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Aviation first arrived at Quantico on 6 May 1896 when Dr. Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906), Astronomer and third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, launched his successful Aerodrome #5, a steam engine powered, unpiloted aircraft from a houseboat in the shadow of Chopawamsic Island adjacent to the present-day approach end of Runway 20 at Quantico Marine Corps Air Facility.
In 1933, FBI agents were granted the power to possess a firearm and to arrest, and so the academy was opened to train agents. The Marine Corps granted them access to their firing ranges in Quantico, Virginia. After outgrowing the Marine Corps firing ranges, the FBI was granted permission to build their own firing range and classroom on the base.
Marine Air Traffic Control Units (MATCU) were air traffic control (ATC) detachments that provided continuous, all-weather, radar and non-radar, approach, departure, enroute, and tower ATC services at both garrison Marine Corps Air Stations and tactical airfields when deployed.
Quantico trained over 15,000 USMC and other service officers in these techniques. [10] In 1942, over 50,000 acres (20,000 ha) were purchased by the federal government and added to Quantico, making up what is now the base west of Interstate 95. The expansion was needed for additional range and maneuver training areas during World War II. [9]
Marine Air Traffic Control Unit 24 was formed on 8 September 1953 as a sub-unit of Marine Air Base Squadron 24 at MCAS Cherry Point, NC. [3] The unit was re-designated as MATCU-63 on 30 September 1953. On 1 August 1964, MATCU-63 was transferred from under the control of MACS-6 to Marine Airbase Squadron 32. [4]
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The AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) is the United States Marine Corps next-generation Air Surveillance/Air Defense and Air Traffic Control (ATC) Radar. The mobile active electronically scanned array radar system is being developed by Northrop Grumman and was expected to reach initial operating capability in August 2016.