Historic California Posts, Camps,Station and Airfields Joshua Tree Gap Filler Annex On March 24, 1958, 13.10 acres were acquired by the US Air Force from the Department of the Interior as a military right of-way and installation pursuant to Department of the Interior Regulation 44-LD-513. Of this 13.10 acres, the gap filler site consists of 0.26 acres. An access road comprises the remaining 12.84 acres. An additional 1.49 acres of privately owned land required for the access road was acquired by way of permanent easement on July 21, 1958, bringing the total to 14.59 acres. The site has been used for a gap filler/radar facility by the Air Force and subsequently the Navy since 1958. Site improvements consist of an approximately 1,200 square foot masonry block building with an antenna, three cement pads which appear to have been foundations for a large tower, a 2000 gallon fuel storage tank, and a chain link fence surrounding the facility. The sites radar covered those areas that geography blocked the radar at Boron Air Force Station. Rights to the facility, access road and easement were transferred to the US Navy on June 4, 1965, as indicated on DD Form 1354 of the same date. Source: Los District, US Army Corps of Engineers
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:10:48 +0000
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