NAS Patuxent River, A History VOL 1-Robert Torville

Located in Southern Maryland is a Navy complex comprising two main sites: Naval Air Station Patuxent River and its ancillary facility, Webster Outlying Field. For over 80 years, unproven aircraft, systems, and weapons intended for the Navy or Marine Corps have been exhaustively evaluated at Pax River. The base has become the lead site for the development, acquisition, testing, and support of all US naval aviation systems and equipment. In that capacity, Pax River hosts the Naval Air Systems Command, the US Naval Test Pilot School, a half-dozen Navy Test and Evaluation squadrons, and numerous subsidiary organizations.

But not a single operational fleet squadron is headquartered at Pax River.