On 26 August 1956, the Air Force purchased 5.96 acres from Aerojet General Corporation. The Air Force used the property for the production of liquid oxygen and nitrogen. The Air Force constructed approximately $665,000 in improvements on the property. The property was reported as excess by the Air Force on 19 November 1968 and was subsequently sold to the Industrial Air Products Company and the Pacific Oxygen Company on 24 November 1969. The property is currently owned by Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. and used as a scrap metal recycling facility.