Deployment Sites
Point Mugu NAS, CA
Naval Base Ventura County’s Point Mugu airfield—Pacific Missile Range roots on California’s coast near Vandenberg.
Naval Air Station Point Mugu, now part of Naval Base Ventura County, sits on the Oxnard plain facing the Santa Barbara Channel. It was the shore headquarters of the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range, with instrumentation and sea space stretching far into the eastern Pacific.
ARIA’s published mission set included support of tests conducted from ships and ranges as well as from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg. Point Mugu’s appearance on the deployment list reflects that Western Test Range / Pacific Missile Range world—coastal California as a place to stage, coordinate, or recover in connection with Pacific test events.
Nearby Edwards AFB later became ARIA’s final home station; Vandenberg remained the West Coast spaceport. Point Mugu is the Navy node in that same southern California test geography.
Milestones
- Pacific Missile RangeNavy range — Point Mugu anchors Navy missile and instrumented-range work off California.
- ARIA listWestern staging — Named among ARIA deployment sites tied to Pacific test support.
- NeighborsVandenberg and Edwards — Sits in the same southern California test complex as Western Range and flight-test bases.
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