Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

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Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
Arrival of the first F-35B
Characteristics
ICAO code KNBC
IATA code BFT
Coordinates

32 ° 28 '38 "  N , 80 ° 43' 23"  W Coordinates: 32 ° 28 '38 "  N , 80 ° 43' 23"  W.
Height above MSL 11 m (36  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 5 km northwest of Beaufort
Street H21
Basic data
opening June 15, 1943
operator United States Marine Corps
Runways
5/23 3719 m of asphalt concrete
14/32 2496 m of asphalt concrete

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The Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort or MCAS Beaufort is a military airfield of the US Marine Corps in the small town of Beaufort in Beaufort County in South Carolina , a state of the United States on the east coast of the country. The base has been used as a naval airfield since 1943, initially under the name Naval Air Station Beaufort until 1960 .

Todays use

Marine Aircraft Group 31 is currently the main user. It currently (2016) operates four squadrons of the F / A-18A / C and two of the F / A-18D.

The base will be the East Coast station for the F-35B . The training center for this variant of the F-35 is currently being built here. In addition to the USMC, F-35 pilots from other nations are also trained here. A first F-35B school relay arrived in Beaufort in July 2014.

On September 28, 2018, a USMC F-35B crashed near the base. The pilot saved himself with the ejection seat.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MCAS Beaufort readies for expansion of F-35B training operations, Janes, April 22, 2016 ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.janes.com
  2. ↑ https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article181706736/Tarnkappenjets-Neuer-US-Superkampfjet-F-35-erstmals-abgestuerzt.html

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