| Naval Air Training Command | |
|---|---|
 Logo of Naval Air Training Command | |
| Active | July 1972 - present (as Naval Air Training Command) |
| Country |  United States of America |
| Branch |  United States Navy |
| Type | Training Command |
| Role | Flight training of Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard |
| Headquarters | NAS Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| Nicknames | "CNATRA", "TRACOM" |
| Flying hours | 301,532 (2016)[1] |
| Website | www |
| Commanders | |
| Commander |  RADMMax G. McCoy Jr. |
| Chief of Staff | CAPT Paul N. Flores |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | F/A-18E/F Super Hornet (Blue Angels) |
| Trainer helicopter | TH-57B/C Sea Ranger |
| Trainer | T-6B Texan T-44C Pegasus T-45C Goshawk |
| Transport | C-130J Hercules (Blue Angels) |
TheNaval Air Training Command (NATRACOM) is a one-star Echelon III command that conducts flight training of studentNaval Aviators, studentNaval Flight Officers, student Air Vehicle Pilots (AVP)[a] and student Unmanned Aircraft Systems Officers (UASO).[b] Though it does not conductNaval Aircrew training which is conducted byNaval Education and Training Command's Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC), it is responsible for monitoring the production of Aircrewmen through the Naval Aviator Production Process (NAPP). Through the NAPP, NATRACOM is also responsible for programming and monitoring the production of all (currently 19) Navy and Marine CorpsFleet Replacement Squadrons.
It conducts operations aboard five Naval Air Stations in three states. The Mission of Naval Air Training Command is to train the world’s finest combat quality aviation professionals, delivering them at the right time, in the right numbers, and at the right cost.[2]
The Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), currently RADM Max G. McCoy Jr.,[3] leads the Naval Air Training Command (NATRACOM) and is headquartered on boardNaval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. As recently as 2009, NATRACOM's 739 aircraft logged 358,449 flight hours, nearly a third of the Department of the Navy total for that fiscal year. To put those numbers in perspective, CNATRA flew 28% of the combined Navy and Marine Corps flight hours with 19% of the aircraft. In that same time more than 2,400 Naval Aviators, Naval Flight Officers (NFO) and Naval Aircrewmen earned their "Wings of Gold".[citation needed]
CNATRA leads the Naval Air Training Command (NATRACOM) composed of five Training Air Wings. The five active wings are home to seventeen Training Squadrons, designated VT and HT squadrons.
There were three Training Air Wings which have been disestablished (with assigned squadrons)
CNATRA also oversees the Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron (NFDS)Blue Angels.
NATRACOM conducts flight operations at the following Naval Air Stations:
The NATRACOM is part of the Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE), reporting toCommander, Naval Air Forces.
