March 2026 - George Air Force Base, CA

Superfund Information Repositories and Administrative Records

How the Air Force Manages George AFB Remediation Records: A Guide to the Four Information Repositories

March 20, 2026

1. AFCEC CERCLA Public Administrative Record (AR) The AR is the official, legally controlling record of the George AFB Installation Restoration Program (IRP). Under 40 CFR §300.800, the lead agency is required to establish an administrative record containing all documents that form the basis for selecting a response action. The AR is compiled, maintained, and continuously updated by the Air Force Civil Engineer [Read More…]

George Air Force Base — Hazardous Site Contamination Report – 2015

March 15, 2026

Data from the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) in 2015 revealed that, for decades, residents and workers near George Air Force Base, Adelanto, the Victor Valley Country Club, and surrounding private homes and ranches were unaware of a toxic legacy contaminating the aquifer that supplied their drinking water. The source of the contamination was the Southeast Disposal Area’s unlined and unpermitted landfills, where [Read More…]

Classification Frameworks

March 7, 2026

U.S. Government Executive Order Classification (EO 13526) TOP SECRET (TS): Unauthorized disclosure could cause exceptionally grave damage to national security. SECRET (S): Unauthorized disclosure could cause serious damage to national security. CONFIDENTIAL (C): Unauthorized disclosure could cause damage to national security. UNCLASSIFIED (U): No damage to national security; publicly releasable. Atomic Energy Act / Nuclear Classifications (AEA 1954) These run parallel to and [Read More…]

Radioactive Contamination of Aircraft from Nevada Test Site Nuclear Testing

March 7, 2026

Aircraft involved in open-air nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) during the 1950s and 1960s that entered the nuclear clouds became heavily contaminated with short-lived isotopes, long-lived isotopes, Special Nuclear Material (SNM), and activated soil. Short-lived isotopes trapped in the oil and grease on returning aircraft posed an acute exposure risk to flight crews and ground personnel handling the aircraft upon [Read More…]

US bases involved in the open-air nuclear test

March 7, 2026

Base Primary Role Aircraft (Type / Count) Operations / Series Primary Source(s) Indian Springs AFB, NV On-site AFSWC operating base; all NTS sampler aircraft departure / return / decontamination point Per shot: 5–7 F-84G / B-57B samplers + 1 B-57 control + 1–3 B-25 / B-29 / B-50 trackers + 2–3 C-47 couriers + 1–2 H-21 / H-19 helicopters (~12–16 aircraft per shot-day). [Read More…]

Possible Laws Violated by Non-Disclosure of Contamination in Quitclaim Deeds

March 2, 2026

The Air Force and the Department of War (DoW) transferred property at the former George Air Force Base (AFB), a closed Superfund site, via quitclaim deed for Parcel B, which includes the radiological decontamination center (HOT wash rack), to the Southern California Logistics Airport Authority. Amazon and Goodyear have since developed warehouses on the site. Failure to disclose known or potential contamination, including [Read More…]

Aircraft returned to GAFB for decontamination

George AFB’s Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing Decontamination Centers

March 1, 2026

If you lived or worked near the west side of George AFB, at an engine test cell, or in the weapons test bunker, you were likely exposed to unsafe levels of fission byproducts (radioactive dust) from decontaminating dozens of aircraft and equipment used in the open-air nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This exposure could potentially pose serious health risks to [Read More…]