The first urbanization of Kearny Mesa began in 1937 with Gibbs Airfield, now Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport. In 1948, the City of San Diego acquired the airfield and 1,400 acres of surrounding property as a replacement site for San Diego International Airport. When airspace conflicts with NAS Miramar (now MCAS Miramar) preempted the proposed airport, the surplus acreage became an industrial park. Beginning in 1955 with General Dynamics, numerous aerospace, electronic, and other industrial a...