Air Force Contaminated Installations
113 Air Force installations are profiled on this site for documented environmental contamination. Each page covers what was found, the cleanup status, and the health concerns for those who served there.
Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center
An overview of documented PFAS contamination and ongoing CERCLA cleanup at the Air National Guard training center in Alpena, Michigan.
Altus Air Force Base
Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to firefighting foam used in training.
Arnold Air Force Base
Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee has been associated with PFAS, PCBs, and chlorinated solvent contamination tied to decades of aerospace testing and fire training.
Barksdale Air Force Base
Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana has faced concerns about PFAS groundwater contamination tied to decades of firefighting foam use.
Barnes Air National Guard Base
Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination from firefighting foam.
Battle Creek Air National Guard Base
Battle Creek Air National Guard Base in Michigan is being investigated for PFAS in soil and groundwater linked to past firefighting foam use.
Beale Air Force Base
A profile of contamination concerns and environmental cleanup at Beale Air Force Base in California.
Bradley Air National Guard Base
Bradley Air National Guard Base in Connecticut has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination linked to firefighting foam.
Burlington Air National Guard Base
Burlington Air National Guard Base in Vermont has documented PFAS groundwater contamination linked to decades of firefighting foam use.
Cannon Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS groundwater concerns and ongoing cleanup at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis, New Mexico.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
A profile of PFAS and AFFF contamination concerns at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida.
Columbus Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS concerns at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, tied to past firefighting foam use.
Creech Air Force Base
Creech Air Force Base in Nevada has been associated with PFAS and AFFF firefighting foam contamination concerns.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona has faced concerns about PFAS, TCE, and jet fuel reaching local groundwater.
Des Moines Air National Guard Base
A profile of Des Moines Air National Guard Base in Iowa and the PFAS concerns tied to historic firefighting foam use.
Dobbins Air Reserve Base
Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to decades of firefighting foam use.
Duluth Air National Guard Base
A profile of PFAS contamination concerns at Duluth Air National Guard Base in Minnesota for veterans.
Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination tied to firefighting foam.
Eaker Air Force Base
Eaker Air Force Base, a former Strategic Air Command bomber base in Arkansas, has been associated with PFAS contamination from firefighting foam.
Ebbing Air National Guard Base
Ebbing Air National Guard Base at Fort Smith, Arkansas, has been associated with PFAS concerns tied to firefighting foam use.
Eglin Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS and firefighting foam contamination concerns at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.
Former England Air Force Base
England Air Force Base near Alexandria, Louisiana recorded some of the highest PFAS detections of any U.S. military site.
Forbes Field Air National Guard Base
An overview of PFAS concerns at Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka, Kansas, tied to past firefighting foam use.
Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base
A New York Air National Guard base at Gabreski Airport where AFFF firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS contamination of nearby wells.
Goodfellow Air Force Base
A look at PFAS concerns from firefighting foam in wells near Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas.
Gowen Field Air National Guard Base
Gowen Field is an Idaho Air National Guard base near Boise where AFFF firefighting foam led to documented PFAS detections.
Grand Forks Air Force Base
Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota faces concerns over PFAS in groundwater linked to past firefighting foam use.
Grissom Air Reserve Base
Grissom Air Reserve Base in Indiana has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to past firefighting foam use.
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base
Hancock Field is a New York Air National Guard base near Syracuse with documented contamination and ongoing state and military cleanup.
Hector Field Air National Guard Base
A look at PFAS concerns at Hector Field Air National Guard Base in Fargo, North Dakota, home of the 119th Wing.
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination linked to historical firefighting foam use.
Biddle Air National Guard Base (formerly Horsham Air Guard Station)
A Pennsylvania Air National Guard base in Horsham where AFFF firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in groundwater.
Hurlburt Field
A look at PFAS concerns from firefighting foam use at Hurlburt Field, an Air Force special operations base in Florida.
Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base
A Missouri Air National Guard installation on the historic Jefferson Barracks site where wartime ordnance and fuels have raised exposure concerns.
Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Base
An overview of documented PFAS and firefighting foam concerns at Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Base in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Keesler Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS-related groundwater concerns at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi.
King Salmon Air Force Station
A former Air Force radar station in Alaska where PFAS from firefighting foam testing and petroleum from fuel storage have affected area groundwater.
Kirtland Air Force Base
Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque has been associated with a large jet fuel plume and PFAS in area groundwater.
Lambert-St. Louis Air National Guard Base
A Missouri Air National Guard installation at Lambert-St. Louis, near Hazelwood, where removed waste oil, solvent, and detergent tanks left residues regulators still treat as of concern.
Laughlin Air Force Base
Laughlin Air Force Base near Del Rio, Texas is among installations the Department of Defense is assessing for possible PFAS related to firefighting foam.
