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NAS Santa Ana was decommissioned in 1949. In 1951, the facility was reactivated as Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana [2] to support the Korean War. It was the country's first air facility developed solely for helicopter operations. It was named "Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana" in 1966 and renamed Marine Corps Air Station Tustin in 1979.
HMT-301 traces its roots back to 1 April 1966. First activated at MCAS(H) Santa Ana, California, as HMMT-301, the squadron has a long track record of producing fleet ready aviators in aircraft ranging from the UH-34 to the current CH-53D. Aircrew trained at HMT-301 have utilized the core skills learned to serve the United States in conflicts from the Vietnam War to the present-day global war ...
MCAS Santa Ana (1951–52) MCAS El Toro (1952-55) MCAS Kaneohe Bay (1955–66) South Vietnam (1966-70) MCAS Iwakuni (1970–72) RTAB Nam Phong (1972-73) MCAS Iwakuni (1972–78) 23 August 1951 1 October 1978 Commissioned 23 August 1951 as MATCU-4 under MGCIS-4. Redesignated as MATCU-15 under MAG-15 on 1 April 1952. Redesignated again as MATCU ...
In June 1971, H&MS-16 returned to Marine Corps Air Station, Helicopter (MCAS {H} Santa Ana, California). As H&MS-16's stateside operations settled, it moved to "Hangar 3", during February 1972. With increased responsibilities and operations, H&MS-16 expanded into its first two mobile maintenance facilities in August 1973.
A major general was found dead Saturday at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. ... Santa Ana winds return means increased fire risk, possible power shut-offs for ...
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Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 363 (HMR-363) was activated on 2 June 1952, at Marine Corps Air Station Santa Ana, California as part of Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG-36). [1] In 1953, the unit flew the Sikorsky HRS-1 and during this period took part in Operation Desert Rock , the first atomic test to use ground troops.
Marine Air Traffic Control Unit 4 was commissioned on 23 August 1951 under Marine Ground Control Intercept Squadron 4 at Marine Corps Air Station Santa Ana, California. On 1 April 1952 it was re-designated a sub-unit of Marine Air Base Squadron 15 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. [2]