On October 15, 1940, Naval Air Station Jacksonville was officially commissioned, and became the first part of the Jacksonville Navy complex that would also include NAS Cecil Field and Naval Station Mayport. Captain Charles P. Mason raised his pennant as the station's first commanding officer.
Located 13 miles
from downtown Jacksonville, FL, NAS Jacksonville houses
Commander, Naval base Jacksonville, naval Aviation Depot.
Patrol Wing 11, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Wing Atlantic,
Patrol Squadron 30 and Naval Air Reserve, Jacksonville
Main
phone numbers: Commercial
(904)542-4011/2345 or DSN 942-4011/2345
Mailing
address: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville,
FL 32212-5000
Population:
9,748 active duty; 5,081 reservists; 36,971 family
members; 7,300 civilians
Housing: 65
officer family units; 655 enlisted family units; 36
mobile-home spaces; wait averages a year or more; 607
unaccompanied personnel spaces (904)542-2996
Temporary
lodging: 102-unit Navy Lodge
(904)772-6000; 25 RV spaces; four temporary lodging units
(904)542-815
Family
Service Center: (904)542-2766
Schools: None
on base.
Child
Care: Center for 244, six-month wait; 28
approved homes (904)542-5434
Health
care: 84-bed hospital. Appointments
(904)542-4677; benefits (904)542-9164; Tricare
(904)381-9015
Jacksonville
NAS has a
large size commissary - ()-,
a large exchange, a mall, and one shoppette ()-. Recreation at Jacksonville
NAS includes .