Lincoln Air National Guard Base
Lincoln Air National Guard Base in Nebraska has been associated with PFAS detections tied to historic firefighting foam use.
Little Rock Air Force Base
A look at PFAS contamination concerns at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas and what they may mean for veterans.
MacDill Air Force Base
MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida is an active PFAS investigation site linked to historic AFFF firefighting foam use.
Malmstrom Air Force Base
A look at PFAS groundwater contamination linked to firefighting foam at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.
Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base
A profile of PFAS contamination concerns at Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base, home of Ohio's 179th Wing.
Maxwell Air Force Base (Maxwell-Gunter)
An overview of PFAS concerns from decades of firefighting foam use at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination tied to past firefighting foam use.
McEntire Joint National Guard Base
McEntire Joint National Guard Base in South Carolina has documented PFAS groundwater contamination linked to firefighting foam.
Minneapolis-Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station
An overview of PFAS contamination concerns and the federal investigation at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station in Minnesota.
Minot Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS contamination concerns at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and what veterans may want to know.
Moody Air Force Base
Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta, Georgia, has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to firefighting foam.
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
A former Air Force base in South Carolina where firefighting foam left PFAS in groundwater and nearby coastal waters.
Nellis Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas has been associated with PFAS in groundwater linked to past firefighting foam use.
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in New York has drawn attention for some of the highest PFAS readings recorded at any U.S. military site.
Offutt Air Force Base
A profile of PFAS concerns at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where historic firefighting foam use was assessed.
O'Hare Air Reserve Station
A former Air Force Reserve station at Chicago O'Hare where firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in groundwater.
Patrick Space Force Base
An overview of PFAS and firefighting foam contamination concerns at Patrick Space Force Base in Brevard County, Florida.
Peterson Space Force Base
Peterson Space Force Base near Colorado Springs, where decades of firefighting foam use have been associated with PFAS in area drinking water.
Pittsburgh Air National Guard Base
A Pennsylvania Air National Guard base near Pittsburgh airport where testing found PFAS above federal thresholds at most sampled sites.
Portland Air National Guard Base
A look at PFAS and firefighting foam contamination concerns at Portland Air National Guard Base in Oregon.
Reese Air Force Base
A former Air Force pilot-training base near Lubbock, Texas, where PFAS was detected in hundreds of nearby private wells.
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
An overview of environmental contaminants and cleanup history at the former Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Missouri.
Rosecrans Air National Guard Base
Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Missouri has documented fuel, solvent, and metal contamination, with PFAS raised as a concern.
Savannah Air National Guard Base
Savannah Air National Guard Base in Georgia is among the state installations where PFAS firefighting foam contamination has been documented.
Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base in Illinois has been associated with PFAS and AFFF contamination of groundwater and nearby drinking water.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
A profile of documented contaminant concerns at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base near Sumter, South Carolina, where decades of firefighting foam use have been associated with PFAS in local groundwater.
Sheppard Air Force Base
Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to firefighting foam use.
Sioux City Air National Guard Base
PFAS from firefighting foam has been associated with groundwater at the Sioux City Air National Guard Base in Iowa.
Stewart Air National Guard Base
A New York Air National Guard base near Newburgh where firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in local drinking water.
Truax Field Air National Guard Base
Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination from past firefighting foam use.
Vance Air Force Base
Vance Air Force Base near Enid, Oklahoma, has been associated with PFAS concerns tied to past firefighting foam use.
Vandenberg Space Force Base
Vandenberg Space Force Base in California has documented PFAS contamination being addressed under the CERCLA cleanup process.
Volk Field Air National Guard Base
Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination tied to firefighting foam.
Westover Air Reserve Base
A profile of PFAS and AFFF contamination concerns at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Whiteman Air Force Base
Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri has documented PFAS in groundwater linked to decades of firefighting foam use.
Youngstown Air Reserve Station
An Air Force Reserve base in northeastern Ohio where AFFF firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in groundwater.
Air Force Plant 4
Air Force Plant 4 is a Superfund aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas, with a documented TCE groundwater plume and a PFAS investigation.
Air Force Plant PJKS
A former Air Force Titan missile assembly and test plant in Jefferson County, Colorado, now an EPA Superfund cleanup site.
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
A look at documented contamination concerns at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, a Wyoming Superfund site.
Galena Air Force Station
A former Air Force forward operating base on the Yukon River in Alaska with documented fuel, solvent, and PFAS contamination.
Hanscom Air Force Base
Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts is a Superfund site with documented solvent, fuel, and PFAS concerns.
Homestead Air Reserve Base
A look at documented environmental contamination at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a Superfund site.
Luke Air Force Base
Luke Air Force Base, an active Arizona fighter-pilot training installation, has been associated with solvent, fuel, metal, and PFAS contamination.
