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<strong>BASE</strong>-WIDE PLAN<br />

Table 3-1.<br />

History of Base Operations at Kirtland AFB<br />

Period Types of Operations Aircraft Chemical Use Activities<br />

Pre-1928 Rangeland None None<br />

1928-1930 Construction of Oxnard Field None Construction<br />

1930-1939 Refueling/maintenance stop,<br />

Airfield expansion<br />

Miscellaneous Bomber<br />

Aircraft<br />

1939-1941 Aircraft mechanic training Keystone LB-7 Bombers Fuel/oil storage<br />

Fuel/oil storage, Construction/demolition<br />

1941 Construction of Army Air Base LB-7 Bombers Construction/demolition<br />

1941-1944 Training of signal, ordnance,<br />

medical, chemical warfare units;<br />

flight training school; aircraft<br />

mechanic training<br />

1944-1948 Training activities, support for<br />

B-29 bombers, aircraft salvage<br />

and scrapping, construction of<br />

Sandia Base, Armed Forces Special<br />

Weapons Project<br />

1949-1959 Sandia Base operated by<br />

Western Electric for the atomic<br />

Energy commission (AEC), Site<br />

Able/Manzano Base operated by<br />

Armed Forces Special Weapons<br />

Project<br />

Boeing 307 Stratoliners,<br />

Beechcraft<br />

AT-11s; LB-7, B-17,<br />

B-18, B-24 Bombers<br />

LB-7, Boeing 307<br />

Stratoliners, Beechcraft<br />

AT-11s, B-17s, B-18As,<br />

B-29 Bombers,<br />

ordnance, Curtis P-40s,<br />

Bell P-39s, P-47<br />

Thunderbolts, P-51<br />

Mustangs<br />

B-45, B-47, Martin<br />

B-57, Convair<br />

F-102, B-52<br />

Construction/demolition, fuel/oil storage,<br />

weapons storage, bombing runs, landfills<br />

Fuel/oil storage, weapons storage, weapons<br />

handling, metal smelting, disposal of chemical<br />

wastes, landfills, sewage treatment,<br />

construction/ demolition, explosives and<br />

weapons handling and storage<br />

Engineering and development of weapons,<br />

explosives testing, weapons storage, fire<br />

training, equipment maintenance, landfills,<br />

low-level radioactive waste disposal, radiation<br />

testing, sewage treatment, design/development<br />

of weapons and new ordnance components,<br />

explosives testing, field testing for component<br />

survivability, pesticide usage<br />

1960-1976 Research and Development Storage, development, and testing of weapons<br />

systems; support to tenant units including<br />

DOE; pesticide usage; landfills; low-level<br />

radioactive waste disposal; radiation training;<br />

fire training, sewage treatment; EOD;<br />

explosives testing<br />

1976-1984 1550th Aircrew Training and<br />

Testing Wing (ATTW) of MAC<br />

Aerospace Rescue and Recovery<br />

Service, 1606th Air Base Wing,<br />

Research and Development<br />

1984-1994 1550th Combat Crew Training<br />

Wing, 1606th Air Base Wing,<br />

377th Air Base Wing, 542nd<br />

Crew Training Wing<br />

1994-<br />

present<br />

377th Air Base Wing, 58 th<br />

Special Operations Wing<br />

UH-1, H-3E, CH53, HH-<br />

53, HC-13H,<br />

HC-130P, TH-1F,<br />

MH-53, H-60, MH-60G,<br />

UH-60A, UH-60L<br />

UH-1, H-3E, CH53, HH-<br />

53, HC-13H,<br />

HC-130P, TH-1F, MH-<br />

53, H-60, MH-60G, UH-<br />

60A, UH-60L<br />

C-12, UH-1H, UH-1N,<br />

MH-53A, MH-53J, HC-<br />

130, MC-130P, MC-<br />

130H, HH-60G<br />

Fuel/oil storage; equipment maintenance; fire<br />

training; landfills, low-level radioactive waste<br />

disposal; radiation training; EOD, pesticide<br />

usage; explosives testing<br />

Fuel/oil storage; equipment maintenance; fire<br />

training; landfills; radiation training; EOD;<br />

pesticide usage; explosives testing<br />

Fuel/oil storage; equipment maintenance; fire<br />

training; landfills; radiation training; EOD;<br />

pesticide usage; explosives testing<br />

AEC<br />

ATTW<br />

DOE<br />

EOD<br />

N/A<br />

Atomic Energy Commission<br />

Aircrew Training and Testing Wing<br />

Department of Energy<br />

Explosive Ordnance Disposal<br />

Not applicable<br />

Kirtland Air Force Base<br />

Base-Wide Plans for the Environmental Restoration Program 11 April 2004

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