Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity
Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity | |||||||
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U.S. Department of Defense | |||||||
Open to the public | No | ||||||
Condition | Fully operational | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1942 | ||||||
In use | 1942–1946 1958–present | ||||||
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Identifiers | AMSL | ||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility, owned by the
To comply with various procurement regulations, the Department of the Navy holds the title to and budgetary responsibility for the facility. Agencies such as the
History
The point was originally occupied during the 1670s by the Harvey family, including North Carolina's first native-born governor, Thomas Harvey—hence the name "Harvey Point".[2]
World War II
Courthouse records indicate that in November 1942 the
After the war, NAAS Harvey Point was decommissioned in 1946 and remained deactivated until 1958 when the Navy announced that Harvey Point would serve as the testing grounds for the new
Current use
Specialty military air operations are located at this facility, as the installation has two usable landing fields, and plans for a third. The FAA Charlotte Sectional Aeronautical Chart identifies this area as Special Use Airspace R-5301, which is continuously restricted from general aviation traffic from the surface to an altitude of 14,000 feet above Mean Sea Level. Areas of Albemarle Sound adjacent to the facility are also under restricted airspace R-5302 (A-D), which is under the operational authority of
It was also used by DEVGRU (a.k.a. "SEAL Team Six") to train for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, in a scale mockup of his secret compound.[4][5]
See also
References
- PDF, retrieved 2022-02-10
- ^ a b c Weiner, Tim (March 20, 1998). "Is the Explosion-Noisy Base a C.I.A. Spy School? What Base?". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ^ Freeman, Paul. "Harvey Point Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Harvey Point, NC". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields.
- CNET News. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- The Atlantic Wire. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
External links
- Elliston, Jon (June 5, 2002). "Bomb School". INDY Week. Durham, North Carolina. Retrieved June 3, 2019.