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CTANG(CT Air National Guard), Communications/Radar site. FDS. Mostly intact, some IFC buildings being used for transmitter support with large radio towers on site. Double magazine site, now a storage yard. Fences and one . A few, such as site C-44 in southeastern Chicago can still be visited. Also storage yard. The mountain between the launcher and the IFC was "notched" in three places to allow the Missile Tracking Radar to acquire the missile while sitting on the launcher. Radar tower outlines are visible. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. The units were HHB and B/75th (11/54-9/58), HHB and B/3/562nd (9/58-6/60) and MDArNG B/3/70th (6/60-3/63). Was in use by Army Reserve and PA National Guard. Parts of the facility exist but are abandoned, lot of vegetation reclaiming the facility. May be used as a parking lot. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. Some ruins are visible along the west boundary, including the crushed fuelling stand and parts of the acid storage sheds.384850N 0772121W / 38.81389N 77.35583W / 38.81389; -77.35583 (W-74-LS). Buildings still standing, missile firing area in good condition. FDS. They could reach speeds of over 1,600 miles per hour thats more than two times the speed of sound and could climb up to 70,000 feet. Manned by D/71st (7/54-9/58), D/1/71st (9/58-9/59) and VAArNG B/1/280th (9/59-3/63). You can scroll and Also quite a few junk vehicles. Private ownership. A large elevator would bring the missiles to the surface, and crew members would push the missile to position. At the time, there was no effective defense against missiles like that. Headquarters facilities were located at Tappan, Fort Totten, Fort Wadsworth, and Roslyn. Redeveloped as multiple-family housing. No radar towers. Through the efforts of various volunteer groups, as of 1995, this is the only Nike site in the country that has been preserved and is open for public viewing. Rhode Island Army National Guard, most buildings intact, Magazine area used as a motor pool. Launch structures completely removed except for some fences and a road and other infrastructure built for the missile site, Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Parks and Recreations District. 384744N 0894758W / 38.79556N 89.79944W / 38.79556; -89.79944 (SL-10-CS), Private Ownership Purchased 7-12-14 by Ron Mertens of Smithton IL. Air Defense Command/NORAD radar sites at Fire Island AFS (F-1) and King Salmon AFS (F-3) AK were integrated into the Army Nike operations. Largely Obliterated, some remains in semi-wooded area. zoom this map to see individual missile silos. The areas in black denote deactivated missile wings, the areas in red denote the active missile wings. Launch area now fenced off and used as a dumping ground for dredging operations and is not open to the public, complex perimeter can be viewed from the bicycle trail. Buildings deteriorated but intact. FDS. The CPS-6B radar was removed in July 1958, FPS-8 removed 4Q 1960 until the Nike sites were inactivated in 1971. Formally used as an ESDA facility for the Village. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Cape Charles AFS, VA in 1958 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The AADCP was inactivated in May 1972. Minor remnants are still visible in the NE corner. In use for light industry. The Italian Nike units were initially combined Nike Ajax and Hercules equipped but switched completely over to Nike Hercules in the mid 1970s. Abandoned, replanted with pines. Please share your experiences and photos with us below in the comments. 1 The U.S. Department of Defense chose Marine as one of the four sites for a Nike Missile Base in the St. Louis area. Buildings in use, no radar towers. FDS. Launchers appear to be concreted over. It was organized into a Missile Group (the overall staffing); a Support Wing (tech and log support), and 2 (9th and 13th) Missile Wings, each with 4 subordinate units. Buildings vacant, but given the remoteness of this facility appear to be in decent shape. Launch site buildings still have doors and window glass. Upgraded to above-ground Nike-Hercules and re-designated HM-66. The entrance road has many abandoned trailers and also much junk along the sides. Travis AFB Defense Area (T): Established to defend the USAF Strategic Air Command, later Military Airlift Command base. Cleveland Defense Area (CL): Headquarters facilities were located at the Shaker Heights Armory and in Cleveland. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors visible. Quite a few of the buildings, except for a metal structure on the north-east corner, are still standing. Very deteriorated. The launcher area is now a public park with a Nike-Hercules missile and a plaque dedicating the site. Abandoned site at the north end of the SRA/north shore of the lake, where S. Wolf lake Blvd. Isle of Wight County Park. Many were already on Army National Guard bases who continued to use the property. