This massive base in Irvine was active for 57 years. Serving as the West Coast hub for Marine aviation. After decades of missions and deployments through WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War, it was officially closed and abandoned in 1999. - The base had four massive runways, enormous aircraft hangars, underground fuel systems, and even its own housing, schools, and theaters for Marines and their families. It was even featured in some Hollywood films like Independence Day and Pearl Harbor. - A

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