Somewhere between 22 December and 4 April there should be an anniversary party in honor of the establishment of NAS Pax River. In December 1941 the Navy approved NAS Pax and in April 1942 construction commenced on it. Witness the following account from a brochure titled The History of Naval Air Station Patuxent River: Here’s Robert Pogue’s take on it fromContinue reading “NAS Pax River Origins”