OtherUS Naval Air Station Moffett Field CA

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The Naval Air Station (NAS) was authorized by an Act of Congress, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 12 February 1931. Construction of the original facilities was begun 8 July 1931. The base was originally named Airbase Sunnyvale CA. The original station was commissioned on 12 April 1933 and dedicated NAS Sunnyvale, CA. After the death of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, who is credited with the creation of the airfield, in the loss of the USS Akron on 4 April 1933, the airfield at NAS Sunnyvale was renamed NAS Moffett Field on 1 September 1933.
On 1 July 1994, NAS Moffett Field was closed as a Naval Air Station and turned over to the NASA Ames Research Center. NASA Ames now operates the facility as Moffett Federal Airfield.

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N/A			1934-04-12 USPO Machine Cancel Sunnyvale CA
			Dedication of NAS Sunnyvale CA Renamed NAS Moffett Field, 1 September 1933.

Cachet by the San Jose Chamber of Commerce and the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce. From the Tom Kean collection

N/A		N/A	1933-06-06 Locy Type 2 Naval Air Station Calif
			First Day of Postal Service - NAS SUNNYVALE

Cachet by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce

N/A		N/A	1933-09-01 Locy Type 2 Moffett Field Calif
			First Day of Postal Service - NAS MOFFETT FIELD

Cachet by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce

N/A		N/A	1933-10-15 USPO Duplex Sunnyvale CA
			Welcome to Moffett Field - USS MACON

Cachet by the Sunnyvale CA Chamber of Commerce

N/A		N/A	1934-04-20 Locy Type 2 Moffett Field Calif
			USS MACON - Leaves Moffett Field

Cachet by Edward Hacker

N/A		N/A	1935-05-30 Locy Type 2 Moffett Field Calif
			In Memorium - USS MACON

Cacheted

N/A			1935-12-11 Locy Type 2s Moffett Field Calif
			Launching - USS Moffett DD-362

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Contributed by Tom Kean.

N/A		N/A	1975-06-04 USPS Type 2 Moffett Field CA
			NASA experiments

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1977-05-23 USPS Machine Cancel Moffett Field CA
			NASA experiments

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1983-10-26 USPS Type 2 Moffett Field CA
			50th Anniversary of Training Flights

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	c 1980's
			NAS Moffett Field Patch

Note:

N/A		N/A	1994-07-01
			NAS Moffett Field Patch

NAS Moffett Field is Closed

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