Corpus Christi NAS/Truax Field

NAS Corpus Christi / Truax Field

KNGP · NGP

1941-

10km SE of Corpus Christi, TX, Corpus Christi, Texas

27.6943, -97.281502 · 12 feet

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Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (Truax Field), Military Drive, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, 78419, United States

Nearby Locations

		Km
Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area	71TT	6.3	268°
Christus Spohn South Heliport	1XA3	9.5	264°
Shoreline Hospital heliport	5TS0	14.5	310°
NOLF Cabaniss Field	KNGW	15.5	273°
NS Ingleside	USYIG	15.9	028°
Corpus Christi International Airport	KCRP	23.4	292°

The Naval Aviator training program is based at NAS Corpus Christ. Hosted unit Training Air Wing Four (TAW-4) produces approximately 400 newly qualified aviators each year for shore-based US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard fixed-wing jet and turboprop aircraft as well as a limited number international military pilots for similar aircraft.

The Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) is a DoD Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for rotary wing aircraft. It has been a tenant of the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi since 1961.

The Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi is also here operating HC-144A Ocean Sentry and MH-65 Dolphin.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) based here P-3 Orion and MQ-9 Reaper drones

Units

			Abrev	Nick
1950-	Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi	CGAS Corpus Christi
1974-	Corpus Christi Army DepotCCAD		CCAD
1996-2010	Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron FIFTEENHM-15		HM-15	Blackhawks

News

Black Hawk Composite Blade Repairs at Corpus Christi Army Depot

Feb 28, 2026 · Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) launches the first U.S. organic composite blade repair program to sustain the US Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk fleet.
U.S. Naval Air Training Command

Feb 18, 2024 · The U.S. Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) has a mission to train, mentor, and deliver Naval Aviators to the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. Headquartered at NAS Corpus Christi, it comprises five training air wings in Florida, Mississippi, and Tex
US Army Europe Soldiers Learn About the UH-60V

Apr 11, 2023 · Members of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade (12th CAB) based at Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany learned about the new US Army upgraded version UH-60V Black Hawk at the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas
1st Air Cavalry Brigade Returns from Europe

Nov 30, 2022 · US Army 1st Air Cavalry Brigade (1ACB) part of 1st Cavalry Division returned home to Fort Hood, Texas after a 9-month deployment to Europe for an Atlantic Resolve rotation mission
First Production UH-60V Roll-Out

Oct 10, 2020 · Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) released the first of up to 760 UH-60L Black Hawk upgraded to the UH-60V configuration with the Northrop Grumman / Curtiss-Wright glass cockpit comparable to the UH-60M
3D Printed Parts for Army Helicopters

Sep 21, 2020 · Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) will create a “digital twin” of an UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter with the goal of develop a 3D-printing parts replacement assembly line

Apr 5, 2019 · Corpus Christi Army Depot 10.000 Engine Overhaul
Feb 15, 2018 · Honeywell Overhauled 1000th T55 Engine
Jun 12, 2015 · Boeing Extends Corpus Christi Army Depot Partnership
Jan 26, 2015 · US Coast Guard More Interdicts in Gulf of Mexico
Dec 23, 2013 · Corpus Christi Army Depot new helicopter facility

Dec 18, 2012 · Corpus Christi Army Depot Black Hawks
Oct 3, 2012 · Corpus Christi Army Depot welcomes its first female test pilot
Jun 11, 2012 · First OH-58D upgraded under WRA program delivered
May 8, 2012 · Corpus Christi Army Depot keep Chinook in production
Nov 28, 2011 · Depot completes its 48th Black Hawk

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