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NAS Quonset Point

Airfield Identification

  July 1941 to present

  United States of America

CITY: North Kingstown, RI

IATA/ICAO CODES: --- / KOQU

OTHER NAMES: NAS Quonset Point (1941-1974), Quonset Point ANGS (1974-present)

Nas quonset point

Commando Operations

NAS Quonset Point was commissionned on 12 July 1941 on the site of former Camp Dyer. It remained a major US Navy facility during World War II and the Cold War until it was closed down on 28 June 1974 following the end of the Vietnam War. It is now an Air National Guard Station.

Units & operators based

 

Commandos based at NAS Quonset Point

  • Curtiss R5C-1 Commando: 39585

Last edited: 01/01/2021