Photos of Point Mugu Nas (naval Base Ventura Co) Airport Airport

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- 1970's-1980's-Pacific Missile Test Center (estab. April, 1975 with consolidation of Pacific Missile Range/Naval Missile Center) History - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- 1960's-Naval Missile Center History. I first employed at NMC commencing Jan. 1966. - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- 1950's-Pacific Missile Range-Naval Missile Test Center History - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- 1940's-Naval Air Missile Test Center History-First Missile Launch from an Operational Submarine - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- 1940's-Pilotless Aircraft Unit & Naval Air Missile Test Center (estab. 1 October 1946) History - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Historic Aerospace Site-NAMTC Point Mugu, California.-Command History Storage Facility, AKA Missile Technology Museum. Open Most Thursdays 1000-1400, free admission. Just outside & right of Main Gate. - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-AUM-N-2/AQM-41 PETREL, obsolete-WWII Mk41 torpedo with wings, 22' length, 12' wingspan. Launched from PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER & other USN aircraft - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-AUM-N-2/AQM-41 PETREL, obsolete-WWII Mk41 torpedo with wings, 22' length, 12' wingspan. Launched from PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER & other USN aircraft - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-KUW-1/KGW/LTV-N-2 LOON surface to surface copy of German V-1 pulse jet 'buzz bomb' of WWII. 25' long, 19' wingspan, 1,540 lb warhead. 150 mile range. Program ended at Point Mugu 1949, used 'Operation Paperclip' German rocket scientists - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-AGM-84 HARPOON long range >60 miles, launched by aircraft, DDE/DDG ships & submarines, 570 lb warhead. 1972 1st flight-direct hit - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-AGM-78 STANDARD ARM (Anti-Radiation Missile), against RADARs or ships, 215 lb warhead, 35 mile range. 1983 use against Libya in Gulf of Sidra - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-AIM-54 PHOENIX, long range >120 miles, supersonic air to air over the horizon launch & leave, 1,000 lbs., for USN F-14A TOMCAT only, capable of 6 AIM-54 carry. 1st firing 1966 (pre-F-14) - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-AUM-N-2/AQM-41 PETREL, obsolete-WWII Mk41 torpedo with wings, 22' length, 12' wingspan. Launched from PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER & other USN aircraft - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-(tallest missile in the park) UGM-27 ballistic nuclear-tipped POLARIS very long range supersonic submerged-submarine launched, In 1962-four launches to impact area-Kwajalein Atoll - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-SSM-N-9/RGM-15/MQM-15 REGULUS II, US Navy 1st supersonic nuclear-capable, weight-21,000 lbs. GE Turbojet engine 10,000 lb thrust. $2.7 mil. cost each but multiple uses. Replaced by MACH 2 Missile. - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-SSM-N-8/RGM-6/BQM-6 REGULUS I, medium range shore, surface or submarine launched against hardened targets, Production ended 1958 - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-AIM-9 SIDEWINDER, supersonic air to air, passive InfraRed heat-seeking target detector (will fly up a jet tailpipe), Invented 1948 at then Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake, Developmental flight tests at Point Mugu 1951 - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
- Missile Park-ASM-N-7/AGM-12 BULLPUP II, supersonic air to surface, range 3 miles, Pilot radio-link guidance, 2X the BULLPUP I warhead, TechEval 1956-1958 - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
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