FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California ~ 28 APR, 2009

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

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Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) (IATA: NKX, ICAO: KNKX, FAA LID: NKX), 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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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, MM...((HUGS))...how was your day?

[puppypusher]

Good evening, puppypusher. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Spring has finally made it here.

Its been very Nice Kathy,I would say unseasonably hot for this early in the spring but why complain?It beats the winter we just past through.

[MeekMom]

Pretty good. Didn’t do a whole lot, but got a S.S. letter saying our $250 stimulus check should arrive sometime in May! Now I can pay off some bills! Yippeee! LOL

[PERKY2004]

Goooooooooooooooooooood Evenin’!!!!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Meek Mom!

All's well here....could be a little better but considering the circumstances, we're holding our own.

[BIGLOOK]

I sorta liked the Skull and Cross Bones on ‘em, but I don’t want seem nostalgic. It’s a family thing.

[MeekMom]

Goooooooooooooooooood evening friend! :)

[MeekMom]

yeah! gotcha! (considering the circumstances) indeed!

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Skull and Crossbones are cool. What is that on the far side of the top?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning fellow cubevillians!

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning Kathy. (32)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Pusterfuss...((HUGS))...beat ya at 35. Are you busier than ever? d:o)

[Pusterfuss]

Are you busier than ever? d:o)

One item goes off the top of the list, two or three are added to the bottom.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread Luaren. How's it going?

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[ballplayer]

Proudly served In Fighter Squadrons 143 Pukin Dogs, and Black Knights 154 out of NAS Miramar Home Of the Pacific Fleet Fighters from 68-72!

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone. Good morning to our AWESOME military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

Now for our local DC Metroland weather report

~ Today....Partly cloudy. Hot. High 91F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph.

~Tonight....Partly cloudy skies during the evening giving way to a few showers after midnight. Low 61F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

If you add together all the numbers on a roulette wheel (1 to 36), the total is the mystical number 666, often associated with the Devil.

Victoria Woodhall was the first woman to run for President of the US. (1872)

One gift-giving taboo in China is the giving of straw sandals, which are associated with funerals, and therefore considered bad luck.

In 1994, Michael Kearney received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Alabama. Michael was 10 years old and the youngest ever college graduate. In 1997 Mary Fasano graduated from Harvard University at the age of 89, one of the oldest to ever graduate college.

Looks like we're in for some of that rain the guyz/galz in the midwest got. That's okay as long as we don't get that damaging winds and stuff. Although, it is kinda windy this morning.

I've still got a lot to catch up on but hope to get it done by Thursday so I can goof off more here at the Canteen.

Time for me to make my rounds. But, you stay right where you are. Don't touch that dial. And, remember – I’ll be watching!

Now remember, the Canteen is ALWAYS

So, come on in and sit for a while. There's always plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness, and plain old BS

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