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  • Naval Air Station Oceana
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  • Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana is a military airport located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a United States Navy Master Jet Base. It is also known as Apollo Soucek Field, named after Lieutenant (later Admiral) Apollo Soucek, a Navy Test Pilot who set the global altitude record in 1930 by flying a Curtiss "Hawk" biplane to an altitude of 43,166 feet. NAS Oceana is the only Master Jet Base on the East Coast.
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  • 11977
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  • 7
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ICAO
  • KNTU
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  • Asphalt/Concrete
FAA
  • NTU
Built
  • 1943
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  • 8000
r3-surface
  • Asphalt/Concrete
Commander
  • CAPT Kit "GATOR" Chope, USN
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  • 3651
Footnotes
  • Source: Federal Aviation Administration
Name
  • Naval Air Station Oceana
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  • Asphalt/Concrete
Type
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  • 8001
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  • 14
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  • 2438
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  • 2439
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  • Asphalt/Concrete
IATA
  • NTU
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  • 14
r1-number
  • 5
Operator
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  • Active
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  • 2439
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  • 5
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  • 22
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  • 7999
Owner
Location
  • Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
abstract
  • Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana is a military airport located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a United States Navy Master Jet Base. It is also known as Apollo Soucek Field, named after Lieutenant (later Admiral) Apollo Soucek, a Navy Test Pilot who set the global altitude record in 1930 by flying a Curtiss "Hawk" biplane to an altitude of 43,166 feet. NAS Oceana is the only Master Jet Base on the East Coast.
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