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. On that date, jurisdiction, control, and authority was transferred to the California Air National Guard. FDS. Triple-magazine Nike Missile launching concrete pad now a parking lot for the Fort Funston hang gliding area. Above-ground Nike-Hercules pads within protective berms. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. Partially intact. Former Ajax installation with 12 launchers. Download the official NPS app before your next visit. Used as City of Rancho Palos Verdes storage area. Partially Intact on mountain top, Fort Funston Park Picnic Area. Obliterated and abandoned, Department of Energy. The satellite view allows you to see the actual military facility when you zoom in. Private ownership, berms still in evidence in aerial imagery. Get more stories delivered right to your email. Some buildings standing, Now USG Plant. Mostly sold off. Under restoration since 2009. Ajax and Hercules launch doors visible, probably welded shut. Relocated from HM-66. Appears abandoned. . Almost completely intact, Now Criminal Justice Institute, and Bossier Parish School Board. Private ownership, mostly returned to agricultural use, single magazine is about all that is left. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy. Its new role was meant to be a coordination center for civil defense in the event of attack, but it ended up being used as storage. FDS. Land incorporated within Alfred Brush Ford Park (also known as Ford Brush Park) at the foot of Lenox Ave. A large planter covering the elevator of the "B" Section and some berms is all that remains of the launch site. Some foundations of buildings, remainder of streets. 20th century castles, llc has sold 60 properties. Fenced and gated. Fire Control largely preserved and accessible via hiking trail. Sports Complex, some old military buildings still in use. Launch area was immediately north of current school building. Redeveloped into Asbury Broadneck Methodist church. It resides within an Army Reserve facility. Three years later, the U.S. Army Air Defense Command deactivated the remaining missile batteries. They were the countrys first surface-to-air guided missile system. No towers. Appears to have been bulldozed over and covered with soil after demilitarization. The site is currently used as a small arms firing range and a radio tower has been built there. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. In the early part of the Cold War, the threat (perceived or real) of Soviet attack prompted the creation of several U.S. weapons, including the Nike missile. Appears in good condition, buildings in use. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. Overgrown and abandoned. Battery 8,8th Battalion,3rd Air Defense Brigade was located on the Chinen peninsula in southern part of the island. Buildings are current home to "Burlington Players" community theatre company. Maryland Indian Heritage Society. Redeveloped into South Pine Creek Park. Launch area is now a soccer field. Evidence of IFC structures on hill behind buildings. Redeveloped into a corporate office complex. FDS, now private ownership, fenced, restricted access. Buildings in good condition, magazine area in use by the city police department as a vehicle storage area. Obliterated. The central buiding houses the elevator to take the missileers down to the underground control center. The AAFC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-71 / Z-71. The map below shows the current U.S. Inside the bunker. Horses occupy the Assembly building. Intact, LA County Fire Camp #9 and GTE cellular relay station. The Map/Satellite control in the upper lefthand corner of the screen lets you choose either the normal map view or the satellite view. B-21DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site MM-1. Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Intact, USAR Center Orangeburg. Abandoned, vegetation (tall trees) growing in Magazine concrete. Overgrown and abandoned. L-13's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #2. that appear on the map. 262 just outside the town limits. In May 1954, during the the Cold War, the United States Army Defense Command announced the construction of more than 300 Nike anti-aircraft installation sites in 28 states. Paved over parking lot for trucks.. Now light industrial area, some old IFC buildings still in use. Some buildings standing, even a few radar towers. Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. As of 1959 the Italian commanding unit was: The IFC is mostly burned (prior to the fire, the IFC was used as a minimum security prison). Pittsburgh Defense Area (PI): At first, three active Army battalions manned the ring around "Steel City". Launchers obliterated. See Our Inventory. Anchorage; drug & alcohol rehab center. Missile magazines exist however launchers appear to be concreted over. Air strip is now part of Evergreen Lakes subdivision. It sits roughly 60 miles southwest of the city of Hami, known as the site of a re-education camp where the Chinese government detains Uyghurs and members of other minority groups. Abandoned in heavy woods. West side of site largely forested with little evidence of use. FDS In private ownership, the barracks north of the launch area were demolished in 2010 but were previously