25-606: Cherry Point may refer to: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point , a military airfield in North Carolina Cherry Point Refinery , a headland and oil refinery in Washington State [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
50-699: A Prime Minister of Australia . Reflecting on his country's geopolitical situation with the onset of war , Menzies commented that: "The problems of the Pacific are different. What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north." Far East , in its usual sense, is comparable to terms such as the Orient ( Latin for "East"), Eastern world , or simply the East , all of which may refer, broadly, to East and South-East Asia in general. Occasionally, albeit more in
75-457: A local post office situated among cherry trees. Cherry Point's primary World War II mission was to train units and individual Marines for service to the Pacific theater . The air station also served as a base for anti-submarine operations , with an Army Air Forces ( 22d Antisubmarine Squadron ) and later a Navy squadron each being responsible for the sinking of a German U-boat just off
100-539: Is a United States Marine Corps airfield located in Havelock, North Carolina , United States, in the eastern part of the state. It was built in 1941, and was commissioned in 1942 and is currently home to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing . Congress authorized Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point on 9 July 1941, with an initial appropriation of $ 14,990,000 for construction and clearing of an 8,000 acre (32 km ) tract of swamps , farms and timberland. Actual clearing of
125-630: Is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including East , North , and Southeast Asia . South Asia is sometimes also included in the definition of the term. In modern times, the term Far East has widely fallen out of use and been substituted by Asia–Pacific , while the terms Middle East and Near East , although now pertaining to different territories, are still commonly used today. The term first came into use in European geopolitical discourse in
150-479: The Space Shuttle launches out of Cape Canaveral , Florida . In 2013, Cherry Point hosted warfighters, technology teams and testers under the flags of 10 nations and each of the U.S. military services for the 11th Bold Quest coalition demonstration. The Joint Staff , J6 Joint Deployable Analysis Team (JDAT) led the test plan design, execution control, and emplaced the necessary infrastructure to connect
175-543: The colonial era , Far East referred to anything further east than the Middle East. In the 16th century, King John III of Portugal called India a "rich and interesting country in the Far East ( Extremo Oriente )." The term was popularized during the period of the British Empire as a blanket term for lands to the east of British India . In pre- World War I European geopolitics, Near East referred to
200-747: The 15th century, particularly the British , denoting the Far East as the "farthest" of the three "Easts", beyond the Near East and the Middle East . Likewise, during the Qing dynasty of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term " Tàixī ( 泰西 )" – i.e., anything further west than the Arab world – was used to refer to the Western countries. Since the mid-20th century, the term has mostly gone out of use for
225-659: The AN/FPS-8s was damaged by Hurricane Donna in 1960. The radars were turned over to the Navy on 30 April 1960, and the Marine Corps retained the other undamaged AN/FPS-8 radar for a number of years for base air traffic control. During 1961 M-116 joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, initially feeding data to DC-04 at Fort Lee AFS , Virginia. After joining, the squadron
250-736: The North Carolina coast during 1943. Cherry Point's contribution to the Korean War effort was to provide a steady stream of trained aviators and air crewmen as well as maintenance and support personnel as replacements to forward deployed aviation units. During the Vietnam War , Cherry Point deployed three A-6 Intruder squadrons to the Far East and again provided a constant source of replacements for aircrews and enlisted aviation personnel. In Operation Desert Storm , Cherry Point
275-531: The facility. Flying and notable non-flying units based at MCAS Cherry Point. Marine Corps Installations – East 2nd Marine Logistics Group 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Naval Air Systems Command MCAS Cherry Point also maintains a number of satellite airfields: Several former outlying landing fields have been converted to regional airports, such as MCOF Greenville , MCAA Kinston , MCASE near Edenton NC and MCOF New Bern . Download coordinates as: Far East The Far East
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#1732797411765300-417: The general name 'Far East.' Americans who reached China, Japan and Southeast Asia by sail and steam across the Pacific could, with equal logic, have called that area the 'Far West.' For the people who live in that part of the world, however, it is neither 'East' nor 'West' and certainly not 'Far.' A more generally acceptable term for the area is 'East Asia,' which is geographically more precise and does not imply
