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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…]
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Open-air nuclear test Fission Product Isotopes on Aircraft Surfaces

March 7, 2026
Identified Fission Product Isotopes on Filter Papers and Aircraft Surfaces The specific isotopes recoverable from tip-tank filter papers and aircraft skin were a direct function of elapsed time since detonation, shot yield, device type (fission vs. thermonuclear), and altitude of cloud penetration. Based on LASL/UCRL radiochemical program documentation cited in SWEH-2-0034 and the DNA nuclear test personnel review series, the principal isotopic species [Read More…]
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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…]
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Possible Laws Violated by Non-Disclosure of Contamination in Quitclaim Deeds

March 2, 2026
The U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense (DoD) transferred property at the former George Air Force Base (AFB), a closed Superfund site, through quitclaim deeds for Parcel B, which includes a “HOT wash rack” or radiological decontamination center. Amazon and Goodyear have since developed warehouses on this site. The alleged failure to disclose known or potential contamination, including degreasers such as trichloroethylene [Read More…]
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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…]
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NTPR OPERATIONAL/PROJECT SHEETS

February 27, 2026
Project TRINITY (1945-1946) Operation CROSSROADS (1946) Operation SANDSTONE (1948) Operation RANGER (1951) Operation GREENHOUSE (1951) Operation BUSTER-JANGLE(1951) Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER (1952) Operation IVY (1952) Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE (1953) Operation CASTLE (1954) Operation WIGWAM (1955) Operation TEAPOT (1955) Operation REDWING (1956) Operation PLUMBBOB (1957) Operation HARDTACK I (1958) Operation ARGUS (1958) Operation HARDTACK II (1958) Operation DOMINIC I (1962) Operation DOMINIC II (1962) Projects GNOME and SEDAN: The [Read More…]
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U.S. ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TEST HISTORY

February 27, 2026
DNA 6028F Project TRINITY: 1945 – 1946 Location: New Mexico DNA 6032F Operation CROSSROADS: 1946 Location: Pacific DNA 6033F Operation SANDSTONE: 1948 Location: Pacific DNA 6022F Operation RANGER – Shots ABLE, BAKER, EASY, BAKER-2, FOX: 1951 Location: Nevada Test Site DNA 6034F Operation GREENHOUSE: 1951 Location: Pacific DNA 6023F Operation BUSTER-JANGLE: 1951 Location: Nevada Test Site DNA 6024F Shots ABLE to EASY – [Read More…]
January-June 1963 Inspections of Nuclear Activities at Manned Interceptor Squadrons
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Nuclear Weapons at George AFB

February 23, 2026
George AFB was one of 35 bases that had Fighter Interceptor Squadrons with air-to-air nuclear weapons for stopping enemy bomber attacks. Because legacy nuclear weapons required regular onsite maintenance, a considerable amount of radioactive contamination/waste would be generated during the polonium-beryllium (Po-Be) initiators’ replacement operation. The Air Force has repeatedly denied that there were any nuclear weapons at George AFB. Additionally, the Air Force [Read More…]
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Veterans And Their Families Are Being Denied Their Constitutional Right To Due Process

February 23, 2026
Like millions of veterans, I agreed to temporarily set aside my constitutional rights and protections during my enlistment or commission in the military and fall under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Our constitutional rights and protections were supposed to be restored upon discharge. They were not. The Department of Veterans Affairs serves as the workers’ compensation provider for the Department of [Read More…]
RAM Contamination vs Exposure
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Is the VA defrauding veterans who were exposed to radioactive material (RAM)?

February 10, 2026
Is the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) defrauding veterans exposed to radioactive material (RAM) by denying medical care and compensation for their service-connected (SC) injuries? The answer is yes. Official VA sources and regulations list 21 presumptive cancers (often described as 21 in VA brochures and fact sheets, though some group urinary tract or lung types together, leading to slight variations, such [Read More…]
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91(B) RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (RAM)

July 1, 2025
The term “91(b)” refers to highly classified radioactive material (RAM) covered under Section 91(b) of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954 associated with current nuclear weapons material, legacy nuclear weapons maintenance wastes, residuals from nuclear weapons accident/incidents, some residuals from atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, and residuals from nuclear reactor operations. 1.2.3. Installations located in the United States that possess residual 91(b) [Read More…]
The groundwater and soil are contaminated with radioactive waste
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Why did the US EPA remove any reference to the radioactive contamination at George AFB and other bases?

