You can help by filing FOIA request for the following records. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and MuckRock have an easy to use tools to generate, file, and track FOIA request.
Health Studies
- Any studies and/or investigations of epidemiological, environmental, health issues/problems at George AFB
See: page 21 AF request to destroy the “epidemiological, environmental health surveys” for George AFB – 28 October 1991 – PDF - Information on service members who were medically retired from George AFB (statistics showing how may per year and for what condition)
- Infant mortality information, including miscarriages, stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and autopsy reports for George AFB personnel and family members
Water Supply
- The historical records of water testing results (at the tap and supply wells) for George AFB
- Any notifications about water quality for George AFB, Adelanto, private wells near George AFB (Shay Rd., and the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority VVWRA)
- Documents identifying or notifying of contamination in the drinking water supply wells for George AFB, Adelanto, and private wells next to George AFB (Shay Rd. and Victor Valley Country Club).
- Any contracts to destroy or decommission drinking water supply wells (including the one that was destroyed or decommissioned by a contractor named Honeycutt).
George AFB Master plan
- The George AFB Master plan with ALL annotated tabs, notes, and historical data
F. Accordingly, a Hq USAF survey letter (Radioactive Waste Disposal, Hq USAF SCN 71-28, 19 Feb 71) was sent to all major commands. (Reference Appendix C.) It directed that all existing burial sites should be identified in the Base Master Plan (Tab C-1), and that certain details concerning construction and utilization of the site be forwarded to the USAF Radioisotope Committee, which would subsequently make recommendations on the maintenance of the sites. This report will summarize the survey returns, and make recommendations where appropriate.
Page 2, paragraph 3
USAF Radioisotope Committee, “Burial of Radioactive Waste in the USAF,” Wright-Patterson AFB, 15 March 1972.
Radioactive Material (RAM)
- All records about radioactive material and incidents (including the results from the dosimetry badges) from George AFB reported to the USAF Radioisotope Committee (AFLC/SGFB, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433)
- Information and/or documents for the 1979 search for radioactive material, at George AFB, conducted by John Richard Sabol, J.D., P.E.
“Sometime in 1979, I did drilling work in a remote desert wash south of the large base bomb dump south of Air Base Road. Within the S.W. portion of Section 36 T6N, R5W, there was located a radioactive site clearly marked and fenced. Subsequent drilling with a 91/2 auger showed x-ray film, glass, wood, A-C gages and other material stored in 55 gal drums. We also found a large area where hydrocarbons cleared from the bottom of bulk storage tanks had been buried. Because of the remoteness of this site and the fact that hazardous wastes had been disposed of over the years, it is possible that other hazardous material placed there escaped our preliminary investigations.” See: Dr. Sabol
- “Burial of Radioactive Waste must be identified in the Base Master Plan and the information provided to the USAF Radioisotope Committee AFLC (SGPR), Wright-Patterson AFB.”
Page 28, paragraph 3 – USAF Radioisotope Committee, “Burial of Radioactive Waste in the USAF,” Wright-Patterson AFB, 15 March 1972. - The “separate letters being sent pertaining to sensitive or classified information, as all material in this report is unclassified.”
Page 8, paragraph (g) – USAF Radioisotope Committee, “Burial of Radioactive Waste in the USAF,” Wright-Patterson AFB, 15 March 1972.
Commission on Base Realignment and Closure
- Information about Air Force officials intentionally misleading Congress and the Defense Secretary’s Commission on Base Realignment and Closure during the 1988 hearings.
“Col. Maurice Long, Lt Col Vernon R Lee, and Capt. William McDaniel … contend Air Force officials intentionally misled the Defense Secretary’s Commission on Base Realignment and Closure during 1988 hearings.” See: Ex-officers: Air Force lied about range – May 7, 1990
AF OSI
- Information and/or documents for the 1991 Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) investigation into the environmental contamination and my exposure to radioactive contamination at George AFB in 1973. See: FOIA Appeal – OSI investigation CBRN – George AFB – 4 April 2012
Quitclaim Deeds – environmental restrictions
- Deed restrictions for any property at or near George AFB
Nuke Weapons
- When and where were nukes deployed or stored at George AFB
- What years
- Was the base under the jurisdiction of the Army and/or Air Force when the weapons were deployed
- What squadrons had the nukes, e.g., 1st Fighter-Interceptor Wing
- What was the command e.g., ANG, SAC, TAC, NORAD
- At what Weapon’s Storage Area(s) were the nukes stored or maintained (George had 3)
- Location of the Weapon’s Storage Area where the nukes were stored or maintained
- Any record of an accident/incident involving nuclear weapons at George AFB
- Documents about Buried Radioactive Weapons Maintenance Waste at George AFB
- Documents about Buried Radioactive Waste at George AFB
- Documents pertaining to the Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing Radiological Decontamination Centers at George AFB
CDC/ATSD
- Any correspondence with the CDC and/or ATSDR to limit, influence, and/or suppress the Public Health Assessment, for George Air Force Base
Classified Records – !!!Do not send classified information!!!
- Classified records about environmental contamination at George AFBPlease send the cover page or a description of the record with the title, author, and publication date, so that I can file a FOIA or ask for a Mandatory Classification Review.
Interagency Agreements
- Contracts, interagency agreements, memorandums of understanding (MOU), memorandums of agreement, and/or cooperative agreements, about the environmental contamination at George AFB.
Mailing address:
Frank Vera
PO Box 1313
Jamestown, CA, 95327-1313
Phone: 209-782-4541
Website: George AFB – HTRW
Submit online: Contact GeorgeAFB.Info
Richard Salazar Jr. It was hell at George AFB. 88-89