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Lockheed Martin® P-3C Orion, Naval Weapons Test Squadron Pt Mugu, 18″ Mahogany Model

$319.00

Fly with the Naval Weapons Test Squadron in this handcrafted P-3c Model. Each piece is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love.

  • Length – 18 inches Width -15 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin

1 in stock (can be backordered)

Description

Naval Weapons Test Squadron Pt Mugu P-3 Model

Fly with the Naval Weapons Test Squadron in this handcrafted P-3c Model. Each piece is carved from wood and hand-painted to provide a bit you’ll love.

  • Length – 18 inches Width -15 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • Officially Licensed by Lockheed Martin
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

LOCKHEED MARTIN®, associated emblems and logos, and body designs of vehicles are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lockheed Martin Corporation in the USA and/or other jurisdictions, used under license by Squadron Nostalgia LLC.

The facility in Point Mugu, California, started as a United States Navy anti-aircraft training center during World War II[2] and was developed in the late 1940s as the Navy’s major missile development and test facility. This was where most of the Navy’s missiles were developed and tested during the 1950/1960 era, including the AIM-7 Sparrow family and the AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air, Bullpup air-to-surface, and Regulus surface-to-surface missiles.

Pt. Mugu has dominated the area since the 1940s, and is one of the few places in the area that is not agricultural. The base has been home to many ordnance testing programs, and the test range extends offshore to the Navy-owned San Nicolas Island in the Channel Islands.

In 1963 the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program was established on a sand spit between Mugu Lagoon and the ocean. The facility was relocated in 1967 to Point Loma in San Diego, California.

Point Mugu was the airfield used by former President Ronald Reagan during his presidency on visits to his Santa Barbara ranch. The airfield was used during the state funeral in 2004, as the place where the former President’s body was flown to Washington, D.C. to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. The body was flown to Point Mugu aboard presidential aircraft SAM 28000 two days later. Until the late 1990s, the base hosted Antarctic Development Squadron SIX (VXE-6), the squadron of LC-130s equipped to land on ice in Antarctica, to supply the science stations there. Now, the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing has assumed that responsibility. VXE-6 also flew the UH-1N Twin Huey during most of its time at Point Mugu.

In December 1988, the 146th Airlift Wing began moving from its home in Van Nuys to a new facility built on 204 acres of state-owned land adjacent to the Point Mugu facility. Known as Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, the annex was constructed at a cost of more than $70 million and was fully activated in April 1990.

The annual Point Mugu airshow is now in its 49th year. The event began in 1960 and is presently Ventura County’s largest public event.[3]

Additional information

Weight 4 lbs
Dimensions 18 × 15 in

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