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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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, SoCalPol....handling all that air traffic would be lot of flights.

[luvie]

Oh, you had the chance to spoil her when she lived with you guys. I am envious!

Getting to see my Piper 3-4 times a year, and less than that after August has put a crimp in my Grammy privilege! LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Love the “bulldog” patch.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
I’ve had better days, pain wise, but thank you for asking Ma.

Tomorrow, the Maine PGR is going on an Honor Mission for a
Navy Vet whose remains have been unclaimed for 11 years.
We will be attending his funeral as his “family”, so that he is not laid to rest alone.

The MFDA has completed their inventory of Funeral Homes for Veterans Cremains, ( I think I mentioned this to you last fall), and they have located one Vets Cremains. The Cremains have been in a Bangor, Maine funeral home for the past 11 years.

It is Joseph A. Poirier, he was in the US Navy from 1948-1950, he was Honorably Discharged, he then worked as a custodian in a Bangor School for a few year, and he was born in Rumford Maine. The Portland Press and Sunday Telegram is going to cover the story this sunday.
Mrs Belanger says a burial will take place at the Maine Veterans Cemetary in Augusta on Tuesday April 28th at 1pm,

Attempts to locate any family members were not successful, the funeral home where the cremains were said all were deceased. The Wreaths Accross America is sending a Wreath, Mr Poirier was Roman Catholic, no priest is aviliable for the service so a Decon will preform it.

The good news, is that no other Vets’ remains are sitting on a shelf unclaimed and forgotten.

The other good news, is that my work actually agreed to tweak my hours abit, so that I can attend this with Miriam, and the rest of the PGR.

[Dubya]

Thank you, I was honored to serve.

[Kathy in Alaska]

HONORING THE FALLEN - More than 500 veterans who escorted the unclaimed remains of seven Iowa veterans to their final resting place line the procession route with American flags after providing a motorcycle escort to the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter, Iowa, April 24, 2009. The ceremony coincided with Des Moines Navy Week, one of 22 Navy Weeks planned across America in 2009. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Gary Ward

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening to you, HJ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Perky...((HUGS))...how are the kids and their Mom?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening to you, freema.....cool picture.

Thanks to you and all your family for your service to our country.

[PERKY2004]

The furkids are doing fine and dandy ... this time of day (evening) is prime "bug hunting" time on our enclosed patios. Who knew that moths could be so much fun??? Anyway, just normal kitty skirmishes around here (poor little Megan gets picked on by several of the bigger cats) ... otherwise my focus today was gardening, trimming, watering -- and just generally enjoying the nice spring day here.

[PERKY2004]

Will be thinking of you (and praying) during the funeral tomorrow. Thanks for doing this.

[Kathy in Alaska]

lauren takes us on good trips. I’ll bet she’s ready to relax.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thank you, Perky!
It is my honor and pleasure to do it!
How are you holding up?
*HUG*

[luvie]

REST IN PEACE
JOSEPH A POIRIER
NAVY VET
YOU ARE OUR HERO
*************
AMAZING GRACE
[CLICK]

[luvie]

Thank you for being there for those who have been lost....and now found!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Woohoo....you get to go!!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
It’s my (our) honor to do it, Sis!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Amazing, huh?
I still have to work, and time will be tight, but I’ll manage it.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Kind of eerie that your post 66 came right after my post 64!
Both posts about the same kind of thing!

[luvie]

I know.....thank Mr. B and Miriam for me, too!