Chief of Naval Air Training
// NAS Corpus Christi
Flight Operations
A student naval aviator and instructor pilotto Training Air Wing 2 aboard Naval Air Station Kingsville conduct... More Info
Project Avenger
U.S.M.C Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Mark Wise, right, and CNATRA Rear Adm. Robert Westendorff... More Info
Flight Operations
A student naval aviator and instructor pilot to Training Air Wing 2 aboard Naval Air Station Kingsville taxi... More Info
CNATRA Headquarters Ribbon Cutting
Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi leadership held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 12 to mark the official... More Info
The Future of Training
Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Gregory Slavonic tries out a virtual reality trainer device with the help of... More Info
Naval Aviation Milestone
The U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical air (TACAIR) pilot Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle received her Wings of Gold... More Info
CNATRA Change of Command
Rear Adm. Robert Westendorff addresses a virtual audience after assuming command as Chief of Naval Air Training... More Info
Aviation Safety
Seven CNATRA squadrons were recognized for their excellence in aviation safety as part of the 2019 CNO Aviation... More Info
Securing the Future
Ensign Robison, a student naval aviator assigned to Training Air Wing 4, NAS Corpus Christi, stands in front of... More Info
Personal Safety
Ensign Durivage uses an infrared thermometer to take student naval aviator Ensign Wellner's temperature at... More Info
Our Mission
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 to a Naval Force that is where it matters, when it matters. Read More...
Aviation TrainingTrng.
Since the days when naval aviator #1 - Lt Theodore Ellyson - trained at the Curtis Aviation Camp a North Island, CA, in 1911, to today with 5 Training Air Wings located across the American Southeast, the production of the world's finest naval aviators has been our business. Read More...
Aircraft
It is an exciting time in Naval Aviation as most training and fleet aircraft are in the process of transitioning to newer models/aircraft. CNATRA is modernizing and downsizing from seven type model series with eleven configurations to four type model series and configurations. Read More...
RDML Robert D. Westendorff
Rear Adm. Robert D. Westendorff, a native of Paola, Kansas, is a 1992 graduate of Kansas State University. He earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration focusing on Corporate Finance and commissioned in December 1992 after completing Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida.
Westendorff was designated a Naval Aviator in April 1995 in Meridian, Mississippi, after...
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