325-614: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cherry_Point&oldid=900232891 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point (* 34°54′03″N 76°52′51″W / 34.9009°N 76.8807°W / 34.9009; -76.8807 ) ( ICAO : KNKT , FAA LID : NKT )
350-695: The numerous geographic sites across seven states. Cherry Point was chosen for its ideal location for hosting East Coast military assets, supporting two U.S. Navy warships operating offshore, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) and Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG-56). On 1 July 1957 the United States Air Force (USAF) 614th Airborne Control and Warning Squadron established an Air Defense Command Phase I Mobile Radar station (M-116) at Cherry Point. This station
375-924: The outdated notion that Europe is the center of the civilized world. Today, the term remains in the names of some longstanding institutions, including the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok , Far Eastern University in Manila , the Far East University in South Korea, and Far East , the periodical magazine of the Missionary Society of St. Columban . Furthermore, the United States and United Kingdom have historically incorporated Far East in
400-604: The past, the Russian Far East and South Asia have been deemed to be part of the Far East. Commenting on such terms, John K. Fairbank and Edwin O. Reischauer (both professors of East Asian Studies at Harvard University ) wrote, in East Asia: The Great Tradition : When Europeans traveled far to the east to reach Cathay , Japan and the Indies , they naturally gave those distant regions
425-464: The region in international mass media outlets due to its perceived Eurocentric connotations. North Asia is sometimes excluded due to cultural and ethnic differences. The term is still used in Russia to refer to its sparsely populated easternmost regions (being "far" in this case from the political, economic and cultural centres, Moscow and Saint Petersburg ). Among Western Europeans, prior to
450-707: The relatively nearby lands of the Ottoman Empire , Middle East denoted north-western Southern Asian region and Central Asia , and the Far East meant countries along the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean. Many European languages have analogous terms, such as the French ( Extrême-Orient ), Spanish ( Extremo Oriente ), Portuguese ( Extremo Oriente ), Italian ( Estremo Oriente ), German ( Ferner Osten ), Polish ( Daleki Wschód ), Norwegian ( Det fjerne Østen ) and Dutch ( Verre Oosten ). Significantly,
475-467: The site began on 6 August 1941, with extensive drainage and malaria control work. Construction began in November just 17 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor . On 20 May 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
500-407: The term evokes cultural as well as geographic separation; the Far East is not just geographically distant, but also culturally exotic. It never refers, for instance, to the culturally Western nations of Australia and New Zealand, which lie even farther to the east of Europe than East Asia itself. This combination of cultural and geographic subjectivity was well illustrated in 1939 by Robert Menzies ,
525-514: The unit's radar scopes. In addition to the radars on the air station, two unmanned AN/FPS-14 "Gap Filler" sites, one at Engelhard, NC (M-116B) 35°29′49″N 076°00′34″W / 35.49694°N 76.00944°W / 35.49694; -76.00944 ( M-116B ) and one at Holly Ridge, NC (M-116C) 34°30′50″N 077°32′08″W / 34.51389°N 77.53556°W / 34.51389; -77.53556 ( M-116C/M-115C ) were set up for additional coverage. One of
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#1732797411765550-647: Was a major contributor to the victory in Southwest Asia by supporting the deployment of three AV-8B Harrier squadrons, two A-6E Intruder squadrons, one KC-130 Hercules squadron, one EA-6B Prowler squadron, and headquarters detachments from Marine Aircraft Group 14 , Marine Aircraft Group 32 , and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing . Cherry Point Marines and Navy Corpsmen participated in strike missions and follow-on operations in Afghanistan and its surrounding region during Operation Enduring Freedom , which
575-447: Was initiated on 7 October 2001. On 8 September 2007, the headquarters building (198) was gutted by a fire. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Headquarters Building was on 29 July 2009, with completion planned for sometime in 2011. The air station and its associated support locations occupy more than 29,000 acres (120 km ). Its runway system is large enough that the air station served as an alternate emergency landing site for
600-467: Was part of the planned deployment of forty-four Mobile radar stations. The USAF activated an AN/FPS-6 and two AN/FPS-8 radars located adjacent to Base Flight Operations. These radars were placed on top of 90-foot (27 m) towers without radomes, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on
625-494: Was re-designated as the 614th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 March 1963. The radar squadron provided information 24/7 the SAGE Direction Center where it was analyzed to determine range, direction altitude speed and whether or not aircraft were friendly or hostile. USAF radar operations continued at MCAS Cherry Point until 1 August 1963 when budget reductions and a general draw-down of antiaircraft radar sites closed
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