Naval Air Station Point Mugu
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Naval Air Station Point Mugu was a United States naval air station near Oxnard, California, which operated as an independent base from 1941 to 2000, when it merged with nearby Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme to form Naval Base Ventura County.
History
The facility in Point Mugu, California, started as a
Pt. Mugu has dominated the area since the 1940s, and is one of the few places in the area that is not agricultural. The base has been home to many
In 1963 the
Point Mugu was the airfield used by former
In December 1988, the 146th Airlift Wing began moving from its home in Van Nuys to a new facility built on 204 acres of state-owned land adjacent to the Point Mugu facility. Known as Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, the annex was constructed at a cost of more than $70 million and was fully activated in April 1990.
The annual Point Mugu airshow began in 1960 and is presently Ventura County's largest public event.[3]
Accidents and incidents
- On 16 August 1956, a US Air Force interceptors failed to shoot it down, leading to the Battle of Palmdaleincident.
- On 21 June 1971, F-4 Phantom from VX-4 crashed in a bean field adjacent to NAS Pt. Mugu. No survivors.
- On 4 August 1972, Hollywood-Burbank Airport. The aircraft departed the runway in the emergency landing and was destroyed by the subsequent fire. All three people on board survived.[4]
Popular culture
NAS Point Mugu was the setting for the 1950 film, The Flying Missile. It tells the story of the first firing of a guided missile from the deck of a submarine.[5] Another film filmed in the early 60s at Pt. Mugu was North to Alaska with John Wayne. In the 1970's the film "Midway" was filmed on the beach. Scenes depicting Midway Island were filmed at Point Mugu, California. "Point Mugu has sand dunes, just like Midway. We built an airstrip, a tower, some barricades, things like that," said Jack Smight. "We did a lot of strafing and bombing there."[6] More recently, scenes for A Few Good Men were filmed at NAS Point Mugu.[7] Point Mugu is often referenced in the television show 24, specifically in season 5,
References
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- ^ "U.S. Naval Activities World War II by State". Patrick Clancey. Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ "Point Mugu Air Show". www.pointmuguairshow.com. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "N31538 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ISBN 978-0299281533.
- ^ Newspaper Enterprise Association, "Filming of 'Midway': Making War for the Movies", Playground Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Wednesday 8 October 1975, Volume 30, Number 209, page 5B.>
- ^ "Movie Tourist: A Few Good Men (1992)". 3 February 2013.
- Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), official site
- Point Mugu Air Station, GlobalSecurity.org
- FAA Airport Form 5010 for NTD PDF
External links
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- FAA airport information for NTD
- AirNav airport information for KNTD
- ASN accident history for NTD
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KNTD
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective June 13, 2024
- Range at Point Mugu[dead link]
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