Lackland Air Force Base (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bruseth. Timothy K. Perttula.

This letter of correspondence, from the Texas Historical Commission and the Department of Antiquities Protection, addresses the Lackland Air Force Base submittal of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a project area on Lackland Air Force Base. The letter does not agree with the FONSI conclusion and requests the undertaking of an archaeological survey.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bruseth. Timothy K. Perttula.

This letter of correspondence was written on behalf of the Texas Historical Commission to the National Park Service. It addresses and provides additional information on NRHP eligibility of sites included in the Housing Expansion Project at Lackland Air Force Base. Included in correspondence was Robert Hard from The University of Texas at San Antonio.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

The staff of the Texas State Historic Preservation Office has responded to the need for additional testing to determine the National Register status of Site 41BX1066. They agree that additional testing will be necessary when there will be an undertaking that will impact the site. The staff has also reviewed the proposal for testing at Site 41BX1065 and believes that the proposed testing is an appropriate quantity of work to determine the site's eligibility.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

The Contractor, Dr. Robert Hard (The University of Texas-San Antonio), has submitted a proposed cost for additional testing of Site 41BX1065, located in the proposed Housing Expansion adjacent to the Wherry Housing area of Lackland Air Force Base. Since the base is planning on construction in this area and based on the survey of the area by The University of Texas-San Antonio it is important that an intensive survey of Site 41BX1065 be conducted in order to assess its National Register of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bruseth. James Steely.

Letter of correspondence addressing plans for an environmental assessment associated with the relocation of Air Base Ground Defense to Lackland Air Force Base and Camp Bullis. Included are comments from the Departments of Architecture and Antiquities Protection concerning both archaeological and architectural resources that are involved in the undertaking.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory L. Fox.

Written on behalf of the Western Archaeological and Conservation Center, National Park Service to the 37th Civil Engineering Squardon at Lackland Air Force Base, this letter of correspondence details a list of milestones on the Lackland Housing Expansion project. The schedule provided, along with a field work and final report completion goal was also included.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert J. Hard.

This letter of correspondence was written on behalf of the Center for Archaeological Research (UTSA) to the Western Archaeological and Conservation Center with concerns over a pending project. The Lackland Housing Expansion Project was awarded to the Western Archaeological and Conservation Center in July 1996. The items of concern focus on an evolving project plan that was originally submitted in June 1995, but has since then taken on numerous and continuing changes in the scope of work. This...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

This letter of correspondence was written on behalf of the Rocky Mountain System Support Office of the National Park Service to Lackland Air Force Base. The letter addresses Dr. Robert Hard’s summary report entitled “Field Summary of an Archaeological Survey of Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas” and asks for reviews of the summary by the National Park Service and Lackland’s Air Education and Training Command. Included in this correspondence was Robert Hard, contractor for the survey...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory L. Fox.

This letter of correspondence was written on behalf of the National Park Service, acting for the United States Air Force, to the Texas Historical Commission regarding Section 106 activities associated with the Medina Housing Expansion Project, Medina Annex, Lackland Air Force Base. The letter details the project, along with conclusions made by the National Park Service based on recommendations made by a Mr. Ellis. The National Park Service seeks concurrence from the Texas Historical Commission...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

The National Park Service/Air Force (NPS/AF) and the Texas State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) staffs have completed the review of the draft survey report for the archeological survey of Lackland Air Force Base. Included in this document are the general comments from the NPS/AF, the SHPO and the annotated comments on the draft report from the SHPO. Included in this correspondence was Jack Siegel at Randolph Air Force Base, Gabriel Gonzales at Lackland Air Force Base, and thomas Forsyth -...

DOCUMENT Full-Text F. Lawrence Oaks.

Continued correspondence concerning roof and ceiling repair for Building 1676 at Lackland Air Force Base. This letter serves as comment on the proposed undertaking from the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission. The letter concludes that the review staff, led by Pam Opiela, has completed its review of the project documentation provided. The proposed work will have no adverse effect on the historic building.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Trevino.

Correspondence between Air Education and Training Command, Lackland Air Force Base, and the Texas Historical Commission regarding Texas State Historic Preservation Office’s rulings regarding National Register eligibility for a number of surveyed Lackland sites. Two reports are addressed and it is noted that two sites that were surveyed were left out of the reports – 41BX1059 and 41BX1065. The letter offers recommendations on the NRHP eligibility of these two sites as well as a detailed summary...

DOCUMENT Full-Text F. Lawrence Oaks.

This letter serves as comment from the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission regarding the draft report: “Archaeological Eligibility Testing of 23 Sites on Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas.” The letter raises concern that the Texas Historical Commission wasn’t notified or consulted before the archaeological undertaking at the 23 Lackland sites. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 has been sited by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John A. Wildie.

