| Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Contributor(s): O'Hara, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738530581 ISBN-13: 9780738530581 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: The U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is an essential component of America's homeland security, as aircraft from this base patrols the country's 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 there -- the 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - United States - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest |
| LCCN: 2005929345 |
| Series: Images of America |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.52" W x 9.28" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern California - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Diego, California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is an essential component of America s homeland security, as aircraft from this base patrols the country s 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 there the 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." |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Hara, Thomas: - 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. |