Alongside Pacific Coast Highway in Ventura County, the Point Mugu Naval Air Station is home to the Pt. Mugu Missile Park. There you can see a wide variety of the missiles and airplanes that have been tested at Point Mugu since World War II. The park is located outside the perimeter fence and is easily accessible to the public. There is no charge for touring the missile park.
In the latter half of 2005, the Missile Park was extensively refurbished. AMD/IMA Airframes Division repainted all the missiles, installed new curbs around the displays and repaved the walkways.
Tour NAS Pt. Mugu on Google Earth.
An AIM-120 AMRAAM missile was installed in 2006.
The familiar black McDonnell-Douglas F-4S Phantom II, BuNo 157259 of VX-9 is now
painted as a QF-4S of VX-30 Bloodhounds.
More pictures of the refurbished displays have been added below.
Regulus
submarine-launched, surface-to-surface cruise missile.
Regulus.
Regulus in December 2005.
Regulus in December 2006.
Polaris
submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Regulus II
supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile
Regulus II in December 2005
Regulus II in December 2006.
Close-up of artwork on the fuselage of the Regulus II.
Petrel was a winged, rocket-propelled,
acoustically-homing torpedo.
Petrel in December 2005.
Petrel in December 2006.
The Ford built Loon
was a copy of the German V-1 Buzz Bomb.
Harpoon anti-shipping
missile
Standard
Anti-Radar Missile (ARM)
Phoenix semi-active
radar guided air-to-air missile
Bullpup air-to-surface missile
Sidewinder air-to-air
infra-red guided missile
Bullpup II air-to-surface missile
Hawk surface-to-air missile
High-performance Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)
Oriole was an early
air-to-air missile
Sparrow I
passive radar guided air-to-air missile.
Sparrow III
semi-active radar guided air-to-air missile.
Grumman F-14A Tomcat, 158623 of VX-30
Pt. Mugu Missile Park
Airplanes will very likely be flying in the landing pattern while you are
touring the Missile Park. Lockheed-Martin C-130T Hercules, 165351
shot several touch-and-go landings while I was there.
The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Archive Center located at the Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu is home to a large collection of air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles and electronics countermeasures equipment. It is open to the public from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM each Wednesday. It is located in Building 112, just outside the main gate.
China Lake NAWS is home to the U.S. Naval Museum of Armament & Technology. It houses an extensive collection of missiles and weapons delivery systems.
NAS Pt. Mugu displays.
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