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Naval Air Station,
Point Mugu, CA
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Naval
Air Station,
Point Mugu, CA
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Naval
Air Warfare Station,
Point Mugu, CA
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Naval
Air Warfare Center
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Weapons
Test Squadron
Point Mugu, CA
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Outlying
Landing Field,
San Nicolas Island, CA
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QF-4
Phantom Drone
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Heritage
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In 1941 when the U.S. entered World War II, Point
Mugu became a training area for the Seabees at Port Hueneme. The
Seabees put down a section of the Marston Mat runway that became Point
Mugu’s first airstrip. A Naval Air Facility was established to test and
evaluate the Loon surface-to-surface missile, followed by other missile
programs. In 1946 it became Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point
Mugu, then in 1949 the Naval Air Station Point Mugu was founded to
provide support for the Missile Test Center. After the Army transferred
more than 19,000 acres of South Camp Cooke to the Navy in 1958, the
Pacific Missile Range was formed with headquarters at Point Mugu.
Despite the name changes of the station, Point Mugu’s quality of
testing and evaluation has been instrumental in the development of
numerous missiles including the Sparrow, Polaris, Trident, Harpoon,
Tomahawk, SLAM and Sidewinder. On Jan. 22, 1992, the Naval Air Station
was re-established as the Naval Air Weapons Station.
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Aircraft
Commanding Officers
Assumed Command - - - - Commanding Officer
- Unknown - - - - - - Lcdr. L. G. Lehrer
- 01 August 1949- - - Capt. E. W. Parish, Jr.
- November 1950 - - - Capt Myron T. Evans
- January 1953- - - - Capt Evan E. Fickling
- April 1954- - - - - Capt. Bowen F. McLeod
- December 1955 - - - Capt. John C. Alderman
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Events
- Naval Weapons Test
Squadron Point Mugu was established in May 1995 after being established
in October 1994 as a result of the Naval Air Warfare Center competency
realignment. The squadron is the principal Naval flight and ground test
support activity for all Point Mugu sited Naval Air Systems Command
aircraft and aircraft functions, including logistics and training
support. The squadron is ideally located near the largest sea test
range in the world, and only minutes away by aircraft from extensive
Edwards and China Lake overland test range complexes. Squadron assets
routinely deploy world wide to meet unique weapons testing needs at
remote ranges and to provide fleet support.
Squadron aircraft include the
NF-14A/B/D, QF-4N/S, NP-3D, DC-130A, and the SA227 Metroliner. F-14
Tomcats are utilized in the development testing of new weapons and
hardware, as well as software and mission planning systems. QF-4
Phantoms can be conventionally piloted as test platforms or flown via
remote control as unmanned aerial targets. P-3 Orion aircraft provide
the capability to track targets in support of various missions through
use of an extensive suite of sophisticated telemetry, radar, and
optical systems, in addition to providing support missions for the
Fleet. The DC-130 Hercules provides the capability to launch sub scale
aerial targets, as well as airborne logistics support. Metroliners
provide key round trip passenger service to China Lake on a daily
basis, and to other locales as required.
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