Pensacola Florida Military Bases

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The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, perform the Delta Roll maneuver during a training flight over Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola.
201218-N-YO638-1596 PENSACOLA, Fla. (Dec. 18, 2020) The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, perform the Delta Roll maneuver during a training flight over Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. The Blue Angels are conducting training flights over Pensacola to build flight and maintenance proficiency on the new F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet platform and maintain readiness. The 2021 show season will be the Blue Angels’ first year flying the Super Hornet platform as well as the 75th anniversary of the team. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cody Hendrix)

 

Pensacola, Florida has been referred to as "The Cradle of Naval Aviation". Naval Air Station Pensacola was the first Naval Air Station commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1914.

There are a number of annual festivals, events, historic tours, and landmarks. The Pensacola Seafood Festival and The Pensacola Crawfish Festival held in the heart of historic Downtown has been held for nearly 30 years with live music acts. Veterans Memorial Park in Pensacola is the home to Vietnam Veterans of Northwest Florida's "Wall South", a one half scale model of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.