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Gillespie Field is a county-owned public airport 10 miles (16 km) northeast of downtown San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California.〔 ==History== : ''Section reference dates.''〔(Gillespie Field ) (San Diego County web page)〕 In 1942 the United States Marine Corps chose a site east of San Diego for parachute training for the newly forming Parachute battalions. In September 1942 Camp Gillespie was completed and named in honor of Lieutenant Archibald H. Gillespie, a Marine officer who played a prominent role in the effort to separate California from Mexico in the 1840s.〔Shettle(200):97〕 Three 256 foot high towers were built from which the paratroopers practiced their jumps.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/SDWW2.html )〕 In February 1944, the camp was commissioned as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Gillespie under the command of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. MCAAF Gillespie soon became responsible for Camp Pendleton Outlying Air Field. Among the units that transited and trained at MCCAF Gillespie were VMSB-141, Air Warning Squadron 10 and the Navy's VT-37.〔Shettle(200):98〕 In 1946 the airfield was turned over to San Diego County and became a general aviation facility.〔 In 1952 the County was granted ownership of the facility by the federal government. In 1971 the County Sheriff stationed ASTREA, a helicopter law enforcement base at the airport, and in 1993 the San Diego Aerospace Museum located its restoration operations and an exhibit at the field. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gillespie Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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