On January 18, 1994 Wurtsmith was listed as a Superfund due to extensive groundwater contamination with heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, including trichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and vinyl chloride.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meetings became virtual events, yet in August 2021 RAB members said that progress was made on the WAFB cleanup, and that the relationship between the Air Force and the community has improved.[6]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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^ a bRompf, David (24 April 2022). "U.S. Journal: The Plan to Make Michigan the Next Space State: Residents are up in arms about a proposed spaceport project, the first of its kind in the Midwest, which would involve launching rockets near the shoreline of Lake Superior". The New Yorker.
^"PFAS Response - Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Iosco County". www.michigan.gov.
^Air Force Civil Engineer Center Office of Public Affairs (20 October 2017). "Wurtsmith RAB to hold first official meeting Nov. 1" (PDF). www.afcec.af.mil. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^Haglund, Jenny (17 August 2021). "Most RAB meeting attendees pleased with progress at Wurtsmith". Oscoda Press (MI). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
Further reading
Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0-912799-02-1).
Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
Mueller, Robert (1989). Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-912799-53-6, ISBN 0-16-002261-4
USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).
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