Pacific Air Forces (Other Keyword)
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This study attempts to assess the past and present relationships between the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, and the Northern Eskimo village of Kaktovik, Alaska. Specifically, it focuses on the question of Arctic military land withdrawals: how these withdrawals were established, which priorities were involved and what their impact has been upon this village in terms of community development and planning.
An Overview of Alaskan's Prehistoric Cultures (2018)
This report provides an overview which adopts a basic approach that describes the broadest outlines of Alaska’s prehistoric culture history as seen against the backdrop of these environmental changes and geographic divides. Results of the many more advanced analyses of prehistoric behavior are omitted for the sake of simplicity, as are the details of the many scholarly debates important in the archaeological literature.
People at the End of the World (2010)
A brief historical summary of Shemya Island at Eareckson Air Station.
Photo Log of White Alice Communication System (WACS), Pillar Mountain Alaska, 1997 (1997)
Photo log from the White Alice Communications Systems (WACS) photographs taken in 1997.
Photographs of World War II Hangers at Eareckson Air Station (2007)
Photographs of World War II Hangers at Eareckson Air Station.
Proclamation 8336 of January 6,2009 Establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Nation Document (2009)
Proclamation 8336 mandated by the president of the United States which established the Pacific Remote Islands, including Wake Island, as Marine National Monuments.
Programmatic Agreement on Protection of Historic Properties During Emergency Response Under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (1997)
A Programmatic Agreement to ensure that historic properties are taken into account in their planning for and conduct of the emergency response under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) 40 CFR Part 300. The National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers was also a signatory on behalf of State Historic Preservation Officers to facilitate federal agency ability to develop and execute a uniform nationwide approach for considering and treating...
Programmatic Agreement Regarding Archaeological Properties Among the U.S. Air Force 611th Air Support Group: the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, for the Implementation of the Environmental Compliance and Restoration Programs (1998)
A Programmatic Agreement regarding the Implementation of Environmental Compliance and Restoration Programs for eligible properties at remote installations of the 611th Air Support Group in Alaska. Compliance and restoration programs may include site characterization, structure demolition (clean sweep), soil remediation, landfill construction, and other ground disturbing activities. The agreement is intended to only deal with properties of an archaeological nature that are eligible or potentially...
Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement Among the United States Department of Defense The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (1986)
A programmatic Agreement regarding the demolition of World War II buildings.
Radiocarbon Dating Results for Sample UNITAL2, UNITBL4, UNITEL2, UNITHL2, UNITHL2A, UNITHL2B, UNITHL3 (2005)
Correspondence from the Director of the Beta Analytic Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Miami Florida to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services regarding the radiocarbon dating results for samples UNITAL2, UNITBL4, UNITEL2, UNITHL2, UNITHL2A, UNITHL2B, UNITHL3.
Radiocarbon Dating Results for Samples 738304, 738317 (2007)
Correspondence from the Director of the Beta Analytic Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Miami Florida to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services regarding the radiocarbon dating results for samples 738304, 738317.
Shemya Island and the Question of Inland Sites (2008)
During the July 2002 excavation of sewer lines at Eareckson Air Station, two prehistoric midden deposits containing shell, bone, whalebone, stone and bone artifacts, and human remains were exposed. The Air Force Remote Sites archaeologist, Karlene Leeper, halted the work until archaeologists could determine whether the remains represented an in situ cultural deposit, or whether midden was transported as fill from elsewhere. Joined by Diane Hanson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Leeper...
Shemya Island Location Map (2005)
Map of Shemya Island area location from the 2005 Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan.
A Special Study of the Sale of the White Alice Communications System (1985)
This report is a historical overview of the development of communication in the Alaska region for civilian and military communities. It describes the history and development of the White Alice Communication System in detail.
