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145th Airlift Wing. The 145th Airlift Wing (145 AW) is a unit of the North Carolina Air National Guard. It is assigned to Charlotte Air National Guard Base, North Carolina and is equipped with the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. If activated to federal service in the United States Air Force, the 145th is gained by Air Mobility Command.
Insignia. 156th Airlift Squadron emblem. The 156th Airlift Squadron (156 AS) is a unit of the North Carolina Air National Guard 145th Airlift Wing. It is assigned to Charlotte Air National Guard Base, North Carolina and is equipped with the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point. Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) is one of the largest military terminals in the world. [1] It serves as a transfer point between rail, trucks, and ships for the import and export of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment for the United States Army and is operated by the 596th ...
The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility, owned by the Department of Defense, is located on a peninsula in Perquimans County, North Carolina, along Albemarle Sound, near the town of Hertford, NC. It was established in World War II as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Harvey Point, an operating base for sea planes conducting anti-submarine ...
910, 472. FIPS code. 37-24260 [1] Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with over 52,000 military personnel. [2]
Built. 1940-1944. In use. 1940-present. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in North Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Atlantic Ocean and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army ...
Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek – located 20 kilometers (13 miles) northwest of Virginia Beach. Joint Base Lewis-McChord – located 17 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of Tacoma, Washington. Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling – located 11 kilometers (7 miles) south of Washington, D.C. Joint Base Andrews – located 22 kilometers (14 miles ...
Camp Mackall is an active U.S. Army training facility located in eastern Richmond County and northern Scotland County, North Carolina, south of the town of Southern Pines.The facility is in close proximity to and is a subinstallation of Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) (home to the XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command headquarters).