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Moffett Federal Airfield (IATA: NUQ, ICAO: KNUQ, FAA LID: NUQ), also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County, California, United States, between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale.
Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres (32,000 m 2; 3.2 ha) at Moffett Field near Mountain View, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. The massive hangar has long been one of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley.
2 1935–1943: Army Air Corps Training Base Sunnyvale, CA 3 1942–1947: WWII Blimps and Gas Balloon operations 4 1943–1953: Naval Patrol heavier than air operations
Following the closure of NAS Moffett Field due to BRAC action in 1994 and its transfer from the U.S. Navy to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as Moffett Federal Airfield, the 129th remained at Moffett as a tenant command. In April 1997, Air Combat Command evaluated the 129th Rescue Wing's war capability as an overall Excellent ...
The Ames Research Center (ARC), also known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley.It was founded in 1939 [1] as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) laboratory.
A proposal surfaces for the Navy to trade NAS Moffett Field to the Army in exchange for Rockwell Field, California; Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.; and Ford Island, Hawaii. 1935–1943 Army Air Corps Training Base Sunnyvale, CA
The Moffett Field Museum is an aviation museum located at the Moffett Federal Airfield near Mountain View, California, focused on the history of the airport.
The 129th Rescue Squadron (129 RQS) is a unit of the California Air National Guard 129th Rescue Wing located at Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California.The 129th is equipped with the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter.