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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT

May 20, 1942

On May 20, 1942, the facility was commissioned Cunningham Field, named in honor of the Marine Corps' first aviator, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred A. Cunningham. The completed facility was later renamed Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, after a local post office situated among cherry trees.

 

Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise 2: Command and Control
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Feb. 22, 2023 | 0:20
Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise 2: Command and Control
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Feb. 22, 2023 | 0:20
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Staff Sgt. Jared L. Deuel mounts a vest on a B-modified target to assess the influence of a grenade blast on a range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., April 13, 2016. The training was meant to help the Carteret County Special Response Team understand how to handle situations dealing with explosives. The course covered improvised explosive devices, military munitions, military and civilian explosives, drug and explosive labs, homemade explosives, explosive ordnance disposal response procedures, and a range demonstration using C-4, TNT and dynamite. Deuel is a team leader with Cherry Point’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mackenzie Gibson/ Released)

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