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[[Image:NavalOfficers1914.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The first Naval Aviation officers at Pensacola were (from left to right): Lieutenant [[V. D. Herbster]], Lieutenant [[W. M. McIlvain]], Lieutenant [[P. N. L. Bellinger]], Lieutenant [[R. C. Saufley]], Lieutenant [[J. H. Towers]], Lieutenant Commander [[H. C. Mustin]], Lieutenant (Army) [[B. L. Smith]], Ensign [[G. de C. Chevalier]], and Ensign [[M. L. Stolz]].]]
The first '''Naval flight schoolAeronautic Station''' in was a predecessor to the modern [[Naval Air Station Pensacola ]]. It was established on [[January 20]], [[1914]], when a detachment of nine officers and 23 men were transferred from Annapolis to the abandoned [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] upon the recommendation of Captain [[W. I Chambers]].
The flight school was operational by February.
==References==
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*Jack Sweetman. ''American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present''. Naval Institute Press, 2002.
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==Other images==
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Image:TemporaryHangars1914.jpg|Tents served as temporary hangars when the flight school was established
Image:ExperimentalSeaplane1914.jpg|An experimental 60hp Wright seaplane
Image:NavalFlightSchool1914.jpg|Planes and buildings at the flight school
</gallery>
