A Collection of Multi-base or General Interest Resources for the Department of the Air Force

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alison Dalsimer.

These proceedings encompass outcomes from the DoD Cultural Resources Workshop: Prioritizing Cultural Resource Needs in Support of a Sound Investment Strategy, and reflect the views and opinions of workshop participants, and not necessarily those of the Department of Defense. HGL supported this workshop and produced the resulting proceedings document through funding awarded by the DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and Environmental Security Technology Certification...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eugene A. Marino.

Between October 1995 and January 1996, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District's Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections conducted a survey of archaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted on 20 U.S. Air Force, Air Combat Command (ACC) installations. This volume addresses collections from the following installations: Little Rock Air Force Base and Black Jack Air Force...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natalie M. Drew.

Between September 1993 and May 1995, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District's Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) conducted a survey of archaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted on 42 U.S. Air Force, Air Combat Command (ACC) installations. In sum, approximately 101 cubic feet of artifacts in 34 distinct collections and approximately 13 linear feet of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natalie M. Drew. Rhonda Lueck. Teresa Militello. Lynn Neher. Christopher Pulliam.

During the fall of 1993, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) conducted a survey of archaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted on 13 U.S. Air Force, Air Mobility Command (AMC) installations. Only four—Charleston Air Force Base (and its sub-installation, North Auxiliary Field), South Carolina; Dover Air Force Base,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan S. Felix. Amy E. Halpin. Kelly L. Holland. Eugene A. Marino. Steve McSween. D. Lynn Murdoch. Julia A. Samerdyke. Kenneth L. Shingleton. Sylvia Yu.

Between April 1996 and July 1997 personnel from the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis conducted curation needs assessments at all active military installations in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and the District of Columbia. Over 5,000 cubic ft of artifacts and over 700 linear feet of associated documentation from archaeological projects conducted on these installations were examined during the course of the fieldwork. This...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lara Anderson. Karolyn Kinsey. Marc Kodack. Eugene Marino. Jennifer Riordan. Barbara C. Smoyer. Kelly Wissehr. Michael K. Trimble. Christopher Pulliam.

Between May 1997 and September 1999, personnel from the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis conducted curation needs assessments at all active military installations in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Over 6,000...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven R. Becker. Russell R. Hula.

The purpose of this study was to produce a USAF base-level primer for use as a guide to requirements, standards, and procedures concerning the preservation of cultural resources. Cultural resources include buildings, sites, districts, structures, and objects that have significant scientific, historic, or cultural value.

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Undated presentations from the DoD Legacy Heritage Program including a presentation on The Archaeology of Iraq and Afghanistan, Protection of Cultural Property, Heritage Training, and Best Management Practices for Hardening Nineteenth Century Foundations and Villages for Training.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen J. Weitze.

This report discusses the process of establishing a special collection at AFHRA. The collection is composed from sets of drawings for selected Air Force historic buildings and structures in the continental U.S., and to a lesser degree, from sets contributed by Air Force installations overseas. The sets were transferred from Air Force installations and former installations during 2008-2017, and were limited initially to facilities designed and constructed during 1938-1970.

DOCUMENT Full-Text U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Kissimmee River Basin in south-central Florida is a unique and biologically diverse landscape that is home to rare and unique habitats and wildlife found nowhere else, and an agricultural way of life that is slowly disappearing. With Florida’s population expected to double to 36 million from 2010 to 2060 (Zwick and Carr 2006) and many major development projects in the works, the time is now to conserve what is left. In 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) helped initiate...

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Draft brochure on the Federal Historic Preservation Tax incentive related to the Wherry & Capehart Housing era.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Office of Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Commerce. Florida Office of Coastal Management, Department of Environmental Regulation.

This document was submitted by the State of Florida, as its Coastal Management Program, to the Office of Coastal Zone Management for approval. Approval would allow program administrative grants to be awarded to the state, and would require that Federal actions be consistent with the Program. This document includes a copy of the Program (Part II) which is a comprehensive management program for coastal land and water use activities. The FCMP consists of numerous policies on diverse management...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior. Scott Murdock. Julian W. Adams.

Brochure about the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) in the United States Air Force. The AETC is the United States Air Force major command devoted to recruiting, training, and educating Air Force personnel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen J. Weitze.

