Keywords: Model aircraft carrier at NAS Twin Cities c1949.jpg A float showing an aircraft carrier model at the U S Naval Air Station Twin Cities Minneapolis-Saint Paul Minnesota USA The carrier resembles a Midway-class aircraft carrier and wears the pennant number 49 of USS Wright CVL-49 a Saipan-class light carrier <br> NAS Twin Cities was established as NAS Minneapolis before 1944 It was renamed NAS Twin Cities on 1 July 1963 and closed in 1970 It was located at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and is today Minneapolis “Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station http //navalaviationnews navylive dodlive mil/ U S Navy Naval Aviation News/http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/newbackissues htm http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1949/may49 pdf May 1949 p 24 ca 1949 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Models of naval ships of the United States United States naval air stations Minneapolis “Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station |