Nestled amid the low rolling hills of east central Mississippi lies Naval Air Station Meridian. It is located approximately 15 miles northeast of the city of Meridian between State Highways 39 and 45.
Meridian’s airport is located south of Meridian, approximately 20 miles from the main gate. Amtrak and Greyhound are located downtown in Union Station about the same distance from the base as the airport.
There is no daily bus or shuttle service from the city of Meridian to ...
Welcome to Team Little Rock, the Home of C-130 Combat Airlift. Your assignment to Little Rock Air Force Base will likely be one of the highlights of your Air Force career. Extensive planning will make your transition to this assignment as smooth as possible and it all begins the moment you drive through the front gate. Getting to Little Rock, AFB Little Rock, Ark., about 15 miles south of the main gate of Little Rock Air ...
When visitors come to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, one of the first things many of them notice is the roar of jet aircraft passing over the front gate on their way to or from runway number 5/23. On a sign outside the gate, are the words, “Pardon our noise, it’s the sound of freedom.” For more than 70 years, those sounds of freedom have echoed through local skies, from the deep, guttural growl of amphibious biplanes and single-wing ...
Welcome to the United States Coast Guard Academy. One of the smallest of America's five federal service academies, the Coast Guard Academy is situated on 103 acres of rolling hills on the west bank of the Thames River in historic New London, Conn. The Coast Guard Academy offers a prestigious higher education experience which emphasizes leadership, physical fitness and professional development in order to graduate the very best Coast Guard officers. Graduates go directly to positions of ...
SAN DIEGO San Diego, named after Saint Didacus, is the second-largest city in California and the eighth largest city in the United States. Though San Diego's economy is multifaceted—biotechnology, defense manufacturing, agriculture, software development and microbreweries are some of the city's biggest money-makers—tourism is a cornerstone that can't be ignored. Tourism drastically affects the city's culture, and San Diego houses many local attractions, such as SeaWorld San Diego, Belmont amusement park, San ...
