Cold War Era (Temporal Keyword)
151-175 (269 Records)
Project metadata for resources within the Kirtland Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.
Lackland Air Force Base: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment (2002)
This report provides an inventory and assessment of the Cold War-era (1945-1991) built environment at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas. Lackland AFB was established as a training facility to support Kelly Field during World War II. After the war, the base remained the primary, Air Force basic training installation and remained so throughout the Cold War. The base has acquired the former Q Area at Lackland Training Annex (Medina Base) and, recently, parts of the former Kelly AFB, including...
Legacy of Peace: Mountain With a Mission, NORAD'S Cheyenne Mountain Combat Operations Center, The Cold War Years: 1946-1989 (1996)
The story of the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Combat Operations Center (COC), the nerve center for the defense of North America during the Cold War. During the Cold War period, from March 1946 to November 1989, the free world faced the threat of a hostile Soviet Union and the specter of global nuclear war. As the Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons, strategic bomber capability, and space delivery systems, the United States and Canada joined forces to defend North America from the threat of...
Little Rock Air Force Base Project Metadata
Project metadata for resources within the Little Rock Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.
Little Rock Air Force Base: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment (2002)
This report provides an inventory and assessment of Cold War-era buildings and structures at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. This work was conducted to assist the Air Education and Training Command in fulfilling its responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Out of a total of 320 Cold War-era buildings and structures at Little Rock AFB, 33 were identified as potentially significant Cold War resources and were thus evaluated for NRHP eligibility under Criterion...
Little Rock Air Force Base: Reassessment of 26 Buildings Built before 1962 (2009)
A survey and reassessment of 26 buildings at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Arkansas, was undertaken to assist Little Rock AFB in meeting the requirements of Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The 26 buildings reassessed were identified in the 2005 ICRMP as potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) once they turned 50 years of age. The purpose of the reassessment was to determine if the buildings met the requirements of...
Management of a Nike Site: A Feasibility Study for Management of Nike Site Summit, Fort Richardson, Alaska (1997)
Site Summit is a significant Alaskan Cold War Era property. In recognition of this, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places listed it on July 11, 1996. A Department of Defense (DoD) Legacy grant through Fort Richardson to the Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation's Office of History and Archaeology paid for research and preparation of the nomination. The Army obtained a second DoD Legacy grant for a feasibility study to help identify potential management actions for the...
Map of Property Ownership in 1959: Time of USAF Acquisition (2016)
USGS Map of Property Ownership in 1959 at the time of USAF acquisition. Map shows the Estate of J. Robert Neal, Myron Straton home properties, Starr Ranch, Swisher property, Metairie Ridge Realty Company, Estate of Thomas Dixon, and the JL Ranch, along with the modern boundary of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.
Massachusetts Historical Commission, Form B - Building: Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod Air Station (1996)
Building forms for the Massachusetts Historical Commission recording buildings at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod Air Station. Buildings recorded either housed or supported the PAVE PAWS radar at Cape Cod Air Station. The PAVE PAWS (Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System) was designed and built for the U.S. Air Force top early warning of submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) fired from the Atlantic Ocean. Three other PAVE PAWS sites provide...
Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment (2002)
This report provides an inventory and assessment of Cold War-era buildings and structures at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB) and Gunter Annex, Alabama. This work was conducted to assist the Air Education and Training Command in fulfilling its responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Two hundred and ten buildings and structures were identified for inventory and assessed for eligibility under Criterion Consideration G. Documentation included completion of the...
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Historic Building Maintenance Plan, Final Report (1999)
Brockington and Associates, Inc., has prepared this Building Maintenance Plan (BMP) for Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB) and Gunter Annex in conjunction with a Cultural Resources Management Plan (CRMP). The purpose of the CRMP is to provide general guidelines which officials at Maxwell AFB can use in complying with Federal and Department of Defense (DoD) regulations regarding the care of cultural resources, including architectural, archaeological, and literary properties. The Building Maintenance...
Maxwell Air Force Base: Inventory and Assessment of Select Buildings and Structures (Dating Through 1976) (2012)
This report provides an inventory and assessment of select resources constructed through 1976 at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Alabama, which includes the Maxwell main base (MMB) and Gunter Annex (GA). This work was conducted by Geo-Marine, Inc., to assist the United States Air Force (USAF), Air Education and Training Command (AETC) in fulfilling its responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended through 2000. Maxwell AFB has previously...
McGuire Air Defense Missile Site Plutonium Remediation, Site Historical Preservation Report, New Egypt, New Jersey (2005)
The US developed a vast air defense network system from both Air Force and Army elements consisting of supersonic jets, anti-aircraft guns and missiles, radar detection capabilities, and ground observation to counter the Soviet threat of bombers equipped with nuclear weapons. As part of this air defense system, the Air Force along with private industry developed the BOMARC surface to air missile system, the BOMARC, named from "BO" for Boeing and "MARC" for Michigan Aeronautical Research Center,...
