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MCAS Cherry Point News

Tag: history

MCAS Cherry Point EOD Works With NHHC on Historical Artifact

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, worked in collaboration with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Underwater Archeology (UA) Branch to render a historical artifact safe at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 10, 2022.

NMPMA visits MCAS Cherry Point

National Montford Point Marine Association (NMPMA) Chapter 36 located in Havelock, visited Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Two Rivers Theater and held a discussion on the history of the Montford Point Marines, March 24, 2022. The NMPMA serves to preserve the legacy of the first African-Americans who joined the Marine Corps’ ranks nearly 80 years ago at Camp Montford Point, North Carolina.

MCAS Cherry Point History: February

This year Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point celebrates its 80th anniversary, and in honor of how far we’ve come, we will be showcasing moments in the air station’s history from each month up through August. Today we showcase moments in history that took place in the month of February, starting from 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Alexander Palmer)

Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter conducts first aerial refuel

In the sky above the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., the future of Marine aviation punched through the warm Florida air Oct. 2. F-35B Joint Strike Fighters with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 from Eglin conducted the first air-to-air refuel of an operational aircraft in the program’s history. Previous aerial refueling

Looking back: Different missions set standard for MAGTF use

Interventions in Panama and Grenada during the 1980s highlighted the conditions when Marine Air-Ground Task Forces should be used and when other methods are preferred. Though they had nearly identical objectives, one solution was not fit for both.Urgent Fury took place in Grenada in 1983, and Just Cause occurred in Panama in 1989. Both were

History of Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, NC

Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field (MCALF) Bogue is a military installation owned and operated by Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point. The installation consists of 843.82 acres, and was purchased for $97,600 on Nov. 19, 1942. MCALF Bogue provides expeditionary airfield support and contingency runway training capabilities for