 Like Pinecastle AFB (later renamed McCoy AFB), a Strategic Air Command installation approximately to the south, a commissary and full-fledged Naval Hospital facilities were not considered necessary at NAS Sanford due to the relatively close proximity of a commissary and USAF Hospital at Central Florida's other major military installation at the time, the nearby Orlando AFB (which was transferred to the U.S. Navy's control in December 1968 and renamed Naval Training Center Orlando), approximately to the south.NAAS / NAS Sanford also retained control of OLF Osceola into the early 1960s.However, OLF Osceola's 4000 to runways lacked sufficient length and pavement strength for contemporary carrier-based jet aircraft like the A3D.