Mountain Home Air Force Base
An overview of documented soil and groundwater contamination at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho and its Superfund status.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Joint Air Reserve Station (Twin Cities Air Force Reserve Base, Small Arms Range Landfill)
A 2-acre former base landfill in Minnesota where groundwater contamination led to an EPA Superfund (NPL) listing in 1987.
Williams Air Force Base (Former)
Former Williams Air Force Base near Mesa, Arizona is an EPA Superfund site with documented soil and groundwater contamination.
Edwards Air Force Base
The Air Force flight test center in the Mojave Desert, a Superfund site since 1990 with solvents, jet fuel, and PFAS documented in soil and groundwater.
Eielson Air Force Base
Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska is a Superfund site where fuel, solvents, and PFAS from firefighting foam contaminated groundwater that migrated into the nearby Moose Creek community.
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota is an EPA Superfund site where solvents such as TCE and PFAS from firefighting foam have been documented in groundwater and nearby private wells.
Fairchild Air Force Base
Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington was listed as a Superfund site in 1989, and AFFF-related PFAS later contaminated drinking water in neighboring Airway Heights.
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base in Utah, an EPA Superfund site since 1987, has documented TCE groundwater plumes extending under nearby communities and ongoing PFAS investigations tied to firefighting foam.
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base in Georgia includes a Superfund site where solvents, heavy metals, and cyanide reached groundwater, and 2018 testing found PFAS in shallow groundwater far above federal health advisories.
Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, an EPA Superfund site since 1997, has documented PFAS, AFFF, and heavy metal contamination, with cleanup ongoing under federal and state oversight.
Dover Air Force Base
Dover Air Force Base in Delaware is an EPA Superfund site where groundwater solvents, benzene, arsenic, and PFAS from firefighting foam have raised concerns about potential health effects.
March Air Reserve Base
Groundwater contamination with TCE, PCE, jet fuel, and solvents at March Air Reserve Base in California has raised concerns about potential health effects for veterans and nearby residents.
Mather Air Force Base
Mather Air Force Base, a former navigator training installation near Sacramento, California, is a Superfund site where TCE and other solvents contaminated groundwater.
Tinker Air Force Base
Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, an NPL Superfund site since 1987, has documented groundwater contamination from TCE, PCE, benzene and heavy metals tied to decades of aircraft overhaul work.
Travis Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, California, an EPA Superfund site since 1989, has documented TCE, benzene, heavy metal and PFAS contamination in groundwater, soil and Union Creek.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, an EPA Superfund site since 1989, has documented TCE, solvent, and fuel contamination, plus PFAS linked to decades of AFFF firefighting foam use.
Castle Air Force Base
Castle Air Force Base, a former SAC training base near Merced, California, is an EPA Superfund site where TCE, other solvents, and PFAS have been documented in soil and groundwater.
George Air Force Base
George Air Force Base in Victorville, California, a closed fighter training base and EPA Superfund site, has documented TCE, PCE, benzene, jet fuel, and PFAS contamination.
Griffiss Air Force Base
Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York is a Superfund site where decades of maintenance and disposal operations left TCE, PCBs and heavy metals in soil and groundwater.
Loring Air Force Base
Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine is an EPA Superfund site where solvents, PCBs and fuels contaminated soil and groundwater during decades of bomber operations.
Norton Air Force Base
Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California operated from 1942 to 1994 and was placed on the EPA Superfund list in 1987 after TCE, PCBs, and other contaminants were found in soil and groundwater.
Pease Air Force Base
Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire, a former Strategic Air Command installation, is an EPA Superfund site where PFAS from firefighting foam, solvents, and jet fuel contaminated groundwater and a drinking water well.
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Former SAC bomber base in Plattsburgh, New York, where TCE, benzene, heavy metals and PFAS contamination led to a 1989 Superfund listing and ongoing cleanup.
McClellan Air Force Base
A former Air Force logistics hub near Sacramento, now a Superfund site contaminated with solvents, heavy metals, and PCBs.
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
A Cold War bomber base in Oscoda, Michigan, closed in 1993 and now a Superfund site with PFAS-contaminated groundwater.
Selfridge Air National Guard Base
A century-old Michigan air base where TCE, PFOA, and PFOS contamination has been linked to health risks for personnel and neighbors.
Air Force Plant 85
A former 420-acre Air Force aircraft plant in Columbus, Ohio, where decades of manufacturing contaminated soil and groundwater.
Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base
A profile of contamination concerns at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base near Columbus, Ohio, including PFAS, TCE, and fuel.
U.S. Air Force Plant 44
A federally owned missile plant south of Tucson where solvents and PFAS have been associated with groundwater contamination.