. on Fridays and 4 p.m. on Saturdays. A uniform shop is located in the main store and has the same hours of operation. e Navy Exchange shopping center also includes a Subway restaurant, which is open 7am-7pm Mon- ur and 7am-5pm on Friday. Phone: (361) 5928900.

Eligible patrons can shop for a variety of items ranging from clothing, household products and jewelry, to garden products, seasonal items and much more. A barber shop is also available 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. e barber shop can be reached at (361) 516-6447.

Tenant Commands

Training Air Wing Two

Phone: (361) 516-6306 / DSN: 876-6306 www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw2

Each year, approximately 150 student naval aviators report to Training Air Wing TWO for Jet/Strike Training. ese students report to one of two training squadrons: Training Squadron Twenty-One (VT-21) or Training Squadron Twenty-Two (VT-22). e Training Air Wing is responsible for providing the fleet with newly winged Navy and Marine Corps aviators. e Air Wing also consists of approximately 75 instructor pilots, and 105 T-45 “Goshawk” aircraft. Students undergo a rigorous training syllabus in the T-45 “Goshawk” on the way to earning their “Wings of Gold.”

Curriculum e Training Air Wing TWO Ground Training Department provides classroom instruction, computer-based instruction, and flight simulation in instruction and operational flight trainers.

Students report to Training Air Wing TWO at NAS Kingsville from primary flight training at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas or NAS Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. Upon arrival, they begin 10-to-12 months of training at NAS Kingsville.

L-3 Communications contract maintenance and support departments provide the Navy with maintenance and upkeep of the aircraft, and support for the aircrew’s flight gear. Fidelity Technologies, Inc., provides support for all of the ground and simulator instruction.

Strike Instructor Training School, also a part of Training Air Wing TWO, prepares winged fleet aviators to become flight instructors in the T-45. Training begins in the Ground Training department of Training Wing TWO and consists of three weeks of classroom instruction. Students attend classes on subjects that include engineering (T45), aerodynamics, meteorology, flight rules and regulations, and instrument navigation. During this ground school training, students also begin simulator events that teach students the capabilities and systems in the T-45 Goshawk and how to deal with malfunctions of those systems. e T-45 Strike Flight Curriculum is comprised of 16 flight stages. During these 16 stages students will fly approximately 156 hours. is includes nearly 47 hours of solo flight time. Students will also fly approximately 96 hours in aircraft simulators before they complete the syllabus. e first eight stages of training are designed to introduce the students naval aviator to jet aircraft and provide a basis for future stages. ey include instrumental training, jet familiarization flights, formation flights, night familiarization flights, and land based carrier qualifications. e later stages of training introduce the student to the strike community with Operational Navigation in which the students learn to plan and fly low level flight routes. ey also fly weapons, guns, and air combat maneuvers, which introduces the students to different offensive weapons and tactics. In weapons, the students drop 25 lb. practice bombs at a target range near Kingsville. And practice gunnery and air combat maneuvers with other aircraft. e syllabus culminates in the second Carrier Qualification Stage when the students travel to an active aircraft carrier at sea to complete their Carrier Qualification and make their first carrier landings. Students must carrier-qualify by completing 14 landings and 10 arrested landings aboard an aircraft carrier at sea before they can complete jet/strike training.

THE T-45 STRIKE FLIGHT CURRICULUM IS COMPRISED OF 16 FLIGHT STAGES. DURING THESE 16 STAGES STUDENTS WILL FLY APPROXIMATELY 156 HOURS. THIS INCLUDES NEARLY 47 HOURS OF SOLO FLIGHT TIME.

During these stages the students are qualified to fly solo in the T-45 in all weather conditions. ey also learn to fly in two-and-four-plane formation flights, and land the T-45 the same way they would on an aircraft at sea.

A camera mounted in the cockpit that records the encounters. ese stages prepare the students for the tactical jets that they will be flying when they leave Kingsville for the fleet.

Once students successfully complete the jet/strike syllabus, they are designated as Naval Aviators and presented their coveted “Wings of Gold.” At that time they will be selected for one of two fleet pipelines: the intermediate and advanced E2-C (Hawk-eye)/C2-A (Greyhound) pipeline, or the advanced