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1900–. Area of significance. Military. Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay or MCAS Kaneohe Bay ( IATA: NGF, ICAO: PHNG, FAA LID: NGF) is a United States Marine Corps (USMC) airfield located within the Marine Corps Base Hawaii complex, formerly known as Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Kaneohe Bay or Naval Air Station (NAS) Kaneohe Bay. [3]
Naval Air Station Meridian. / 32.55194°N 88.55556°W / 32.55194; -88.55556. Naval Air Station Meridian or NAS Meridian ( ICAO: KNMM, FAA LID: NMM) is a military airport located 11 miles northeast of Meridian, Mississippi in Lauderdale County and Kemper County, and is one of the Navy's two jet strike pilot training facilities.
Whiting Field is named for Kenneth Whiting, who was commissioned from the United States Naval Academy on 25 February 1908. Whiting qualified in submarines, commanding USS Porpoise (SS-7), USS Shark (SS-8), USS Tarpon (SS-175), and USS Seal (SS-183). In 1914 he learned to fly under Orville Wright and was designated Naval Aviator number 16.
Naval Air Station Point Mugu. / 34.12028°N 119.12111°W / 34.12028; -119.12111. Naval Air Station Point Mugu was a United States naval air station near Oxnard, California, which operated as an independent base from 1941 to 2000, when it merged with nearby Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme to form Naval Base Ventura County .
Naval Base Saipan or Naval Advance Base Saipan or Naval Air Base Saipan was a United States Navy Naval base built during World War II to support Pacific Ocean theater of war and the many warships and troops fighting the war. The base was on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The base was part of the Pacific island hopping ...
Naval Station Bremerton is a former station of the United States Navy that was merged with Naval Submarine Base Bangor into Naval Base Kitsap in 2004. [1] Kitsap serves as host command for the Navy's fleet throughout the Pacific Northwest. [2] It is home to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.
Naval Base San Diego, also known as 32nd Street Naval Station, is a United States Navy base in San Diego, California. It is the world's second largest surface ship naval base. Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the United States Pacific Fleet , consisting of over 50 ships and over 150 tenant commands.
MCAS El Toro in 1947. MCAS El Toro in 1993. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro ( ICAO: KNZJ, FAA LID: NZJ) was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located next to the community of El Toro, near Irvine, California . Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the 4,682-acre (19 km 2) home of Marine Corps Aviation on the West Coast.