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It was named "Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana" in 1966 and renamed Marine Corps Air Station Tustin in 1979. During the Vietnam War , the base was a center for on-going testing of radar installations (including the Sperry TPS-34) which were erected, tested, disassembled and shipped to South Vietnam .
Two hangars, one was lost in fire in August, 1995. Hangar No. 1 remains and is still used. NAS Santa Ana, Naval Lighter-than-Air Base, in Tustin, California, The two hangars were completed in July 1943. The south hangar is still standing on the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, but the north hangar burned down on 7 November 2023.
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. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) (Irfan ...
The hangar also was featured in “Pearl Harbor” and “The X Files.” Fire rips through historic blimp hangar seen in ‘Star Trek,’ California officials say Skip to main content
Tustin officials are increasing pressure on the state and Navy, which owns the hangar at the defunct Marine Corps Air Station, to support cleanup efforts.
It was built on some of the land that was part of the former Tustin Military Base which closed in 1999. As of 2017, one of the bases famous blimp hangars still stands right behind Lowe's. The center opened with stores that were similar or had locations at the nearby Market Place , which opened 19 years earlier.
The Tustin blimp hangars were Orange County's version of the Watts Towers: beloved architectural marvels of a bygone time. They shouldn't have suffered such an ignominious end. Column: O.C. let ...
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.