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Naval Air Station & University of New Orleans

By Patrick Stephen & Dr. Robert Dupont
In the fall of 1940, the Navy began improving its primary flight training facilities by building up its system of Naval Reserve air bases, including New Orleans. The lakefront base housed a steel hangar, barracks for 100 cadets, a small assembly,…
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