Is the NFA actually a military academy?
A. No, not in any sense of the phrase. Although housed on Naval Air Station Pensacola, and utilizing Naval Aviation as a motivating theme and global brand, the academy is strictly owned and operated as a Limited Liability Corporation under the private 501(c)3 nonprofit Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. As a formal educational venture, the NFA will, as its mission states, inspire and educate our Nation’s youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
