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.
As hostilities approached, the U.S. Congress mandated the creation of a naval air training site in the Corpus Christi Bay region. A substantial area of land was secured at Flour Bluff, located south of downtown Corpus Christi.