McGuire Air Defense Missile Site, New Egypt, New Jersey: Supplement to Reconnaissance Survey of Cold War Properties (1998)
The purpose of this report, a reconnaissance survey of the McGuire Air Defense Missile Site (hereafter referred to generically as BOMARC), is to ascertain if the site, or portions thereof, meet the requirements of the National Register of Historic Places and require compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. This report is supplemental to a reconnaissance survey of Cold War properties conducted at McGuire AFB, New Jersey. The main report finds at McGuire AFB, only one group...
Memorandum from Scott Shepherd to Joshua Graham, Renovation of Infrastructure for Hangar 40, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (2012)
An evaluation was conducted on Hangar 40 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. After reviewing the proposed project to renovate the hangar's infrastructure, it was determined the action will have No Adverse Effect on the historic property.
Memorandum of Agreement Between Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding Demolitions at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado (2015)
Memorandum of Agreement between Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer regarding demolition of Building 106, an eligible NRHP structure at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado.
Memorandum of Agreement Between the 721st Mission Support Group, the Peterson Air Force Base Air & Space Museum, and the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding Demolition and Replacement of Bridge Intersections at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado (2015)
Memorandum of Agreement between the 721st Mission Support Group, the Peterson Air Force Base Air & Space Museum, and the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer regarding demolition and replacement 60 original bridge intersections within Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.
Memorandum of Agreement Between the U.S. Air Force and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding the Conversion of Selected Former DEW Line Stations Submitted to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.6(a) (1996)
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the United States Air Force and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office and submitted to the Advisory Council of Historic Preservation. The MOA was created to protect historic properties during the conversion of former Distant Early Warning System Line Stations, which consists of Point Lay, Point Barrow, Oliktotk and Barter Island Long Range Radar Sites.
Memorandum of Agreement: North Warning System Unattended Radar (NWSUAR) Bullen Point Alaska Submitted to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Pursuant to 36 CFR Part 800.6(a) (1992)
A Memorandum of Agreement developed for the installment of a North Warning System Unattended Radar at the Distant Early Warning Installation at Bullen Point by the United States Air Force Electronic Systems Center. Involved parties include the Air Force, Alaska State Historic Preservation Office, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Memorandum Regarding Maryland Historical Trust Historic Sites Inventory Form for Davidsonville Nike Battery W-25 Housing Area (1998)
Memorandum from the Department of the Army Planning and Environmental Services Branch to Andrews Air Force Base, regarding the submittal of the included Maryland Historical Trust Historic Sites Inventory Form completed for the Davidsonville Nike Missile Battery W-25 Housing Area. Inventory form for the site is also included.
National Register of Historic Places Determination of Eligibility for the Bryant Airfield Air Traffic Control Tower, Building 48000, Fort Richardson, AK (2010)
Northern Land Use Research, Inc. (NLUR) conducted a Section 106 evaluation of one building located at Bryant Army Airfield, Alaska. This report details this evaluation. The facility is an Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) facility located in the northeast portion of Fort Richardson, Alaska, northeast of Anchorage. The AKARNG proposes to rehabilitate the Bryant Air Traffic Control Tower. The building has been vacant since 1996. The building has been assigned Alaska Heritage Resources Survey...
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Evaluation of Air National Guard Buildings (2000)
Properties at Kirtland Air Force Base, Air National Guard area that are being affected by maintenance and repair projects were evaluated using the National Register of Historic Places criteria for eligibility, appropriate historic contexts, drawings, photographs and site visits. Of the six properties that were evaluated in this report, three were not considered exceptionally important under a Cold War theme and one was constructed after the period of significance (1945-1989). One structure was...
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Evaluation of Buildings Affected by the CV-22 Program, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (2000)
Properties at Kirtland Air Force Base that are being affected by the CV-22 program were evaluated using the National Register of Historic Places criteria for eligibility, appropriate historic contexts, drawings, photographs and site visits. An earlier report, National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Evaluation of Hangers 481 and 482, evaluated two aircraft hangars (also being used by the CV- 22 program) under a World War II context. This current evaluation includes properties that may be...
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Evaluation of Properties Undergoing General Maintenance & Repair, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (2000)
Properties at Kirtland Air Force Base that are being affected by general maintenance and repair were evaluated using the National Register of Historic Places criteria for eligibility, appropriate historic contexts, drawings, photographs and site visits. This report documents fifteen properties that were not considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, because they are not yet 50 years old and have no thematic association with the Cold War.
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Evaluation of Sixteen Structures Undergoing General Maintenance & Repair, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (2000)
Structures at Kirtland Air Force Base that were being affected by general maintenance and repair were evaluated using the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria for eligibility, appropriate historic contexts, drawings, photographs, and site visits. This report documents thirteen structures that were not considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, because they are not yet 50 years old and have no thematic association with the Cold War, and three structures that...