According to the following documents, (Vera , 2015) (Vera , 2016) (Headquarters Field Command, Armed Force Speical Weapons Project, March ‐ June 1953), there were several instances where aircraft had flown around and through surface nuclear weapons testing zones for imagery and sample collection, and then returned back to George Air Force Base for decontamination. We could not find any documentary evidence that any airplane decontamination site on the base was addressed in the GAFB remediation administrative record.
I953-03-xx CDPH – Investigation of the 1953 George AFB Radiological Decontamination Centers.pdf
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