FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ~ 27 February 2018

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar formerly Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. It is located about 10 miles north of downtown San Diego, California.

The base contains 23,116 acres. It is bisected by Kearny Villa Road and Interstate 15. The area east of Kearny Villa Road, called "East Miramar", is undeveloped and is used for military training.

On October 1 1997, NAS Miramar, California, officially became Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, as part of the DoD Realignment Program.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is a 24,000-acre installation located in the northern suburbs of San Diego and is one of the largest military bases in the area. The station averages 250 aircraft aboard on any given day, with up to 200,000 flight operations per year.

During Base Realignment and Closure hearings in 1993, MCAS El Toro was selected for closure, and the Marine flight operations were recommended for transfer to NAS Miramar. Marine Corps Air Stations El Toro and Tustin were closed, and their assets moved to Miramar by the end of 1999.

Miramar is home for eight F/A-18C & F/A-18D Hornet jet squadrons, four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter squadrons, four CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter squadrons, one KC-130 transport and refueling squadron, and nine station support aircraft for a total of about 257 aircraft. When the move was completed, 12,200 Marines, Sailors and civilians called Miramar home.

To lessen the noise impact to the community, MCAS Miramar has made adjustments to their operations over the years, including the use of hush-houses, limitations on engine run-ups, and modification to flight plans.

NAS Miramar is divided into four land use sectors: Main Station, South/West Miramar, East Miramar, and Sycamore Canyon. These sectors are further divided into "improved," "semi-improved," and "unimproved" acreage. Improved acreage (1,363 acres) is land on which intensive development has taken place and grounds maintenance is performed.

These areas include residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and construction sites. Semi-improved lands (6,931 acres) include agricultural outlease lands, the flight line, ammunition storage areas, fuelbreaks, fire roads, and drainage ways.

Unimproved areas (14,891 acres) are considered resource management areas which contain environmental and Air Installation Compatible Use Zone constraints. Of the total land holdings, approximately 17,000 acres are unimproved or semi- improved and consist of native vegetation.

Learn More About MCAS Miramar HERE!!

In 1989 a team of dedicated Marine volunteers, led by Brigadier General Jay Hubbard, established The El Toro and Foundation at MCAS El Toro, CA. When El Toro was closed in 1999 by BRAC, a group of former Marines from San Diego, led by Major Generals Bob Butcher and Frank Lang formed the “Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation” and assumed the 501(c)(3) charter from the El Toro Foundation.

The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum (FLAM) has undergone a rigorous certification process and is one of only four certified Marine Corps Command Museums. The FLAM is the only museum in the world dedicated to the primary purpose of preserving the history of U.S. Marine Corps aviation and boasts a collection of over forty vintage aircraft, a library with extensive research materials, photos, video, valuable memorabilia and artifacts.

Visit The Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum HERE!!

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We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...did you have a sunshiny day?

It’s SNOWING here...accidents all over town...11 at the same place on the highway! I don’t use the highway in the winter or dark. Crazy people drive there!

[radu]

You’re probably getting more prayers than you know and it sounds like they’re being answered. YAY for that!
Nope, no stopping now! :-)

[radu]

Yeah buddy, it’s snowing there! It’s a flippin’ blizzard!
Good thing you don’t take the highway to get home and I hope there aren’t a lot of folks taking your route as a detour. Be careful!

We DID have sunshine today! It was gorgeous! A little on the cool side at 60 degrees but that’s not bad. Lots of flowers and trees beginning to bloom and it’s a delight to see them again.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! Again, great pics!

[PROCON]

Hi radu!

My daughter will be busy with other things for a few weeks, I'll see her sometime in March.

I ran a few errands today and enjoyed the sunny warmish temps.

What's up with you today?

[radu]

Well darn the luck. Well, at least the weather should be more cooperative by the time you’re able to schedule the next trip.

Nice that you had pretty weather to get out and about in today. It was a beautiful sunny day here, too, though a bit cooler than last week. Still not bad. And seeing flowers and trees blooming while I was out running errands made up for it. Spring is setting in at long last!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Howdy, Du!
LOL
I pinged you to Tigermaus’ picture last night!
Did you see it?

[radu]

LOL! I just saw him and posted. What a handsome feller he’s growing up to be!

I wasn’t feeling too hot last night and laid low. Glad that’s over and I was able to see him. Might not have gone back far enough had it been another day or so.

How are things up your way these days? Mr. B feeling better?

[luvie]

Great road/air trip, Galz!
The pinnacle of flight training!

Harold Faltermeyer~Top Gun Anthem

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

Whew, takes someone made of stout stuff to be able to fly a plane while it’s spinning like that. I don’t know how they do it!

How was your day? Good, I hope.

[luvie]

Hey, there, radu! It was a very good day here and hope yours was as well!

I would be throwing up my toenails if I was in a plane spinning like that. LOL! I can barely stand ANY turbulence! :)

[radu]

Glad it was a good day there. It was here too. Clear skies for the first time in days. It’s short-lived, though, as more rain is coming in tomorrow night.
I believe our deficit has been made up in spades this month. I totaled up what we’ve gotten already and it’s just shy of 10.5 inches. We had no clue because it’s been a little here and a little there, but it sure added up. No wonder the ground is so swampy.

I wouldn’t have to worry about throwing up my toenails in a plane spinning like that because there’s no way I’ll get on a plane in the first place. LOL! Total wuss when it comes to that.

[The Mayor]

Thank you!

[The Mayor]

I think so too, Thank you too. : )

[luvie]

Well, I might if the pilot promsed not to turn it upside down. After all, I’ve flown in a helicopter piloted by my son! Over San Francisco Bay! And it was a blast! LOL!

I just figured out why the mom eagle in MN is staying on the nest for what might be 2 unviable eggs. There are 3 eggs there now! I didn’t know that till just a minute ago. Bless her heart! Wish Bill would step up and help out more!

[radu]

You are quite welcome. :-)

[radu]

There is NO way I’ll get on a plane that’s going to take off. Uh uh. Nope.

Now if you’re talking war birds in a static display at an air show, I’m all over that!

Dang, I was going to tell you about the third egg and forgot. I saw it when I got on the computer this evening and rewound the video to check on their afternoon.
I doubt it’ll make it either as she keeps leaving it to hunt or run off intruders. Too cold for eggs to be left uncovered so much. She needs to dump that worthless mate and find an older one that has some sense. Bill is a total dud and has wasted her chances of adding to the eagle population this year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I made it safely home with a death grip on my steering wheel.

The whole way home the snow ruts and berms in my driving lane tried to suck me out of my lane. Unfortunately they were successful once. Thankfully no one was in the other lane. It’s scary to not be able to steer your car where you want it to go.

Ducks fed, 2/3 of the deck shoveled, eating now.

[radu]

Whew! Glad you made it home in one piece. Sounds like it was a hair-raising drive!

Relax and catch your breath a while before diving into homework. I’m sure you’re stuck with that again. :-(

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch...I love seeing our troops at work and play.

Hope winter is treating you well. We just finished a snow storm.