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Former Naval Air Station Moffett Field
  • Mountain View, California
  • Total Acreage: 3,097
  • BRAC Year: 1991
  • Closure Date: 30 Jul 1994
  • Action: Closure - 100 percent disposed. Completing BRAC Environmental actions.
 
Current Events
ANNOUNCEMENT:
9/25/2009 - Navy to Proceed with Historic Hangar Cleanup
SAN DIEGO -- Kathy Stewart, the Department of Navy’s Base Realignment and Closure Environmental Coordinator for Moffett Field informed members of the community who serve on the cleanup project’s Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) that the Navy has proceeded with awarding a contract for the Hangar 1 cleanup effort.

In an e-mail distributed to all RAB members, Ms. Stewart stated that the Navy awarded the contract to AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc. at a cost of $22,363,463. The scope of the Navy’s cleanup contract includes removal of the Hangar’s contaminated siding, demolition of interior buildings, and application of a weather-resistant epoxy coating to the Hangar's structural steel frame. The period of performance for the contract is 2.5 years. While the specific project schedule has yet to be developed, Stewart’s message indicated that the Navy anticipates field mobilization will occur approximately six months from date of award.

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Base Property and Historical Use
Moffett Field was commissioned in 1933 as a naval air station to support a “lighter-than-air” (LTA) program. The LTA program involved training pilots to fly blimps and servicing the aircraft. Two years later, the LTA program ended and the station was transferred to the Army Air Corps, who used the facilities to train air cadets. During the Army’s tenure, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), established Ames Aeronautical Laboratory on land northwest of Moffett Field, which later became NASA Ames Research Center. In 1942, the station was transferred back to the Navy and was officially named Naval Air Station Moffett Field. To support World War II, the LTA program was reactivated, and a “heavier-than-air” program was begun to support fighter planes. Hangars 2 and 3 were built to support the increase in activity. After World War II, Moffett Field continued to support major Navy aeronautical activities. The station became the largest naval air transport base on the west coast.
Closure date, planned reuses, parcels transferred
In 1990, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act was enacted. In 1991, Moffett Field was recommended for closure. In July 1994, the airfield was closed and Moffett Field was transferred to NASA Ames Research Center. The Army is the property holder of Moffett Community Housing, which includes Orion Park, Wescoat and Shenandoah.


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RAB Meeting Information
All meetings start at 7:00 pm. Location - Former NAS Moffett Field, Building 943 (Public Affairs Building), located just before the main gate on NASA PKWY.
Upcoming RAB Meetings
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7:00 PM

 
RAB Point of Contact

BRAC Environmental Coordinator
Ms. Kathryn Stewart
Base Realignment and Closure Program Management Office, West
1 Avenue of the Palms, Suite 161, San Francisco, CA, 94130-1807
Phone: (415) 743-4715
Email: kathryn.stewart@navy.mil
 
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