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Welcome to Save The Hangars - Home of our World War II Heroes
and Vietnam Era Veterans
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here for Video or on the image above - 25 minutes
Seventeen
stories high, over 1,000 feet long and 300 feet wide, the hangars
were, and still are, two of the
largest wooden structures ever built. Designing and building
the two structures in 1942, during wartime, on a
hyper-accelerated schedule and with a nearly all-wood design,
is what earned the hangars their 1993 listing
by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the “Historic
Civil Engineering Landmarks” of the 20th Century
Named: Naval Air Station Santa Ana 1942 / Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana 1951 / Marine Corps Air Station Tustin 1979
Who ownes the Tustin Hangars? The Navy owns the hangar property. |
For information on how to help. Pete Beatty 714-504-4088 e-mail
Save the Hangar & Save the Control Tower Exploratory Group
Tustin, California
Committee:
Pete Beatty - Founder: Save The Hanagers & Save the Control Tower / U.S. Army Veteran / Vietnam era 714 504-4088 email
Brian Delahaut - Co-Founder: Save The Hanagers founder & Save the Control Tower / Retired Marine Corps Colonel
Richard Nelson - Tustin Area Historical Society, 2024 President
Gretchen Whisler - Tustin Area Historical Society - Past President
Advisors:
Guy Ball - Tustin, CA Historian and Author
Steve Giddings - Post Commander / Tustin American Legion Post 227 / U.S. Army Veteran
Donna Marsh Peery - Tustin, CA - Tustin Area & Millitary Historian
Rudy Swigart - Retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant (Uniter States Naval Academy)
Tim Zierer - Tustin, CA - Tustin Millitary Historian
Former Marine Corps JAG officer (to be named)
Non profit Support:
Tustin Area Historical Society (primary)
Tustin American Legion Post 227
TAMWYC - Tustin Area Man and Woman of the Year
Add your group here!
Local Businesses Support:
Cox's Market Plaza
BLUE BUOY Family Swim School
your company here!
ROLL CALL:
Add your name, rank and the year(s) you served your company 714-504-4088 e-mail
(Subject ROLL CALL)
Link to ROLL CALL list |
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The MCAS Control Tower. |
The church is gone! |
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One of the goals of the Exploratory Committee is to save and preserve the MCAS Control Tower as a multi-use bulding (for a museum, local meetings, student tours etc.). |
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The church was torn down and the wood carted away.
During the Vietnam War, many Marines were married there only to have services there later on, remberering them after they were killed in action |
Timeline
October 1, 1942: Naval Air Station (NAS) Santa Ana commissioned
1949: Naval Air Station (NAS) Santa Ana decommissioned
1949-1951: Used as a civilian airfield, blimp storage, and air museum
May 1, 1951: Re-commissioned as Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Santa Ana
September 1, 1969: Renamed Marine Corps Air Station (Helicopter) (MCAS(H)), Santa Ana
April 3, 1975: Hangars entered into the National Register as a historic district
April 23, 1976: Base annexed by City of Tustin
June 1, 1978: Renamed Marine Corps Air Station (Helicopter) (MCAS(H)), Tustin
1991: MCAS Tustin recommended for closure by Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC)
July 3, 1999: Closed in accordance with Base Realignment and Closure Act
OUR HISTORY: Honoring a Military Legacy |
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Preserve, Protect and Educate
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Naval and Marine Corps Air Stations
Orangs County Veterans & Tustin American Legion Post 227 website and their history website
Tustin Preservation Goals: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Steps
Name change with city approval
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Honoring
our Fallen and Celebrated Heroes |
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Please Help Us Remember The 28 Tustin Heroes Who Never Came Home
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