Naval Air Station Pensacola or
NAS Pensacola (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now
Lynden Pindling International Airport, to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a
United States Navy base located next to
Warrington,
Florida, a community southwest of the
Pensacola city limits. It is best known as the initial primary training base for all
Navy,
Marine and
Coast Guard aviators and
Naval Flight Officers, the advanced training base for most
Naval Flight Officers, and as the home base for the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team known as the
Blue Angels. Because of contamination by heavy metals and other hazardous materials during this history, it is designated as a
Superfund site needing environmental cleanup.