US Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida Challenge Coin;

This dramatic coin is the perfect complement to your service-or the service of a loved one-at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

US Naval Air Station Pensacola, known as The Cradle of Naval Aviation, is best known as the primary training base for all Navy, Marine and Coast Guard aviators and Naval Flight Officers. Additionally, it is the advanced training base for most Naval Flight Officers, and is the home base for the Blue Angels, the United States Navy precision-flying team. At any given time more than 130 aircraft operate out of the Station, generating 110,000 flight operations each year.

This coin is dedicated to Naval Air Station Pensacola and to all personnel who have deployed around the world, serving as a moving shield of Naval aviation power and excellence to preserve peace and defend liberty. This colorful coin is finished in antique brass with enamels. The obverse is the Air Station mascot, the reverse the US Navy emblem surrounded by United States Navy set in Navy blue.