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In 1941, 800 instructors provided training for more than 300 student pilots a month. The training rate nearly doubled after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor|bombing of Pearl Harbor]]. By the end of [[World War II]], more than 35,000 naval aviators had earned their wings there. Corpus Christi provided intermediate flight training in World War II, training naval pilots to fly [[T-6 Texan|SNJ]], [[Vultee BT-13 Valiant|SNV]], [[Beechcraft SNB|SNB]], [[OS2U]], [[PBY]], and [[N3N]] type airplanes. In 1944 it was the largest naval aviation training facility in the world. The facility covered {{convert|20000|acre|km2}}, and had 997 hangars, shops, barracks, warehouses and other buildings.
Former [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H.W. Bush]] was the youngest pilot to receive his wings at NAS Corpus Christi in June 1943. NAS Corpus Christi also was home to the [[Blue Angels]] from 1951 to 1954. It also served as a [[Project Mercury]] Tracking station in the early 1960s.
In May 2020, an active shooter was confirmed<ref>https://www.kristv.com/active-shooter-situation-at-nas-cc</ref>.
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