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Country: United States Region: Calif. Locale: San Diego Latitude: 32° 52' 24" N Longitude: -118° 51' 28" E Area use / Military Branches: ACTIVE |
Marine Corps Air Stn Miramar http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/MCAS_Miramar_Insignia.png (former NAS Miramar), located about 10 mi north of San Diego, California.
Former location of the Pacific Fleet fighter and Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft (F-4 Phantom II, F-14 Tomcat, E-2 Hawkeye) and the USN Fighter Weapons School (NFWS) 'Topgun' training program. In that era the station was a.k.a. "Fightertown USA". In 1996, NFWS relocated to NAS Fallon in Nevada and merged into the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC). After that NAS Miramar became a USMC air station
Currently USMC Miramar http://www.miramar.marines.mil/ is home to :
- 3 Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force providing combat ready expeditionary aviation forces capable of short notice world wide deployment.
-- Hq & Hq Sq (staffing)
-- Marine Wing Hq Sq 3
- Marine Aircraft Group 11 with
-- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225 operating F-35 Lightning II VTOL
-- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 operating F-18D Superhornet
-- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 and 323
-- Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101
-- Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352
-- Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11
- Marine Aircraft Groups 16 and 38
-- Marine Wing Support Group 37
-- Combat Logistics Co 11
- Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar
There is an EW radar active within the base perimeter at lat 32°52'37"N long 117° 8'58"W
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