Williams Air Force Base (Geographic Keyword)
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Archaeological investigations at Williams Air Force Base (WAFB), located in southeast Maricopa County, Arizona, were initiated in response to the 1991 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission’s (the Closure Commission) recommendation to close WAFB following the passage of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (the Closure Act) (Public Law 101-510, Title XXIX). Prior to closure or realignment of base facilities, preparation of an environment impact statement (EIS) was...
Eleventh Annual Report of Historic Properties at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa, Arizona (2009)
This document presents the eleventh annual (Year 11) report detailing the management of historic properties by the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority (PMGAA) at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (Gateway) from 1 May 2008 to 30 September 2009. Gateway is located at the former Williams Air Force Base (WAFB) in Mesa, Arizona. Within Gateway, 14 historic properties have been identified: five World War II hangars and nine prehistoric archaeological sites (Figure 1). Activities at Gateway for Year...
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Plan of Action for Discovery of Human Remains within the Parcel N Debris Area, Munitions Response Site XU403a (2012)
This plan of action was prepared pursuant to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-601; 25 U.S.C. 3001-3013; 104 Stat. 3048-3058) to define a strategy for treatment of human remains inadvertently discovered during munitions removal from the Munitions Response Site (MRS) XU403a within the Parcel N Debris Area at the former Williams Air Force Base (AFB). Williams AFB was built in 1941 southeast of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona, and operated...