Strategic Plan for Archaeological Survey of Installations of the 611th Air Support Group Alaska (2000)
This plan presents a strategy for archaeological survey of ten installations of the 611 the Air Support Group ( 611 ASG) in Alaska. These installations are Alaid Island, Bear Creek Radio Relay Station (RRS), Campion RRS, Driftwood Bay RRS, Lake Louise Recreation Camp, Naknek Recreation Camps Nos. 1 & 2, North River RRS, Port Heiden RRS, and Port Moller RRS J47.
Strategic Plan for Archaeological Survey of Installations of the 611th Air Support Group Alaska (1998)
This plan presents a strategy for archaeological inventory of the remote installations of the 611th Air Support Group (611 ASG), Eleventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces. The remote installations of the 611 ASG are widely distributed across Alaska, and vary significantly in terms of size and geographic setting. The distribution and design of these installations, which include radar stations, communications sites, and fighter-interceptor bases, reflects their historic Cold War role in the strategic...
Summary of PRSC Installations Addressed in the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan and Natural Resources Considerations (2020)
A summary table from the Pacific Regional Support Center installations that were addressed in the 2020 Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan and Natural Resources Considerations.
Survey and Documentation of World War II Defensive Fortifications at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska (2016)
This report summarizes the survey and documentation of World War II forts at Eareckson Air Station. Research methods used prior to fieldwork included an examination of aerial photographs, maps, and literature. Fieldwork was conducted under the direction of Northern Land Use Research Alaska (NLURA), LLC staff meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (36 CFR Part 61, Appendix A) for history and archaeology. Sites were located by vehicle and pedestrian survey...
"This is the Most Important Part" Commemorating the Industrial Heritage of the Cold War Bar-1 Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line Auxiliary Radar Station, Komakuk Beach, Yukon Territory, Canada (1995)
An archaeological study of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line performed by researchers from the Yukon and Western Arctic Parks, Canada. The DEW Line operated in arctic Canada for forty years from experimental beginnings in 1953 to a final shutdown in 1993. The DEW Line was an important technological achievement constructing and maintaining highly complex radio and radar equipment in a difficult and challenging environment.
Top Cover and Global Engagement - A History of the Eleventh Air Force (2000)
A pamphlet that describes a history of the 11th Air Force in celebration by the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the first Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska. Created by the 3rd Wing History Office at the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.
Treatment Plan for Historic Buildings and Structures of the 611th Air Support Group, Alaska (2004)
This report describes the treatment Plan for Historic Buildings and Structures of the 611th Air Support Group, Alaska, for historic buildings and structures located on 611th Air Support Group (611 ASG) lands. The treatment plan is designed to serve as a guide for cultural resource issues concerning the management of historic buildings and structures.
U.S. Air Force Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan Wake Island Air Field, Koke'e Air Force Station, Kaua'I, Hawai'I; and Mount Ka'ala Air Force Station, O'ahu, Hawai'I (2008)
The purpose of this Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) is to clearly define the goals and objectives for natural resources management on Wake Island Air Field (WIA); Kōkeˋe Air Force Station (AFS), Kauaˋi, Hawaiˋi; and Mount (Mt.) Kaˋala AFS, Oˋahu, Hawaiˋi. This INRMP was prepared in accordance with the Sikes Act Improvement Act (SAIA) as amended through 2013; Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32 7064, Integrated Natural Resources Management (United States Air Force [USAF] 2014a);...
United States Air Force Distant Early Warning (DEW) System Bar-1 Auxiliary Station Fonds Master File List and Appraisal (1995)
An inventory of files and appraisal for the Distant Early Warning System, BAR-1 Auxiliary Station Fonds
Utah WWII Stories (2005)
An oral history narrative from an interview with World War II veteran, William (Bill) L. Taylor., conducted by Rick Randle at Eccles Broadcast Center.
Wake Atoll Air Traffic Control Towers (2017)
The purpose of this report is to establish the historic context for air traffic control tower and air traffic control support facility development on Wake Atoll. A critical component of any airfield, the air traffic control towers, and support facilities on Wake contributed to the safe and organized passage of aircraft through and over the atoll. Air traffic control facilities were an important aspect of Wake’s operation as a major aviation hub from 1935 to 1972. This report outlines the...