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By the early 1990s, MCAS Tustin was a major center for Marine Corps helicopter aviation and radar on the Pacific Coast. Its primary purpose was to provide support services and material for the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and for other units utilizing the base. About 4,500 residents once lived on the base, and the base employed nearly 5,000 ...
Commissioned in 1968, MATCU-75 was based out of Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California as a sub-unit of Marine Aircraft Group 56. On 15 July 1971, MATCU-75 was transferred from MAG-56 to Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) when MAG-56 was decommissioned. [20] The unit moved to MCAS Tustin in July 1973 for consolidation with MATCU-67 ...
Two United States Marine Corps helicopters, a Boeing Vertol CH-46F Sea Knight, BuNo 157666, c/n 2565, 'YT-??', of HMM-164, [32] and a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, collided over MCAS Tustin, California, United States, with six killed. 13 February An Aermacchi SF.260 of the Belgian Air Force crashed near Peruwelz, Belgium, two killed. 20 February
TUSTIN, CA - NOVEMBER 07: A stubborn fire at hangars at the former Tustin Air Base burns Warner Avenue and Legacy on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 in Tustin, CA.
The fire reportedly broke out around 1am at the Marine Corps Air Station in Tustin, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The blimp hangar was still burning by 4.30am on Tuesday morning.
MCAS Tustin: 15 January 1968 27 April 1976 MATCU-75: Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton: 31 December 1968 27 April 1976 MATCU-76: Naval Air Station South Weymouth: 1 May 1967 [64] MATCU-77: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro: 30 June 1969 [65] 30 September 1971 [66] MATCU-78: Marine Corps Air Station New River Marine Corps Air Station ...
The squadron was headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, California and fell under the command of Marine Air Control Group 38. MATCS-38 was decommissioned in September 1994 and its air traffic control function were transferred to Marine Air Control Squadron 1. Since its decommissioning, no other squadron has carried the lineage and ...
With the advent of the Unit Deployment Program, on 1 September 1978, HMM-164 returned home to MCAS Santa Ana, California. In September 1978, the squadron rejoined MAG-36 at MCAS(H) Futenma for a six-month tour beginning in August 1979 and returning to MCAS(H) Tustin in February 1980. On 1 November 1980, HMM-164 became the first unit on the West ...