Site Description:
Fire Island Air Force Station is located 2 miles west of the International
Airport in Anchorage, in Cook Inlet.
All but the northwest corner of the island was reserved. The site was used from
1950 to 1969 for an aircraft
control and warning station. Improvements constructed by the Air Force included
33 buildings and structures
utilized for operations, administration, maintenance, communications, a
multi-purpose dormitory, radome
towers, utilities, and an airstrip.
Site History:
Tract A (3,980 acres) was withdrawn from public domain by PLO 693, 26Apr50,
amended by PLO 3920, 20Jan66.
Tract B (40 acres) at the extreme southwest tip, from the U.S. Coast Guard by
Use Permit, 16Sep50. This station
served as the regional operations center (ROC) for the South Region of Alaska,
while a ROC for the northern
area was built at Murphy Dome near Fairbanks. The Fire Island ROC was declared
excess 28Jul69, and the
site environmentally restored by the Air Force in 1986.
Remarks:
Site considered "clean" after Air Force restoration in 1986 (see report U.S. Air
Force, 11th CEOS, Environmental
Restoration, Fire Island). No site visit conducted. NOFA sent to NPD 7Dec93,
approved by CENPD-PM-MP 11Jan94.