Episode 2650
Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity
Mon, 2024-Aug-05 00:47 UTC
Length - 1:56
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Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.
The random article for Monday, 5 August 2024 is Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity.
The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility, owned by the Department of Defense, is located on a peninsula in Perquimans County, North Carolina, along Albemarle Sound, near the town of Hertford, NC. It was established in World War II as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Harvey Point, an operating base for sea planes conducting anti-submarine surveillance off the Atlantic coast. A close by naval facility, Naval Air Station Weeksville, served as a blimp base from 1941 to 1957, while another former naval air facility remains active as Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City.
To comply with various procurement regulations, the Department of the Navy holds the title to and budgetary responsibility for the facility. Agencies such as the ATF, CIA, and FBI have used the facility for complex training relating to overseas counterterrorism and asset-protection training. It has a sister facility in Virginia called Camp Peary.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:47 UTC on Monday, 5 August 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity on Wikipedia.
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