Over a 10-year period, during 2008-2017, approximately half of the Air Force Bases (AFBs) existing in the U.S. in 2017 participated in efforts to identify, review and transfer sets of as-built and record drawings to a special collection at the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA), Maxwell AFB. Augmenting the contributions of these 31 installations were those of four existing Air Force Stations (AFSs) and one existing Air Force Plant (AFP).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn M. Kuranda. Katherine Grandine. Brian Cleven. Thomas W. Davis. Nathaniel Patch.

Cultural resources associated with Army fixed-wing airfields currently are contained in the inventory of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force (USAF). These branches of the armed forces share a common aviation history under the Army during the formative years of military aviation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah C. Whelan. Leo Hirrel. William T. Dod. J. Hampton Tucker. Katherine Grandine.

The Historic Context for Department of Defense (DoD) World War II Permanent Construction combines two previous reports: Historic Context for Department of Defense Facilities World War II Permanent Construction (Hirrel et al., draft June 1994) and Methodology for World War II Permanent Construction (Whelan, draft August 1996). The report is divided into two parts. Part I examines the historical, architectural and technological development of permanent facilities constructed On behalf of, and by,...

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Undated handbook produced as part of a demonstration project for the Legacy Resource Management Program. This handbook discusses the importance of preservation of military quarters and how installations can work to maintain the historic integrity and well-being of historic quarters.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Pedrotty. Julie L. Webster. Aaron R. Chmiel.

This study set out to identify and describe the principal types of military aircraft hangars built before 1996, document hangar origins, locations, and approximate numbers, and provide a context for understanding the aviation and construction history related to major hangar types.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kirsten Peeler. Christine Heidenrich. Katherine E. Grandine. Dean A. Doerrfeld.

This historic context, Housing an Air Force and Navy: The Wherry and Capehart Era Solutions to the Postwar Family Housing Shortage (1949-1962), was prepared to support the Department of the Air Force and the Navy in executing the Program Comment for Capehart and Wherry Era Housing at Air Force and Navy Bases. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the draft program comment on 10 September 2004 and the final comment on 18 November 2004. The Department of the Air Force and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kirsten Peeler. Christine Heidenrich. Katherine E. Grandine. Dean A. Doerrfeld.

The following document includes Appendix A which presents summary results of information gathered during site visits to five Air Force and Navy installations associated with the Air Force's and Navy's Wherry, Capehart, and appropriated funds housing programs. The extensive inventory of Air Force and Navy Wherry and Capehart era family housing stock represented an opportunity to study a broad range of building types and styles.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kirsten Peeler. Christine Heidenrich. Katherine E. Grandine. Dean A. Doerrfeld.

The following document includes several appendices describing sponsors and architects associated with the Air Force's and Navy's Wherry, Capehart, and appropriated funds housing programs. These included several records at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Archives at Port Hueneme, California; Air Force installation surveys; transcripts of Congressional hearings on military family housing; original drawings obtained during site visits; lists of Wherry housing project acquisitions and...

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Map of the Indian Claims Commission ethnographic Research along with locations of Air Force lands. Produced as part of the nationwide ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and historic review to support Air Force consultations with closely affiliated, federally recognized American Indian Tribes.

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Map depicting Indian Land Areas judicially established in 1978 along with the location of Air Force Lands. Produced as part of the nationwide ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and historic review to support Air Force consultations with closely affiliated, federally recognized American Indian Tribes.

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Map depicting Indian Land Cessions in the United States with locations of Air Force Lands. Produced as part of the nationwide ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and historic review to support Air Force consultations with closely affiliated, federally recognized American Indian Tribes.

DOCUMENT Full-Text State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks.

This plan serves as the basic statement of policy and direction for the management of Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park as a unit of Florida’s state park system. It identifies the objectives, criteria and standards that guide each aspect of preserve administration, and sets forth the specific measures that will be implemented to meet management objectives. The plan consists of two interrelated components. Each component corresponds to a particular aspect of the administration of the...

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This document produces the history and legacy of the location and establishment of Air Force Base Sites and the historical rationales that have determined the location of USAF installations within the continental United States, excluding Alaska, from 1907 to 2004. The location and numbers of these bases have fluctuated according to the size of the air forces, the capabilities of available weapons systems, and the strategies contemplated for their employment. The locations of modern Air Force...