June 21, 2025
EPA’s Missing Records: A Cover-Up or Oversight? The US EPA has removed any references to radioactive materials or waste from its website for the following California Superfund sites: George Air Force Base, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, McClellan Air Force Base, Norton Air Force Base, Tracy Defense Depot, and El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. In 1991, the U.S. EPA documented radioactive waste as [Read More…]
An open letter from the Gomez Trial Attorneys to Senators Feinstein and Padilla
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An open letter from the Gomez Trial Attorneys to Senators Feinstein and Padilla

June 14, 2025
Re: Robert Anderson, et al v. The United States of America 2:21-cv-09102-VAP-PD Dear Senators Feinstein and Padilla, We represent individuals and families whose lives have been devastated by our Nation’s failure to warn them of the dangers of exposure to hazardous materials and waste while they lived and/or worked on the former George Air Force Base. Unfortunately, these families are not alone. There [Read More…]
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Department of Defense, Base Housing, and Organochlorine Pesticides

June 9, 2025
Everyone makes mistakes; the real crime is the attempt to cover them up. Did the Department of Defense (DoD) conceal a critical defect in its residential structures built before 1980 (barracks, dorms, and housing), potentially exposing millions to organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) that may have endangered the health of military personnel, their families, and nearby residents? Yes. Did they then fail to inform them [Read More…]
Contamination at U.S. Military Bases Profiles and Responses
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Seeking Justice

May 8, 2025
When we (the injured) seek justice for our injuries through the courts, we are told that our case has no standing because of the Statute of Limitations, Feres Doctrine, and/or the sovereign immunity clause of the Federal Torts Claim Act (FTCA). How can the DOJ/DOD argue that the Statute of Limitations has expired when rogue employees within the DOD conspired to and did [Read More…]
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The Downs Law Group

September 5, 2024
If you or a loved one have health issues due to PFAS exposure after time spent in the military, contact The Downs Law Group for a FREE case review. The manufacturers of PFAS may owe you compensation! The Downs Law Group employs attorneys accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist those who have served nationwide. Call (305) 444-8226 or visit DOWNSLAWGROUP.COM [Read More…]
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Federal Agencies Can And Do Lie

August 25, 2024
FOIA 5 USC 552(c) exempts information from disclosure.  For some national security (nuclear weapons – 91b radioactive material) & law enforcement content, the agency can legally lie to you about its nonexistence, 5 USC 552(c) – on top of Glomar (“can’t confirm or deny”) responses. To avoid both of these scenarios, exclusions authorize the agency to “treat the records as not subject to [Read More…]
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2024-03-27 SecDef Austin – DECLASSIFICATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS OF EXPOSURE

August 3, 2024
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Air Force were aware of the contamination at the former George Air Force Base, CA, for decades before the base was closed on December 15, 1992. The DoD and Air Force failed to remediate the contamination, prevent exposure, or notify the Air Force personnel of their possible exposure to hazardous, toxic, and/or radioactive materials that were improperly stored, disposed of, or released. These acts rise to the level of intentional exposure, triggering the declassification review provision outlined in the DECLASSIFICATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS OF EXPOSURE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VII, §737, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1445.

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Lisa Lee

June 24, 2024
I was on active duty at George AFB as a Communication/Navigation Sys. Tech from 78-80. I became pregnant in September of 1979. My pregnancy was filled with hospital visits, and I was sent to Edwards AFB on two occasions because they lost the heartbeat. Nobody ever mentioned any toxic exposure issues at George. My daughter was diagnosed with bi phenotypical leukemia and died [Read More…]
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Chemical Weapons at the Victorville Army Airfield – George AFB

January 7, 2024
If you worked at George Air Force Base’s bomb dump, trained in the Southeast Disposal Area (SEDA), or rode dirt bikes on the base’s motocross (Mx) track, all of which were located south of Air Base Rd. In that case, you may have been exposed to unsafe levels of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) and Chemical Warfare Materials (CWM). These highly hazardous materials were [Read More…]
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FOIA Request – Air Force

