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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

English · Paperback / Softback

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The U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is an essential component of Americaas homeland security, as aircraft from this base patrols the countryas border with Mexico as well as the international waters of the open Pacific. The Marines operated part of the base during World War II, when their island-hopping campaign was crucial to Allied victory in the Far East. The Navy took over operations on the base after the war and until 1997, when the Marines regained control and established both jet and helicopter squadrons thereathe aviation combat units of the 3rd Marine Air Wing and the reserves of the 4th Marine Air Wing. During the Navy years, the popular 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun was filmed on the base, which is the largest singular piece of dedicated land on the City of San Diego map.

About the author










Thomas O'Hara, a retired Marine colonel and aviator, is the curator of the Flying Leatherneck Museum located at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The author of Images of America books on Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and Camp Pendleton, O'Hara has drawn on the museum's extensive archive to illustrate both the Marine and Naval histories at Miramar.

Product details

Authors Thomas O'Hara, Thomas Q O'Hara
Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 14.09.2005
 
EAN 9780738530581
ISBN 978-0-7385-3058-1
No. of pages 128
Dimensions 160 mm x 231 mm x 10 mm
Weight 310 g
Series Images of America
Images of America
Subject Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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