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San Clemente Island (Tongva: Kinkipar; Spanish: Isla de San Clemente) [1] is the southernmost of the Channel Islands of California. It is owned and operated by the United States Navy , [ 2 ] and is a part of Los Angeles County .
San Clemente Island is the southernmost Channel Island, covering 57 square miles (150 km 2). The island is approximately 21 nautical miles (39 kilometres) long and is 4.5 nmi (8.3 km) across at its widest point. It lies 55 nmi (102 km) south of Long Beach and 68 nmi (126 km) west of San Diego.
San Clemente Island Air Force Station was Permanent System radar station LP-39 which began operations in November 1951 with an AN/TPS-1C general surveillance radar. Designated as one of two offshore radar stations at the Southern California coast, the 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated at the station on 1 February 1952 by ...
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island SCI, also known as Frederick Sherman Field , is a military airport located on San Clemente Island . Silver Strand Training Complex ( 32°35′47″N 117°07′41″W / 32.596389°N 117.128056°W / 32.596389; -117.128056 ( Silver Strand Training
San Clemente Island viewed from a shuttle aircraft that regularly flies military and civilian personnel to the U.S. Navy-owned island, 68 miles from San Diego in 2013.
San Clemente city officials are working with border patrol agents to install and ... Newport Beach and Santa Catalina Island. The small boats arriving at San Clemente beaches bring about 15 to 20 ...
San Clemente Naval Auxiliary Air Station is a closed airfield located near the center of the San Clemente Island, California. Also called San Clemente Airfield, the airfield was built in 1934 with two 1,600-foot dirt runways. San Clemente Island is owned and operated by the United States Navy since November 7, 1934.
The east coast of San Clemente Island. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times) Three people aboard a U.S. Navy-contracted aircraft were killed Wednesday when it crashed during a training exercise off ...