used as the Jacksonville Senior Center. The U.S. developed the Nike missiles during the Cold War to defend against a new generation of Soviet bombers armed with nuclear weapons capable of reaching well beyond the countrys coasts and borders to almost any target in the United States. In private hands. American Indian Center Singing Winds Site. Single-family home. The Cost of U.S. Nuclear Forces: From BCA to Bow Wave and Beyond, Fact Sheet: Ballistic vs. Cruise Missiles. Around 300 Nike missile sites were installed in rings around major metropolitan areas and other strategic sites across the country in the early 1950s including about 20 in Chicago. Former Silo Locations in Central South Dakota. Site is now the location of the University of Texas System Police Academy. Redeveloped into Robert Manry Park. You can either park on the side of the road here, or you can continue down to the right and park in the parking lot, then walk back to the split and continue. Defense dollars were shifted to other projects like developing Americas own intercontinental ballistic missiles and missile defense systems, along with the growing war in Vietnam. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The AADCP inactivated in June 1974. Private ownership. It was used until 15 December 1975 for Civil Air Patrol use, being called Fork CAP Annex. Located on top of a mountain in the middle of the city. Buildings in use. Two towers are still standing, covered with corrugated sheet steel. S-90DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-1 / Z-1 The Air Force ceased radar operations in March 1963 and the AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974. Site redeveloped as Bedford Middle School in 2001. Totally obliterated; replaced by the South Suburban Rehab Center at 19000 S Halsted St. FDS. One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft. Now into multiple-family housing. Obliterated. Town of Westport, Westport/Weston Health District, Bayberry. General Belgian Nike info: The Nike missile system was operational in the Belgian airforce from 1959 until 1990. Twin Oaks Summer Camp. On Okinawa, the 30th ADA Brigade was on Okinawa. Intact, Abilene Independent School District, in good shape. Mostly redeveloped, many buildings remain in good shape, sidewalks still connecting buildings. As Greenland is Danish and that country refused to host foreign military and nuclear weapons, a bilateral agreement was signed allowing access for all US forces and weaponry in Greenland. Town of Manchester, Recreation Center. No evidence of LS. Actual missile area had 3 building to hold missiles, and rails to slide them outside. Is now used as the Grand Island Central School District's Eco Island Ecology Reserve. Private ownership, 4 military buildings still exist, usage unknown. Porter Center Road divides site into west and east sections. Launch site now the parking lot for the Children's Theatre of Annapolis and athletic fields. The sign simply says M1. 1) Distance - The shortest distance to the Soviet Union - the United States main opponent during the Cold War - was over the North Pole. IFC was operated by B/71st (7/54-9/58) and B/1/71st (9/58-11/62), Redeveloped into "Great Falls Nike Missile Park", FDS. This will show things like Abandoned. 94th ADA Group, headquartered in Kaiserslautern for most of the Nike-Hercules period had four battalions as follows, with locations: - In Pforzheim (Hagenschie/Wurmberg), in Baden-Wrttemberg there is a missile launch site operated by the US-Army until April 1985. Berms still quite visible under vegetation. IFC Obliterated. The Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site was a Project Nike Missile Master site near Chicago, Illinois. The transmitter tower for UNT's campus radio station is also located on site. 374132N 1222652W / 37.69222N 122.44778W / 37.69222; -122.44778 (SF-59-CS). On 1 October 1961 W-13DC was integrated with USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-54/Z-227. Optionally, a missile may contain a single W87 475-kiloton warhead to attack a single target. Some buildings still standing, unknown condition. FDS. You can choose to turn Labels on or off. Now under private ownership, Explosives Technology. NF-17DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-21 / Z-21. South Florida Natural Resources Center in Everglades National Park, under control of National Park Service. Concrete slabs and some wooden curb stops remain, but all buildings have been removed. Obliterated. FDS. No evidence of IFC. Buildings used for storage/support in good condition, rest of site has been razed and sold off, now single-family housing, no evidence of radar towers. Lower site (IFC-2) used as a state conservation baseyard. In highly urban area. No evidence of radar towers. Others were offered to state and local governments, while others were sold to school districts. Obliterated. No radar towers. Magazines visible and fully functional. Chicago Tonight in Your Neighborhood: Bronzeville Receives Historic Designation. The Army housing was commonly referred to as West Nike Housing Area, and was controlled by Ellsworth AFB until about 2000. Alert Operations and the Strategic Air Command, This is What Its Like to Be in Control of the Most Powerful Weapons on the Planet, U.S. ICBM to Replace 1970s Minuteman May Cost $111 Billion. FDS. Also used by the Air Force as part of the. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. Most buildings were razed, with no radar towers. Formerly manned by the A/54th (12/54-8/56), A/602nd (8/56-9/58), A/4/5th (9/58-8/60), B/4/1st (8/60-12/62), MDArNG A/2/70th (12/62-3/63), HHB 1/70th (10/62-8/74) and B/1/70th (12/62-4/74). Most touch screen devices will zoom by Intact, abandoned. FDS. Maps. No sign of IFC. On Bellows AFS, Twin Nike-Hercules launch underground facilities thoroughly overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. Most buildings remain, appears some of the magazine as well. Fort Funston/ Mount San Bruno, California. Perimeter fence appears to be still standing, taken over by vegetation, however outline is clear in aerial imagery. Each squadron has five Missile Alert Facilities which each control ten silo's for a total of 50 silo's per squadron. Maryland Indian Heritage Society, Melwood Horticultural Training Center. The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. 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Abandoned, now known as the Rochester-Utica State Recreation Area and the Shadebush Environmental Educational Center. Initially operating both Nike Ajax and Hercules but later on only Nike Hercules, the Norwegian Nikes were only conventional armed with the T-45 High Explosive warhead. Off Nike Road. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. in Nike Missile Sites. The logistics train was airlifting by US CH-47's within 6 hrs after receipt of a coded message. FDS. Double magazine in good shape. These were covering the Norwegian capital, the former Kolss HQ Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH), the Rygge and Gardermoen airbases and the naval base Karljohansvern. Private ownership. Intact, Explosives Technology. Buildings are mostly gone, or only standing walls remain. Appears to be a large water tower built on site. Hotel and commercial development. C-41 Jackson Park. FDS. Site was both an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master and later AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE Radar Direction Center. Double magazine now motor pool area for Army Reserve unit. Buildings in poor condition, some roofless, some not. Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. Only a couple of buildings standing. Largely intact, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department, Bossier Parish SWAT field training site. Fenced. The green pond in the upper-right of the photo is the poo pond that processes waste. By Donald E. 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The missiles were decommissioned in 1974 as the Cold War came to an end, but remnants remain all around the country to this day. Buildings removed, appears to be totally abandoned with no known use. Now Northeastern University Marine Science Center. magazine paved over for school bus parking and as an outdoor education center, Redeveloped into Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus, Now City of Cleveland J L Stamps District Service Center, Part of Runway L6 Cleveland Lakefront Airport, Baseball Field, Part of Cleveland Tri-City Park, Tennis Courts, Part of Cleveland Tri-City Park, Private ownership. Please respect private property and observe these sites from the road. Ian Frazier, Great Plains, 1989 Redeveloped into Hadley Shopping Center and a light industrial park. Partially Intact, Las Trampas Regional Park and microwave communications facility, Redeveloped, TRACOR Aerospace, Expendable Technology Center, Las Trampas Regional Park Office. As of Nov 1999, it was still on the Ellsworth AFB real property books, excess and awaiting disposition. Several buildings still in use. Site DY-10, located at Fort Phantom Hill and site DY-50, located southwest of Abilene, remained operational from 1960 until 1966. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. NY-55DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-9 / Z-9 Air Force operations at the site ended on 1 July 1966, and Nike operations were inactivated on 31 Oct 1974. This is an early Ajax-only site that was never converted to Hercules. Missile Sites. Initially, New York's air defenses had been manually coordinated from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Perimeter fencing intact. Seattle Defense Area (S): Home of Boeing Aircraft Company and military installations, Seattle was ringed No evidence of IFC - Correction - IFC was located at the top of a hill on the corner of Ratzer and Alps Roads including radar towers as late as 1980. The AADCP was later integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-80 with FPS-10 (2); FPS-8/GPS-3; FPS-7C and FPS-6A radars. Redeveloped into A.E. Located on Webb State Park/South Shore Association for Retarded Citizens (Mess Hall, EM Barracks and Missile Test & Assembly Building remain, pits buried but vents & ducts are visible).

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