September 17, 2023
Request Number Description Total Invoice Amount Status 2023-05198-F Please conduct a thorough search for responsive records, and provide an unredacted copy of the George Air Force Base Civil Engineer’s Base Master Plan (BMP), including all revisions, appendixes, and tabs. (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/1950 To 01/01/1993) 0 Assigned for Processing 2023-05197-F Please conduct a thorough search for responsive records, and provide [Read More…]
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Environmental Statutes and Executive Orders

April 24, 2023
The former Victorville Army Air Field/Victorville Air Force Base/George Air Force Base (George AFB) is a Superfund site (EPA ID: CA2570024453) and one of the most contaminated military bases in the country. The following is a list of Executive Orders and federal environmental laws most likely violated. Executive Orders EO 11258 –  on November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order—Prevention, [Read More…]
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Intro

March 26, 2023
The former Victorville Army Airfield/Victorville Air Force Base/George Air Force Base (George AFB) is a Superfund site and one of the most contaminated military bases in the country. From 1941 to 1992 (51 years), over 100,000 people were potentially exposed to unsafe levels of hazardous, toxic, and radioactive materials on and around George AFB. About 20,000 people lived in the surrounding community, while [Read More…]
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Faye

January 31, 2023
My name is Faye. My stepfather SSgt. Norman Hill was stationed at George AFB from approx. 1962 to 1965. I don’t remember the squadron only that he worked on the flight line. My mom worked on base at the exchange. We lived in Victorville, I believe it was Hesperia Rd. I came to live with them around 1963 when I was a teen. [Read More…]
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George AFB’s Flawed Public Health Assessment (PHA)

January 1, 2023
The Air Force deliberately misled the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Congress, and the American people about the toxic substances present at George AFB, CA. They failed to disclose the Completed Exposure Pathways (CEPs) and potential health threats to base personnel, their family members, civilian employees, and the surrounding community. The ATSDR relied on the Air Force to supply the [Read More…]
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William R. Mastro

November 6, 2022
My name is Staff Sergeant William R. Mastro. I was stationed at George AFB from 1976 through 1979 and was assigned to the 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, and the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing. My Air Force Specialty Code was 70250B. I was assigned to and worked in several buildings on the flight-line. I lived in the base barracks for [Read More…]
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Melba George

September 30, 2022
My name is Melba George and I was stationed at George AFB from 1989-1991 and worked in the 35th Supply Squadron. I was pregnant and had my daughter there in 1990. I lived in the dorms until I gave birth to my daughter and then lived in base housing at 144 Oregon until I relocated to another base. I was heated and cooled [Read More…]
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Beth Hack

September 28, 2022
My name is Beth Hack and I lived on GAFB from 1961-1968 as a dependent with six brothers and sisters. I am the oldest.  My two youngest sisters were born there in 1963 and 1965. I looked up 11 of the bases we lived on including a sister born at Spangdalem AFB in Germany, and a brother born in France. Every base we [Read More…]
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Dewey Lowman

July 14, 2022
My name is Dewey Lowman.  I was stationed at George AFB from 1982 to 1989, assigned to the 37th CRS Squadron and then the 35th CRS Squadron.  My Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC)  was 328X4.  I worked in the Component Repair building and the 37th CRS mobility building.  I lived in the 37 CRS dormitory from 1982 to 1984 then at 3 Cory [Read More…]
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The Gomez Trial Attorneys

November 22, 2021
The Gomez Trial Attorneys just filed a case against the Air Force. If you or a family member was injured at the Air Force Superfund site, George Air Force Base, CA, the Gomez Trial Attorneys might be able to help. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with them for a case evaluation. Gomez Trial Attorneys, Accident & Injury Lawyers 655 West Broadway, Suite [Read More…]
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Cushman v. Shinseki, 576 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2009)

June 8, 2021
In 2009, the Federal Circuit held in Cushman v. Shinseki that applicants for veterans‘ benefits have a constitutionally protected property interest in their application for benefits. Accordingly, such applicants are entitled to constitutionally prescribed procedures in connection with their claims for benefits under the terms of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Ninth Circuit also found that Mr. Cushman’s medical record had been [Read More…]
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Ruth McIntosh

April 19, 2021
I was stationed at George AFB in 1986.  I was only there five months before being flown out Airevac to Wilford Hall hospital at Lackland AFB, Texas. I don’t know where to begin. I was a nurse in the Labor and Delivery and Postpartum unit. The behavior of the people I worked with was insane and I believe there’s evidence that my Chief [Read More…]