The Fleet and Family Support Center welcomes you to Kingsville, TX, home of Training Air Wing TWO and the Naval Air Station. We look forward to assisting you in any way possible: responding to your questions, providing lending locker items (i.e. dishes, pans, small appliances), Welcome Aboard Packets, an area map or any other pertinent relocation information. Your orders will bring you to South Texas, also known as the home of the famous 832,000 acre King Ranch. Kingsville has a population of approximately 25,000 people, not including military personel or university students. Kingsville has many of the attributes of a larger city, but it is also a place which has retained its small town traditions and customs. The people here are friendly and appreciate their military neighbors. An excellent rapport has always existed with the towns people and they have a high regard for military service members and their families. You and your family can become involved in the community and find a hometown atmosphere to the extent that you desire. You can be assured of a warm welcome.
Major Command..............: Training Air Wing II
Primary Weapon Systems.....: Naval Air Station, Training Squadron 21, Training Squadron 22
Mission....................: Student Naval Aviator, Flight training, Jets
Active Duty Officer........: 215
Active Duty Enlisted.......: 543
Family Members.............: 1200
Retirees...................: 15,000 - 25,000
Civilian Employees.........: 377
Non-Appropriated Fund......: 104
Contractors................: 527
Telephone Access: Area code for Kingsville is 361, and DSN is 876.
The famous King Ranch which sprawls across 825,000 acres of South Texas with land that varies from fertile black farmland to low lying coastal marshes to pastures with numerous mesquite trees that mark the beginning of the great Texas brush country. Covering more than 1,300 squares miles, it is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island, and it is the home of 60,000 Santa Gertrudis cattle and 300 registered Quarter Horses. Kingsville was founded in 1904 and occupies land that was once part of the Rincon de Santa Gertrudis Spanish land grant purchased by Captain Richard King in 1853. King, a steamboat operator on the Rio Grande, became interested in the area while riding horseback from Brownsville to Corpus Christi. Attracted by the lush, grassy coastal plains, King built his ranch on the Santa Gertrudis Creek. Mrs. King later deeded more than 40,000 acres for townsite and Kingsville was founded. King Ranch also gave land for the development of the railroad in South Texas.LOCATION: Naval Air Station Kingsville is located 1 mile east of Highway 77 in Kingsville, Texas (take the Senator Carlos Truan exit, turn left underneath the underpass and continue to the gate). NAS Kingsville is approximately 44 miles from Corpus Christi, Texas.
NAS Kingsville: Installation
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Name : NAS Kingsville
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City : Kingsville
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State : TX
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Zip : 78363
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Web Address : http://www.nask.navy.mil
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Newly arriving personnel should contact the CDO at comm (361) 516-6136 or DSN 876-6136.
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