AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center

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LSI provides training and technical support services to the U.S. Government, foreign militaries and the aerospace industry.  LSI offers its customers a wide spectrum of technical training and publications services. The Cecil Training and Support Center provides computer-based simulation and training support to the Department of Defense and the commercial aviation industry.  Corporate headquarters are located at Cecil Airport.



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The Boeing Company operation at Cecil Airport is part of the company’s Aerospace Support Division.  Its focus is primarily on the modification of F/A-18 aircraft Hornets for the Navy and Marine Corps. Just recently the facility became the national center of component structural repair for F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet after Boeing closed its Mesa, AZ location. All of the next-generation F/A-18C and D model Hornets to be used by the Navy’s Blue Angels will undergo conversion at Boeing’s Cecil Airport facility.


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Jacksonville JetPort at Cecil Airport

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Cecil Center South - Aviation Center of Excellence

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Cecil Airport's Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG) contingent is part of the 1st Battalion of the 111th Aviation Regiment. Currently housed on the FLARNG’s leasehold are CH-47 Chinooks, UH-60 Blackhawks and OH-58 Kiowas, all aiding the Guard in its mission.  FLARNG has recently completed a new hangar facility at the airport. Units of the 111th deploy to various sites around the world in support of U.S. military operations.


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Northrop Grumman is an American global aerospace and defense technology company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.


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AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center is located just south of the I-10/Cecil Commerce Parkway interchange in Jacksonville's westside.

Article by Kristen Pickrell. Photographs by Ennis Davis, AICP.