I was based at both El Toro and Miramar. I flew virtually all my training missions at the inland ranges. I can count on one hand the number of missions I flew at Camp Pendleton. It would have been vastly better to have the fixed wing units at George. With recent events at Pendleton it’s likely the that no fixed wing live ordnance missions will fly there again.
This is before we even discuss ATC issues, ordnance storage and loading, carrying ordnance over populated areas and Miramar hemmed in by two interstates.