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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. On November 10, 2014, NASA announced that it would be leasing 1,000 acres (400 ...
October 31, Goodyear then began a program to ship new deflated blimps from Akron, Ohio to NAS Moffett Field for final assembly and inflation. The first airship completed by this program, K-20, was placed in service by the Navy. 1942–1943 Hangars 2 & 3 Built. November, Construction began on Hangars Two and Three.
[49] VP-50 was disestablished at NAS Moffett Field on 21 May 1992 after which the aircraft were transferred to VP-22. The official disbandment was on 30 June 1992. [50] NAS Moffett Field itself would be disestablished on 1 July 1994". [49] 6 April Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Grumman F-14A Tomcat crashed at unknown location, killing both ...
May 25 – A Spitfire crashed in a field during a Battle of Britain event at RAF Coningsby just before 1.20pm, killing the pilot. [ 5 ] May 12 – Two jets touch wings during a formation flight at an air show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. An emergency was declared, but the planes were able to land without incident.
On 12 April 1973 P-3C, BuNo. 157332, RD05, and five personnel were killed in a midair collision with NASA Convair 990 on approach to runway 32L at NAS Moffett Field. Only one of the Navy crewmen - an Anti-submarine Warfare Technician (AW) third class petty officer sitting in the rear observer seat - survived the crash.
September 23, 2024 at 8:33 AM. A pilot died after two single-engine planes collided mid-air on Sunday in Southern California, officials said. The planes, a single-engine Nanchang CJ-6 and a single ...
The FBI reported that in 2011, "69 law enforcement officers from around the nation were killed in the line of duty, while another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties." [6](released November 19, 2012) NBC News reported 165 dead. [7] 2012.
Founder. Carol Henderson. Rose Lesslie. Executive director. Jeff Wasel [1] Website. www.moffettfieldmuseum.org. 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.