Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point
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N 34° 52.931 W 076° 54.375
18S E 325791 N 3861635
Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point is the largest MCAS in the world. It is located in Havelock, North Carolina. More than 49,000 people make up the Cherry Point-related population, including active duty and retired Marines, the civilian workforce, and their dependents.
Waymark Code: WMHYP
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2006
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Just 17 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, construction began on the Marine Corps Air Station known as Cherry Point. Once only North Carolina swampland and forest, Cherry Point is now the world's largest Marine Corps Air Station, and home to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. The wing consists of six groups; four aircraft groups, flying all combat aircraft in the Marine inventory, one aircraft control group and one engineer group.
MCAS, Cherry Point hosts Marine Air Group 14 (MAG-14), and also serves as the host installation for Commander Marine Corps Air Bases East (COMCABEAST). MAG-14 is the primary East Coast operating unit for the Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier (four squadrons) and EA-6B Prowler (four squadrons). The Group also includes four squadrons of KC-130 tankers and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) squadron.
Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point now includes 13,164 acres on the air station proper, with an additional 15,975 acres of auxiliary activities, including Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, along Bogue Sound in Carteret County.
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