MCAS New River Jacksonville, North Carolina
USA
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1941 to present | 34° 42' 25.92'' N - 77° 26' 43.07'' W | 2nm SW of Jacksonville, NC | | ICAO: KNCA | IATA: | FAA: NCA | | Elevation: 26 feet |
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Marine Corps Air Station New River is a helicopter and tilt-rotor base in Jacksonville, North Carolina near amphibious assault training facility Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. In 1972, New River airfield received the name of McCutcheon Field for Brigadier General Keith B McCutcheon, one of the fathers of Marine Corps helicopter aviation.
First Fleet Flight for CH-53K, 20-Jan-21 : #FleetFlight VMX-1 flew the first non-developmental flight of the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, the future US Marine Corps’ heavy-lift helicopter. |
Marines CH-53K Simulator Ready, 02-Dec-20 : #simulator Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD), Helicopter Emulation Maintenance Trainer (HEMT) and Composite Maintenance Trainer (CMT) for the Marines future heavy helicopter CH-53K King Stallion are ready in MCAS New River |
CH-53K First Simulator Ready, 04-May-20 : #simulator Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in Jacksonville, NC has the first Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD) simulator for the USMC future heavy lift helicopter Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion |
New Hangar at MCAS New River for CH-53K, 12-Oct-19 : #NewRiver The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) has a new hangar at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, NC for the new CH-53K King Stallion helicopters slated to arrive in the near future |
HMLA-167 Transitioned to AH-1Z Viper, 28-Nov-18 : #Viper Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron HMLA-167 based at MCAS New River received Bell AH-1Z Viper to replace its AH-1W Whiskey Cobra used for more than 30 years |
16-May-18 - First CH-53K Delivered to US Marine Corps  12-Apr-17 - First Japanese V-22 Osprey Crew Chief 23-Jul-16 - Osprey Training Squadron VMMT-204 15-Jun-15 - Marines MV-22 Osprey First Landing on Dutch Ship 31-Mar-15 - Marines HMHT-302 Receives New Hangar 24-Jun-14 - VMR-1 CH-46 conducts mass casualty drills 03-Jan-13 - New hangar at MCAS New River

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