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FORMER MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – 5. Domino effect. After 14 years as a familiar landmark at the former McClellan Air Force Base, Calif., the “big white tent” that once covered tons of contaminated soil has come down. The tent provided shelter for cleanup crews and kept 23,409 cubic yards of contaminated soil at the site from being disturbed. After the Air Force removed the soil and crews demolished the tent in April. (U.S. Air Force photo)


McClellan's big tent

FORMER MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – 5. Domino effect. After 14 years as a familiar landmark at the former McClellan Air Force Base, Calif., the “big white tent” that once covered tons of contaminated soil has come down. The tent provided shelter for cleanup crews and kept 23,409 cubic yards of contaminated soil at the site from being disturbed. After the Air Force removed the soil and crews demolished the tent in April. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Environmental contractors sample the groundwater from former fire training area #2 at former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, several times a month to monitor PFOS/PFOA levels after groundwater passes through various treatment systems. The Air Force installed a Granular Activated Carbon pump and treat system to cut off contaminant discharges from the FTA into Clark’s Marsh in April 2015. Water pumped through the GAC system is sampled once a month. Once a week, the Air Force pulls samples from three remediation systems that are part of a pilot study collecting data to evaluate system performance. These samples are sent to the University of Georgia and Oregon State University where chemical analysis are conducted. (Photo by Breanne Humphreys/ Air Force Photo Released)
Environmental contractors sample the groundwater from former fire training area #2 at former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, several times a month to monitor PFOS/PFOA levels after groundwater passes through various treatment systems. The Air Force installed a Granular Activated Carbon pump and treat system to cut off contaminant discharges from the FTA into Clark’s Marsh in April 2015. Water pumped through the GAC system is sampled once a month. Once a week, the Air Force pulls samples from three remediation systems that are part of a pilot study collecting data to evaluate system performance. These samples are sent to the University of Georgia and Oregon State University where chemical analysis are conducted. (Photo by Breanne Humphreys / Air Force Photo Released)
Paul Carroll, Base Environmental Coordinator with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, updated members of the Au Sable and Oscoda communities on the Air Force’s aggressive measures to reduce the risk of drinking water impacts caused by past mission activities at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, during an open house April 25, in Oscoda. (Photo by Angelina Casarez/ Air Force Photo Released)
Paul Carroll, Base Environmental Coordinator with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, updated members of the Au Sable and Oscoda communities on the Air Force’s aggressive measures to reduce the risk of drinking water impacts caused by past mission activities at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, during an open house April 25, in Oscoda. (Photo by Angelina Casarez/ Air Force Photo Released)
Former Fire Training Area #2 was operated at Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, from 1958-1991. The training area where the base conducted weekly fire training exercises is a known release location of AFFF - a firefighting agent used to extinguish fuel fires. Pictured above is the 115-foot diameter circular pit constructed with six-inch thick reinforced concrete and underlain by polyethylene sheeting. Building in the background houses a pump and treat remediation system the Air Force installed in April 2015 to cut off contaminant discharges into nearby Clark’s Marsh. (Photo by Breanne Humphreys/ Air Force Photo Released)
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, responsible for the environmental restoration at the now-closed Castle Air Force Base, will successfully conclude ecological monitoring moving one step closer to cleanup. Ecological monitoring in 2008 and 2016 showed no evidence that soil contamination at the former Castle impacted ecological sites such as wetlands and vernal pools. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Johnston)
Opened on October 31st, the Foothill College Sunnyvale Center serves as a regional educational provider and workforce resource. Facilities for the 9-acre college were built on property once home to the Onizuka Air Station, closed in 2011. The state-of-the art campus features large, multi-purpose classrooms. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Johnston)
One of the many fully-interactive classrooms at the Foothill College Sunnyvale Center, which began accepting students on October 31st, five years after Onizuka was closed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Johnston)
While designing the newly opened Foothill College Sunnyvale Center, an effort was made to incorporate elements of the former Onizuka Air Station in a nod towards the facility’s historical military mission. A portion of the new college replicates the iconic, now demolished military building once used for space and satellite operations, called “The Blue Cube”. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Johnston)
Pictured from left, speakers at the Steam Enhanced Extraction technology event at the former Williams Air Force Base were Philip H. Mook Jr., chief of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Western Execution Branch; Laura Malone, director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Waste Programs Division; Enrique Manzanilla, director of the U.S. EPA Region IX Superfund Division; Len Fuchs, community co-chair of Williams Restoration Advisory Board; and Robert E. Moriarty, director of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Installations Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Released)
Robert E. Moriarty, director of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Installations Directorate, spoke at the event, noting the transformation of Williams from an Air Force base to a mixed-use campus with more jobs and economic impact to the region than when the base was open. (U.S. Air Force photo/Released)
A crowd of more than 50 gathered for an event highlighting the successful operation of Steam Enhanced Extraction technology at an old fuel storage site on the former Williams Air Force Base, closed in 1993 under the Base Realignment and Closure Act. (U.S. Air Force photo/Released)