With war looming, the United States Congress directed that the U.S. Navy develop an air training facility in the Corpus Christi Bay vicinity. A huge area of land was acquired at Flour Bluff about  south of downtown Corpus Christi.
In anticipation of war, the U.S. Congress instructed the U.S. Navy to establish an aviation training facility near Corpus Christi Bay. A significant plot of land was acquired in Flour Bluff, just south of the city center.