Save the Hangar & Save the Control Tower Exploratory Group Tustin, California Committee: Pete Beatty - President- Biography Founder: Save The Hangars & Save the Control Tower / U.S. Army Veteran / Vietnam era 714 504-4088 email Brian Delahaut - Vice President/Membership - Biography / Military Resume Co-Founder: Save The Hangars & Save the Control Tower / Retired Marine Corps Colonel   Richard Nelson - Chairman - Bio Tustin Area Historical Society, 2025 President Eric Higuchi - Government Affairs - Bio Gretchen Whisler - Recording Secretary - Bio Tustin Area Historical Society - 2025 Vice President Jordan Timmreck -Financial Advisor Bio U.S. Naval Academy 2013 / Marine Corps / Edward Jones, Financial Advisor Sy Ellis - Millitary Liaison Commander of Tustin American Legion Post 227 / U.S. Army Veteran / Vietnam era Ryan Bell - Marketing - Bio Tustin American Legion Post 227 Ted Bisson - Events Coordinator / Retired U.S. Marine Corps Advisors: Guy Ball - Tustin, CA Historian and Author Donna Marsh Peery - Tustin, CA - Tustin Area & Tustin Millitary Historian Rudy Swigart - Retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant (United States Naval Academy) Joe Sprekelmeyer - Tustin, CA - Millitary Historian Tim Zierer - Tustin, CA - Tustin Millitary Historian 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! VIP Support: John Nielsen To be named 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. Call 714-504-4088 e-mail (Subject ROLL CALL) Link to ROLL CALL list 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