The Army also added taxiways, a night lighting system, a power control building and enclosed the field with a barbed wire fence.

On 15 October that year, Chico AAF transferred jurisdiction of the Siskiyou County Airport to the Air Technical Service Command (ATSC).

A few weeks later, aircraft from the 83d and 84th Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons from Hamilton Air Force Base (AFB) moved in as part of the Cuban Missile Crisis dispersal operation.

In December of that year the Air Force began improvements to the site including runway maintenance and the construction of a mobile control tower, along with support facilities for radar.

Other facilities included a runway overrun, operations apron, approach lighting, four aircraft shelters, a maintenance dock, utilities, an ammunition storage magazine and roadways.

Siskiyou County Airport has one runway: This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency