N.A.S. Chase Field
105 W. Corpus Christi, BeevilleOn June 1,1943, Chase Field was commissioned as a Naval Air Auxiliary Station to train naval
aviators during World War II. The base was named for Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Brown Chase, who went down in the Pacific on a
training flight in 1925. After the war, Chase Field was closed until 1953, when it was reopened during the Korean War to
help with the over-crowding at NAS Corpus Christi. In July 1968, Chase Field was elevated in status to a full naval air
station. With the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the number of armed forces was greatly
reduced and on July 1, 1991, Chase Field was put on the list for closure. VT-26 was decommissioned May 22, 1992, with
VT-24 and VT-25 de-commissioned on September 18, 1992. Finally, on February 1,1993, Chase Field was officially
disestablished, bringing an end to fifty years of service in naval training.
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