Cherry Point Mcas

Coordinates: 34°54′03″N 076°52′51″W  /  34.90083°N 76.88083°W  / 34.90083; -76.88083

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point (* 34°54′03″N 76°52′51″W  /  34.9009°N 76.8807°W  / 34.9009; -76.8807 ) (IATA: NKT , ICAO: KNKT , FAA LID: NKT ) is a United States Marine Corps airfield located in Havelock, North Carolina, USA, in the eastern part of the state. It was built in 1941, and was commissioned in 1942 and is currently home to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.

Resident units

• Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron
• 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
  • Marine Aircraft Group 14
  • Marine Wing Support Group 27
  • Marine Air Control Group 28
• Combat Logistics Company 21
• Fleet Readiness Center (East)

MCAS Cherry Point also maintains a satellite field at MCALF Bogue, in Bogue, North Carolina. Several former outlying landing fields have been converted to regional airports, such as MCOF Greenville, MCAA Kinston, and MCOF New Bern.

History

Congress authorized Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point on July 9, 1941, with an initial appropriation of $14,990,000 for construction and clearing of an 8,000 acre (32 km²) tract of swamps, farms and timberland.

Actual clearing of the site began on August 6, 1941, with extensive drainage and malaria control work. Construction began in November just 17 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

On May 20, 1942, the facility was commissioned Cunningham Field, named in honor of the Marine Corps' first aviator, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred A. Cunningham. The completed facility was later renamed Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, after a local post office situated among cherry trees.

Cherry Point's primary World War II mission was to train units and individual Marines for service to the Pacific theater. The air station also served as a base for anti-submarine operations, with an Army Air Corps (22d Antisubmarine Squadron) and later a Navy squadron each being responsible for the sinking of a German U-boat just off the North Carolina coast during 1943.

Cherry Point's contribution to the Korean War effort was to provide a steady stream of trained aviators and air crewmen as well as maintenance and support personnel as replacements to forward deployed aviation units.

During the Vietnam War, Cherry Point deployed three A-6 Intruder squadrons to the Far East and again provided a constant source of replacements for aircrews and enlisted aviation personnel.

In Operation Desert Storm, Cherry Point was a major contributor to the victory in Southwest Asia by supporting the deployment of three AV-8B Harrier squadrons, two A-6E Intruder squadrons, one KC-130 Hercules squadron, one EA-6B Prowler squadron, and headquarters detachments from Marine Aircraft Group 14, Marine Aircraft Group 32, and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.

Cherry Point Marines and Sailors participated in strike missions and follow-on operations in Afghanistan and its surrounding region during Operation Enduring Freedom, which was initiated on October 7, 2001.

On September 8, 2007, the headquarters building (198) was gutted by a fire. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Headquarters Building was on 29 July 2009, with completion planned for sometime in 2011.

Cherry Point is one of the best all weather jet bases in the world. The air station and its associated support locations occupy more than 29,000 acres (120 km²). Its runway system is so large that the air station serves as an alternate emergency landing site for the space shuttle launches out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The present Commanding Officer is Colonel Douglas Denn.

See also

• Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue
• Outlying Landing Field (OLF) in North Carolina
• United States Marine Corps Aviation
• List of United States Marine Corps installations
• List of airports in North Carolina

References

1. ^ MSAC Cherry Point, official site, retrieved 2007-11-12
2. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for NKT ( Form 5010 ), effective 2007-10-25
3. ^ "Headquarters building badly damaged in fire at Cherry Point Marine base". New Bern Sun Journal. September 9, 2007 . http://www.newbernsj.com/onset?id=36406&template=article.html . Retrieved 2007-09-10 .  
4. ^ AirStaO 3121.1A MARINE CORPS AIR STATION (MCAS) CHERRY POINT SPACE SHUTTLE SUPPORT PLAN (SSSP)
5. ^ Wilson, Drew C. (August 13, 2009). "Col. Douglas Denn takes command at Cherry Point". Havelock News . http://www.havenews.com/news/0in-5965-style-font.html . Retrieved 2009-08-15 .  

• Shettle Jr., M. L. (2001). United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II . Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-964-33882-3.  

• MCAS Cherry Point's official website

External links

• MCAS Cherry Point at GlobalSecurity.org
• USMC Air Station Cherry Point Overview & PCS Information (MarineCorpsUSA.org)
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF) , effective 22 Oct 2009
• FAA Terminal Procedures for NKT, effective 22 Oct 2009
• Resources for this U.S. military airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KNKT
  • ASN accident history for NKT
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KNKT

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