After nearly 20 years of planning and preparation, the National Flight Academy (NFA) at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola hosted its grand opening Friday at 8:30 a.m. The NFA offers a unique setting for middle- and high-school students to live and work aboard the replica ship Ambition for a multi-day, aviation-inspired learning adventure. The […]
UWF team developed NFA curriculum for STEM education The National Flight Academy hosts its grand opening Friday at 8:30 a.m. at Naval Air Station Pensacola, and the University of West Florida (UWF) will be well represented at the gathering. UWF led the curriculum development for the facility, located at the National Museum of Naval Aviation. […]
USS Argo is first Aviation Classroom Experience at a university in the U.S. PENSACOLA, Fla. – The USS Argo, an Aviation Classroom Experience (ACE) designed to better educate students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, opened officially today at the University of West Florida (UWF). UWF is the first higher education facility to […]
