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- Fritzsche Army Air Field
During the 1940s and 1950s, a small airfield within the Fort
Ord Main Garrison was present in what is now the South Parade
Ground. In the early 1960s, Fritzsche Army Airfield (FAAF) was
completed. The Main Garrison airfield was then decommissioned
and its facilities were redeveloped as motor pools and other
facilities.
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- The Fritzsche Army Airfield is in the
northern portion of Fort Ord, on the north side of Reservation
Road. The primary land use was for military/industrial support
operations; facilities included air strips, a motor park, aircraft
fuel facilities, a sewage treatment plant, aircraft maintenance
facilities, an air control tower, a fire and rescue station,
and aircraft hangars. On July 1, 1991, the BRAC Commission recommended
closure of Fort Ord and the relocation of the 7th Infantry Division
to Fort Lewis, WA.
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- The former Fritzsche Army Airfield (now
renamed Marina Municipal Airport) was converted into a general
aviation facility which will complement the adjoining University
of California (UC) Center for Science, Technology, Education
and Policy (STEP Center). The existing facilities were reused
and 31 acres north of the runway were available for new development
desiring an airport location.
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- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center
for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (NPS/CIRPAS)
is currently based at the Marina Municipal Airport. The hangar
facility provides a 10,000 sq ft floor with offices and work
rooms lined down both sides on two levels. The facility includes
a machine shop, electronics room and a calibration lab for the
upkeep of scientific instrumentation. CIRPAS is a partnership
program between the Naval Postgraduate School and California
Institute of Technology which employes both manned and unmanned
aircraft to support atmospheric and oceanographic measurements.
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