History of MCAS(H) Tustin Chemical Exposure

Established in 1942, the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin is a former US Marine Corps Air Station in Orange County, California. The US Marine community recognizes this place as the location from which it would launch blimp operations to support the US Navy, while fighting during World War II. After the war, the blimps returned to the regular duty business at their home base operation. Ultimately, it became a helicopter air station, serving the west coast and often making helicopter runs to El Toro and Camp Pendleton, CA. Declared a Toxic Superfund Site? However, in 1985, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), after much scientific analysis was undertaken, the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin was declared a “Superfund”...

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