DOCUMENT Full-Text United States Air Force Air Combat Command. Philip R. Gerrell.

This report presents the results of archeological test excavations conducted at two prehistoric sites (8HI50 and 8HI5656) located within MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Tampa, Florida. These investigations were conducted by Geo-Marine, Inc., under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,Fort Worth District. The purpose of the investigations was to assess the eligibility of each site for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The excavation methodology involved the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kelly Nolte. Mark A. Steinback.

Panamerican Consultants Inc. (Panamerican) was contracted by Fort Benning Military Reservation and the Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program to develop an historic context emphasizing the Cold War for thirteen Department of Defense (DoD) installations in the state of Georgia, which included the identification and evaluation of above ground cultural resources (e.g., infrastructure, landscape and buildings/structures). The thirteen installations included in this investigation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah K. Cannan. Leo Hirrel. Katherine E. Grandine. Kathryn M. Kuranda. Bethany M. Usher. Hugh B. McAloon. Martha R. Williams.

The National Historic Context for Department of Defense Installations, 1790 - 1940 is a Legacy Resource Management Program demonstration project that provides a methodological and historical framework for the assessment of the relative significance of Department of Defense (DoD) historic properties within the context of nationwide military construction. The project examines the historical and architectural evolution of construction on military installations located in the contiguous United...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah K. Cannan. Leo Hirrel. Katherine E. Grandine. Kathryn M. Kuranda. Bethany M. Usher. Hugh B. McAloon. Martha R. Williams.

The National Historic Context for Department of Defense Installations, 1790 - 1940 is a Legacy Resource Management Program demonstration project that provides a methodological and historical framework for the assessment of the relative significance of Department of Defense (DoD) historic properties within the context of nationwide military construction. The project examines the historical and architectural evolution of construction on military installations located in the contiguous United...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah K. Cannan. Leo Hirrel. Katherine E. Grandine. Kathryn M. Kuranda. Bethany M. Usher. Hugh B. McAloon. Martha R. Williams.

The National Historic Context for Department of Defense Installations, 1790 - 1940 is a Legacy Resource Management Program demonstration project that provides a methodological and historical framework for the assessment of the relative significance of Department of Defense (DoD) historic properties within the context of nationwide military construction. The project examines the historical and architectural evolution of construction on military installations located in the contiguous United...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah K. Cannan. Leo Hirrel. Katherine E. Grandine. Kathryn M. Kuranda. Bethany M. Usher. Hugh B. McAloon. Martha R. Williams.

The National Historic Context for Department of Defense Installations, 1790 - 1940 is a Legacy Resource Management Program demonstration project that provides a methodological and historical framework for the assessment of the relative significance of Department of Defense (DoD) historic properties within the context of nationwide military construction. The project examines the historical and architectural evolution of construction on military installations located in the contiguous United...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Terry Aitken.

Undated presentations from the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Includes a presentation on the U.S. Air Force Party Suits from the War in Southeast Asia and an Information Brief for US Air Force Cultural Resources Management Workshop.

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Neighborhood Design Guidelines for Wherry and Capehart Era Air Force and Navy Family Housing developed on behalf of the Departments of the Air Force and the Navy. These guidelines have been developed to guide management decisions for family housing constructed by the Air Force and the Navy between 1949 and 1962.

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The technical notes contained in this document showcase select natural and cultural resources conservation projects that have been conducted at Department of Defense installations–projects from every service branch and from all parts of the country.

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The purpose of these notes is to give readers an overview of the work — to show the vision, give a sense of how it was accomplished, and encourage similar work on installations around the country. These notes do not provide an exhaustive review or technical analysis of the methods used or the results obtained. Readers are encouraged to contact the project points of contact to obtain more information.

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The technical notes showcase natural and cultural resources conservation projects conducted on DoD lands from all parts of the country. All projects featured are funded through the DoD Legacy Resource Management Program.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen J. Weitze.

Finding Aid for the USAF Civil Engineering historic facilities as-builts and record drawings. This volume offers an index for locating drawings in the collection. The order of the sets of drawings listed in the finding aid parallels the order presented in the collection’s catalog, Guidebook to Selected Air Force Historic Facilities.