Former Airfield Under Review
Recently, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a Site Inspection at the former Midland Army Airfield Target Range No. 12. This site operated as a practice bombing range for training bombardiers at Midland Army Airfield from 1942 through 1946.
This target range is one of many former military installations throughout the United States that will be reviewed under the Department of Defense’s Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol. This protocol is used to assess sites that may have unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions or munitions constituents, and to assign priorities for any additional investigation or munitions removal that may be required.
The evaluation criteria, including types of munitions that may be present, ease of access to the site and number of people living near the site, are available for public review in the Site Inspection Report located at Glasscock County Judge Wilburn Bednar’s office at the courthouse in Garden City.
For more information or if you have additional information about past activities related to the former Midland Army Airfield Target Range No. 12, please contact: Randy Niebuhr, Project Manager, at (817) 886-1482 or Randy.R.Niebuhr@usace.army.mil.