Marpi Point Field or NAB Marpi Point is a former World War II airfield at the northern end of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The airfield was vacated by the United States in 1962; it is currently unused and overgrown.
Aerial view of Naval Air Base Marpi Point, Saipan, Mariana Islands
Marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2) was an observation squadron of the United States Marine Corps which saw extensive action during World War II and the Vietnam War. They were based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan and Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California and saw their final combat in support of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. The squadron was decommissioned on 23 May 1993.
VMO-2 insignia
A rare F4F-3P of VMO-251 at Espiritu Santo in 1942.
An OH-43D Huskie of VMO-2 in Korea, June 1962.
OV-10A of VMO-2 with Marines at Marble Mountain Air Facility, 1968