Stars and Stripes

Navy finishes $129.8 million cleanup after fire in 2023 destroyed WWII blimp hangar in Southern California

The Navy has spent $129.8 million on the cleanup of the former World War II blimp hangar at the shuttered Marine Corps Air ...
LAist

A concert hall? Drive-in theater? Residents weigh in how to repurpose Tustin’s remaining blimp hangar

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Orange County Register

A year after the Tustin hangar fire: no cause determined and tough choices ahead

A year after a fire destroyed one of Tustin’s two iconic World War II-era blimp hangars, prompting an environmental cleanup that’s eclipsed $100 million in costs, there is still no answer from ...
Los Angeles Times

Six months after the hangar fire, Tustin continues to pick up the pieces

Helicopters whirling over a blimp hangar in Tustin roused Mayor Austin Lumbard from sleep just before 1 a.m. on Nov. 7. A call to Lumbard from the city manager at the time relayed the reason why: A ...