He said “I was concerned when I found out what you had to go through.”
I assume meaning that he knew the plane had to be blacked out to arrive safely.
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Miramar
arine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) (IATA: NKX, ICAO: KNKX, FAA LID: NKX), formerly Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Miramar and Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. It is located in Miramar, San Diego, California, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Downtown San Diego.
MCAS Miramar
Mitscher Field
MCAS Miramar Insignia.png
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Aerial photo as of 20 January 2008
IATA: NKXICAO: KNKXFAA LID: NKX
Summary
Airport type
Military
Operator
United States Marine Corps
Location
Miramar, San Diego, California
In use
18 July 1917 – 30 October 1920
1929 – present
Commander
Colonel Jason G. Woodworth
Occupants
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Elevation AMSL
477 ft / 145 m
Coordinates
32°52′04″N 117°08′30″W
Website
www.miramar.marines.mil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6L/24R 12,000 3,658 Concrete
6R/24L 8,001 2,439 PEM
Sources: Official website[1] and FAA[2]
The airfield is named Mitscher Field after Admiral M.A. Mitscher who was the commander of Task Force 58 during World War II. The air station is the former location of Pacific Fleet fighter and Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft (F-4 Phantom II, F-14 Tomcat, E-2 Hawkeye) and is best known as the former location of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (NFWS), its TOPGUN training program and the movie of the same name. In 1996, NFWS was relocated to Naval Air Station Fallon in western Nevada and merged into the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC). During the heyday of TOPGUN at NAS Miramar, the station was nicknamed "Fightertown USA".