This letter of correspondence was written to Duane Peter at Geo-Marine, Inc. from John A. Wildie at Lackland Air Force Base. These emails were written with the purpose to find the whereabouts of artifacts collected from the archaeological studies/investigations conducted on Lackland. Some possible locations discussed include Parsons Engineering and The Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Included in this correspondence was Madrigal Santos and Sands...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rachael E. Mangum.

In 1993 Parsons, then Engineering-Science, Inc. performed an archaeological survey at the Prime Readiness in Base Services (RIBS) project area on the Lackland Air Force Base Training Annex. Artifacts were recovered during the survey, and the results were presented in a report entitled “Archaeological Survey at the Prime RIBS Training Area, Lackland Training Annex, Bexar County, Texas.” Arrangements for the permanent curation and transfer of the collection upon completion of the project were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven Hunt.

This letter requests a signature to authorize the transfer of archaeological collections and records from the U.S. Air Force to the Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The transfer for held-in-trust collections specifically addresses the 2003-2004 Testing at Lackland Air Force Base project and the artifacts, project records, photographs, copy of final report and CD-R with project database.

DOCUMENT Full-Text F. Lawrence Oaks.

Project review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Letter refers to the revised final report: “Archeological Eligibility Testing of 23 Sites on Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas.” This letter serves as comment from the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission and includes recommendations made for the 23 archaeological sites tested.

DOCUMENT Full-Text John A. Wildie.

Lackland AFB base planners are considering the potential need to develop and construct on two archeological sites located on the Lackland Training Annex, aka Medina Base, to support future mission requirements. The sites to be potentially impacted are Sites 41BX1104 and 41BX1099. These sites have been extensively evaluated and determined not to be eligible for listing on the NRHP. This letter of correspondence asks the Texas Historical Commission to review these sites and invites the State...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William A. Martin.

The Texas Historical Commission has written this letter in reference to proposed construction near site 41BX1065 on Lackland Air Force Base. The site has been deemed ineligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places and as a result the Commission does not recommend monitoring by a professional archaeologist. There is mention of a small burned rock midden – a feature that sometimes accompanies a site with human burials. The Commission requests notification if any human remains...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Black & Veatch.

The 2030 Plan moves Lackland AFB toward the future - replenishing the combat capability of America’s Air Force. This comprehensive and inspired plan outlines the steps to be taken to bring the base into the twenty-first century as a premier, well-planned, functioning training base. It also recognizes the important roles the associate units have in our Nation’s security and provides development strategies for them. The 2030 Plan was developed in fiscal year 2002, and it examined all the major...

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A list of archaeological sites at Fort Sam Houston, Camp Bullis, and Lackland Air Force Base. Included are site numbers, components, brief description, eligibility status for National Register of Historic Places/Historic, eligibility status for National Register of Historic Places/Prehistoric, and additional recommendations. This eligibility status and recommendations mentioned in this document may be out of date. Refer to the most recent Archaeological Site Eligibility Status and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David L. Nickels. David W. Pease. C. Britt Bousman.

The Center for Archaeological Research of The University of Texas at San Antonio conducted a pedestrian cultural resources survey on 3,860 acres of land at Lackland Air Force Base and Medina Base Annex in Bexar County, Texas. Limited surveys and shovel testing began in the spring of 1994 in areas slated for development. These were followed by a 100-percent-pedestrian survey with limited shovel testing of the remaining undisturbed and undeveloped areas during the fall of 1994 and spring of 1995....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Air Education and Training Command, U.S. Air Force. Marie H. Huhnke.

On August 6, 2003, the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) issued Task Order 0052 (Requisition F41623-03-R-9999/R002) under Contract F41624-01-D-8556 to Geo-Marine Inc. (GMI), to conduct archeological delineation and National Register site evaluation of historic and prehistoric sites on Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Bexar County, Texas. The work was conducted to comply with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 USC 470 et. seq.), and the cultural resources...

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National Register Eligible/Listed Structures Fort Sam Houston, Camp Bullis, Randolph, Lackland. Listed is what is not already captured in existing Programmatic Agreements for Military Family Housing Privatization at Fort Sam Houston and Randolph Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edgar P. Sneed.

Lackland Air Force Base's lease on life in the post-Cold War world appeared to be secure at the end of 1991. It seems appropriate, then, to celebrate the installation's major contributions to the United States's pursuit of national security over the past half-century. This chronicle of events shaping Lackland's experience, appearance, and spirit represents a step in a process that will eventually result in a commercially published, professional history of this military...