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1931 to present | | 37° 24' 53.28'' N 122° 2' 56.41'' W | | 3 miles N of Mountain View, Mountain View, California | | ICAO: KNUQ | IATA: NUQ | FAA: NUQ | | Elevation: 32 feet |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) houses the worlds largest wind tunnel, part of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC)
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14-Feb-25 - The California Air National Guard 129th Rescue Wing is replacing its HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters with the new combat rescue HH-60W Jolly Green II. The 129 RW will operate 6 aircraft by end 2026 #California
10-May-24 - The California Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from the 129th Rescue Squadron completed a medical evacuation (MedEvac) of a passenger from the Ovation of the Seas cruise liner, approximately 400 nautical miles ( 740 kilometers! ) from the San Francisco coast, by conducting aerial refueling from an HC-130J Hercules tanker aircraft #california
20-Feb-23 - Joby begins testing its eVTOL propeller at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC), NASA Ames, the world’s largest wind tunnel facility #windtunnel
16-Oct-19 - Sikorsky and Boeing engineers tested a 1/5 scale model of the SB>1 Defiant in the 40- by 80-foot (12x24 meters) wind tunnel of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) at Moffett Field, California #NFAC
11-Jan-18 - An HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard provided search an rescue support in Southern California for those impacted by the recent mudslides
19-Apr-17 - California Air National Guard 129th Rescue wing equipped with MC-130P Combat Shadow, HH-60G Pave Hawk and Guardian Angel teams (Pararescuemen, Combat Rescue Officers and SERE Specialists)
15-Nov-16 - California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing HH-60G Pave Hawks refueled by a MC-130P Combat Shadow evacuated a civilian contractor from the USS Guadalupe (T-AO-200) 560 miles off the coast
12-Aug-16 - California Air National Guard Pave Hawks flew 800 miles over Pacific Ocean, air refueling from MC-130P Combat Shadow, to save their 1012 life
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