Naval Air Station Point Mugu
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Naval Air Station Point Mugu Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) |
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | United States Navy | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Point Mugu, Ventura County, near Oxnard, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°07′13″N 119°07′16″W / 34.12028°N 119.12111°WCoordinates: 34°07′13″N 119°07′16″W / 34.12028°N 119.12111°W | ||||||||||||||
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Naval Air Station Point Mugu is a former United States Navy air station that operated from 1942 to 2000 in California. In 2000, it merged with nearby Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme to form Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC).
At Point Mugu, NBVC operates two runways and encompasses a 36,000 square mile sea test range, anchored by San Nicolas Island. The range allows the military to test and track weapons systems in restricted air- and sea-space without encroaching on civilian air traffic or shipping lanes. The range can be expanded through interagency coordination between the U.S. Navy and the Federal Aviation Administration. Telemetry data can be tracked and recorded using technology housed at San Nicolas Island, Point Mugu and Laguna Peak, a Tier 1 facility also controlled by NBVC.
In addition, Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles is expected to relocate to Naval Air Station Point Mugu from its current location at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) when the lease on the existing facility ends in 2016.
The facility in Point Mugu, California, started as a United States Navy anti-aircraft training center during World War II and was developed in the late 1940s as the Navy's major missile development and test facility. This facility was the site where most of the Navy's missiles were developed and tested during the 1950/1960 era, including the AIM-7 Sparrow family and the AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air, Bullpup air-to-surface, and Regulus surface-to-surface missiles.
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 ordnance testing programs, and the test range extends offshore to the Navy-owned San Nicolas Island in the Channel Islands.
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