![]() Charles Quilter, was the commanding general of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from 1966 to ’68 at the Tustin station and the younger Quilter said he still remembers being around the hangars as a kid in the 1950s. Their use evolved as military needs changed in the following decades but have been vacant for over 20 years. The two mostly wooden hangars – 17 stories tall, 1,000 feet long and 300 feet wide – were quickly built at the base to house 12 blimps to patrol the West Coast against Japanese submarines. The north hangar, which with its twin to the south on the property was built in 1942, will have to be demolished, authorities said Tuesday even as flames continued to burn through the giant structure. Read more: Fire destroys massive, historic north hangar at shuttered Tustin airfield “Generations of Marine helicopter pilots trained and deployed from there.” ![]() ![]() “Oh geez, it’s awful, that’s unbelievable,” he said while on the phone watching part of history collapse. 7, as he watched video of a World War II-era hangar on the former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station go up in flames. Charlie Quilter, a decorated Marine fighter pilot who served in Vietnam, Bosnia, Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, was deeply saddened Tuesday, Nov. ![]()
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