Hangar One

In 1930, local citizens raised $476,065.90 to purchase 1000 acres of wetlands for a naval air station, expecting to reap economic benefits from the facility and turned the property over to the Federal government for $1 on August 2, 1931. Moffett Field served the nation during World War II and the Cold War. But in the 90s, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended that the Navy leave Moffett. NASA-Ames Research Center then took over field over for research activities.