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NAS Kingsville T-45 Goshawk

NAS Kingsville T-45 Goshawk poster art.

Naval Air Station Kingsville or NAS Kingsville is a military airport located 3 miles east of Kingsville, Texas.

Naval Air Station Kingsville is one of the U.S. Naval premier locations for jet aviation training. The naval air station’s primary mission is to train Student Naval Aviators and tactical jet pilots for other select NATO and Allied countries. To accomplish its mission, NAS Kingsville is home to Training Air Wing TWO and several tenant commands, military as well as civilian, with a total complement of approximately 300 officers, 200 enlisted, 350 civilian personnel, and 625 contract maintenance personnel. The wing was the first in the Navy to operate the Boeing T-45 Goshawk aircraft, providing a single carrier-capable aircraft to replace the North American Rockwell T-2 Buckeye and the McDonnell Douglas TA-4 Skyhawk II in the Navy’s strike pilot training pipeline.

NAS Kingsville also organizes and hosts the annual “Wings Over South Texas” Air Show.