Save the Hangar Exploratory Group Tustin, California Committee: Pete Beatty - Save The Hanagers founder / U.S. Army Veteran / Vietnam era Brian Delahaut - Save The Hangers co-founder / Retired Marine Corps Colonel Richard Nelson - Tustin Area Historical Society, 2024 President Gretchen Whisler - Tustin Area Historical Society - Past President Advisors: Guy Ball - Local Historian and Author Steve Giddings - Post Commander / Tustin American Legion Post 227 Former Marine Corps JAG officer (to be named) Support: Tustin Area Historical Society Tustin American Legion Post 227 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