Category: Facilities

Submitted by John R. Keith

Haines Radio Station (HNS), Alaska, 1951
CAA Haines Radio Station where John Keith (who submitted this photo) resided with his father who was assigned this duty station. John said, “My dad, John Keith, was with the CAA/FAA from about 1940-1967.  We were stationed at Skwentna, Gulkana, Juneau, Haines, Galena, and Yakataga, Alaska, Battle Mountain, Nevada, Farmington, New Mexico, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Superior, Montana, Bryce Canyon, Utah, and Santa Barbara, California.”

John continued,  “When the FAA was formed, he was called to Washington DC to be one of the plank owners for the Administrator’s communications unit (OA-10, as it was called then).  That was his last duty station from 1960-1967.  I have a lot of great memories of all of these out of the way places.  We were stationed at Haines, AK in the late 40s or early 50s.”

Submitted by John R. Keith

Haines Radio (HNS) Housing, Alaska, 1951-1952
CAA Haines Radio Station where John Keith (who submitted this photo) resided with his father who was assigned this duty station. John said, “My dad, John Keith, was with the CAA/FAA from about 1940-1967. We were stationed at Skwentna, Gulkana, Juneau, Haines, Galena, and Yakataga, Alaska, Battle Mountain, Nevada, Farmington, New Mexico, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Superior, Montana, Bryce Canyon, Utah, and Santa Barbara, California.”

John continued, “When the FAA was formed, he was called to Washington DC to be one of the plank owners for the Administrator’s communications unit (OA-10, as it was called then). That was his last duty station from 1960-1967. I have a lot of great memories of all of these out of the way places. We were stationed at Haines, AK in the late 40s or early 50s.”

Submitted by John R. Keith

Haines Radio (HNS) Housing, Alaska, 1951-1952
CAA housing where John Keith (who submitted this photo) resided with his father. John is the one in the dark snowsuit playing in the snow. John said, “My dad was CAA/FAA from about 1940-1967.  We were stationed at Skwentna, Gulkana, Juneau, Haines, Galena, and Yakataga, Alaska, Battle Mountain, Nevada, Farmington, New Mexico, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Superior, Montana, Bryce Canyon, Utah, and Santa Barbara,California.”

Homer FSS (HOM), Alaska, December 12, 1961

Homer FSS (HOM), Alaska, August, 1962
Teletypes at the Homer FSS.

Homer FSS (HOM), Alaska, August 1962
The Homer Weather Desk.

Homer FSS (HOM), Alaska 1980

Submitted by John Keith

Galena Air Force Base (AFB) Hanger (GAL), Alaska, 1956
Hazel Keith while stationed at Galena Air Force Base with her husband, John R Keith. John was an Airways Operations Specialist (AOS) and Hazel was previously employed with the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) as a Communicator up until about 1946.  Previous to this assignment they were stationed at five other Alaskan facilities, starting in 1942 plus three facilities in the lower-48 states.

Photo submitted by Pat Adams

Galena FSS (GAL), Alaska, year unknown
The section of the building on the far left housed the Galena Flight Service.  A portion of the Galena tower, operated by the US Air force, can be seen in the upper right hand corner of the photo.  Galena FSS closed about 1972.

Photo submitted by Pat Adams

Galena FSS (GAL), Alaska, July 1972
One of the FAA housing facilities for Galena FSS employees.  Galena FSS closed about 1972.