"Qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote in message
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MICHAEL OLEARY wrote:
Does anyone know what the criteria are for designating a NAS as a master
jet base? For example NAS Oceana is a master jet base but NAS Whidbey
Island is a premier jet base. Any leads would be great. Google wasn't
very helpful.
-Moe

No place full of attack pukes would be a 'Master' base....

Master jet base is a term used to apply to large multi-mission air stations:
Oceana, Lemoore, Miramar (back in the day), etc. I'm surprised Whidbey
doesn't qualify.

"Premier" is best considered a local term or perhaps part of a laudatory
comment from official or unofficial sources.

As an example, when our friend Trent Lott pressured the Navy into
considering NAS Meridian as an F/A-18E/F second site (stupid idea IMO, but
he didn't ask for nor get advice from anybody with an ounce of sense), the
Environmental Impact Statement referred to Meridian as the Navy's "premier
aviation training base." Despite CNATRA's clear bias, I think the statement
is half right. That honor is shared between Kingsville and Meridian.

R / John