Officially Licensed US Navy CNATRA Commander Naval Aviation Training Stickers — Where Every Set of Wings of Gold Begins

Over 100,000 naval aviators have earned their wings since 1910, and every single one of them passed through this command's pipeline to get there.

The Chief of Naval Air Training — CNATRA — leads the Naval Air Training Command (NATRACOM), the massive organization responsible for training every student Naval Aviator, Naval Flight Officer, and Naval Aircrewman in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Headquartered at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, CNATRA oversees five Training Air Wings and seventeen training squadrons spread across Naval Air Stations in Florida, Mississippi, and Texas. The command's approximately 700 aircraft log over 350,000 flight hours annually — nearly a third of the entire Department of the Navy's total flight hours, generated with just 19% of its aircraft inventory. That's a staggering operational tempo for a training command. NAS Corpus Christi itself has been a cornerstone of naval aviation training since its establishment in 1941, when it served as a World War II training hub that produced aviators like future President George H.W. Bush — the youngest naval aviator of his era. The naval aviation training pipeline starts at NAS Pensacola, the legendary 'Cradle of Naval Aviation,' where all student aviators undergo primary training before being screened into specialty pipelines: strike (jets), multi-engine, or helicopters. CNATRA also has oversight of the Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron — the Blue Angels — the Naval Aviation Schools Command, and the National Museum of Naval Aviation. With over 14,000 Navy and civilian personnel supporting the mission, CNATRA is where the foundation of American naval air power is built, one student aviator at a time.

Perfect For: Naval aviators and NFOs at every stage, student naval aviators earning their Wings of Gold, CNATRA staff and instructors, NAS Corpus Christi personnel, and anyone who went through the pipeline.