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Naval Air Station Jacksonville, located in Jacksonville, Florida, is home to the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the U.S. Navy's only air-defense fighter squadron. The station also supports Naval Air Forces Central Command's aircraft carrier missions in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.

The facility was commissioned in 1940 as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville and became a naval air station in 1950. Today, it employs more than 2,000 personnel and has a $508 million annual budget. The Blue Angels perform more than 200 shows annually at the base and have helped make Jacksonville one of the country's top tourist destinations.