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Lomita Flight Strip, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Downtown Torrance; Now: Zamperini Field (IATA: TOA, ICAO: KTOA, FAA LID: TOA) Mines Field (Los Angeles Municipal Airport), 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Los Angeles. Delivery airport for North American Aviation (AT-6, P-51, B-25) Delivery airport for Douglas Aircraft (SBD Dauntless)
Marker on the site reads: [15] [16] NO. 972 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE CENTER – Designed as the largest enclosed structure without columns in the world by noted California architects Robert Clements and Associates, this Art Deco building, constructed between 1938 and 1941 by the WPA, is the largest and second-oldest Navy Reserve Center in the United States.
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
British Flight Training School No. 5 [11] 75th Flying Training Detachment (29th FTW) 2155th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School Primary/Advanced), April 1944 Airglades Airport, Clewiston, Florida Operated by: Embry-Riddle Aero School [8] British Flight Training School No. 6 [11] 323d Flying Training Detachment (31st FTW)
After it was sold and merged, the school moved to 5800 West Arbor Vitae Street in Inglewood, California near the Los Angeles airport in 1953. [13] [20] [16] Its School of Law was located at 1108 West Arbor Vitae Street in Los Angeles, California. [21] By 1977, the campus consisted of eighteen acres. [16]
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles (2 P) Pages in category "Military history of Los Angeles" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954, 29991467; Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC.
The 61st was the host unit at Los Angeles Air Force Base, and commanded all the Air Force support groups and units assigned to the base. When active. the wing is entitled to temporary bestowal of the history and honors stems of the 61st Troop Carrier Group. Its mission was to provide base operating support to Los Angeles Air Force Base customers.