King Salmon Airport (Site Name Keyword)
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Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.
Final Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation of King Salmon Airport, Alaska (1999)
This report presents the results of an inventory and evaluation of buildings and structures at King Salmon Airport, Alaska. During the Cold War (1946-1989), King Salmon Air Force Station (AFS) supported the air intercept defense mission of the Alaskan Air Command (AAC). Seventy-one buildings and structures at King Salmon Airport were inventoried and evaluated for potential inclusion in the National Register. The 611th Air Support Group has determined that the forward operating bases in Alaska...
Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation: Alaska Radar System (ARS) Late Cold War Facilities (2014)
The Alaska Radar System (ARS), which currently consists of 15 active Long Range Radar Sites (LRRS) throughout Alaska, is an essential component of North America’s air defense. It provides air space surveillance, early warning against attack, intercept control, and navigational assistance to both military and civilian aircraft. It is administered by the Eleventh Air Force, through the 611th Air Support Group (611 ASG) headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER) in Anchorage, Alaska....
History of Alaska's Operating Bases (FOBs): The Soviet Bomber Threat and North American Air Defenses during the Cold War (2001)
In 1997, the Air Force, in consultation with the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), determined that the Air Force's Forward Operating Base (FOB) mission in Alaska was exceptionally important in the context of bomber warning and defense during the Cold War period (1948- 1989). The Air Force established historic districts encompassing a number of properties at each of the two primary Alaskan FOB installations, Galena and King Salmon Airports. The Alaska SHPO assigned the districts...
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan: Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) System, Alaska (2015) (2015)
The following document is an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) for the Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) System, Alaska. The ICRMP is a five-year, internal compliance and management plan designed to integrate the cultural resources program with ongoing mission activities. The 611th Air Support Group (611 ASG) developed this ICRMP as a comprehensive plan for the management of all cultural resources at former AC&W installations in Alaska. The Air Force proposes to implement...
King Salmon Airport Photograph Log and Photographs, 2005 (2005)
Photograph log and photos taken at King Salmon Airport in October 2006 for the development of the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan.
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.