Magazine launch doors removed; site appears to be filled in, with vegetation covering fill sites. Other buildings erected and still appear to be in use. Obliterated, Athletic Field of Rio Hondo Junior College. Magazine area used by construction company for equipment repair/storage. Most public. Abandoned and overgrown with trees. Private Ownership. Intact but decaying and falling apart, NPS-GGNRA, camp site, YMCA facility. A new structure adjacent to "A" Section houses offices formerly used by the Baltimore County Fire Department Rescue Academy but now houses the Baltimore County Department of Public Works Safety Office and Training Academy. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. Site is now the location of a couple of office buildings. Dual magazines, in overgrown area, visible. there, you'd probably ignore it. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC established at Fort Heath, MA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Green Hills Area Education Agency Central Office. Intact, NMArNG Miliray Academy. All six magazines are concreted over. It is also used occasionally for communications exercises supporting various US Army operations. Initially the U.S. used Nike Ajax missiles. Part of Army Reserve Center, in back of facility. Each squadron has five Missile Alert Facilities which each control ten silo's for a total of 50 silo's per squadron. Partially intact. Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. FDS. Bennett's Creek Park. On that date, jurisdiction, control, and authority was transferred to the California Air National Guard. Undetermined purpose Site largely intact barracks has been torn down. Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. 2023 Atlas Obscura. The site, known officially as 550th SMS Site 2, was constructed in 1961 and decommissioned on June 25, 1965. This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 15:53. It has a maximum range of 8,700 miles and a maximum speed of Mach 23 Intact, Private ownership in good condition. Currently a paintball site under the name Blast Camp; site is in the middle of farm fields. Many parked cars on site, probably employees. Double magazine, launch doors appear to be concreted over, some buildings erected on firing pads. L-58'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. The units assigned were A/36th (/55-9/58), A/1/562nd (9/58-12/62) and MDArNG A/1/70th (12/62-11/68). Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. The missile station, officially dubbed SL-40, is near Hecker, a town of 500, though it has a Red Bud address: 5055 M Road. 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. The sign simply says M1. Theres a Cold War missile launch site in Addison, Illinois that is now home to a charming park where children play. On 18 Sep 1968, IFC-2 was designated the Palehua AF Solar Observatory Research Site, activated, and assigned to Military Airlift Command with jurisdiction and operational control assigned to Air Weather Service. Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. 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. Their defending area was the industrial Ruhr area. Buildings in good condition, magazine area in use by the city police department as a vehicle storage area. Venus and Jupiter Will Be Side by Side in Wednesdays Night Sky. Totally obliterated. Still behind locked gate and fenced. FDS. At all six missile fields, local activists volunteered to drive the countryside and record driving directions to all locations, while maintaining legal distances from all facilities. 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. 400659N 0745330W / 40.11639N 74.89167W / 40.11639; -74.89167 (PH-15-LS). Redeveloped into large school and recreational area of the Long Beach School District. Well-preserved in private ownership. Appears in good condition. The U.S. still has an arms limitation treaty with Russia through February 2026. Redeveloped into US Consumer Products Safety Commission Engineering Laboratory. FDS. All buildings at the site were demolished in 1977. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SL-47DC was established at Belleville AFS, IL in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Never operational. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) LA-45DC was established at San Pedro Hill AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Later re-used as an Aerojet facility but now abandoned. The base's 150 missiles are . All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). 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. No evidence of IFC site. Obliterated. Only a few are intact and preserve the history of the Nike project. There were also sites in Wolf Lake, Fort Sheridan, the Skokie Lagoons and elsewhere placed strategically to overlap so that no part of the Chicago-area would be left unprotected. FDS. Buildings at beginning of entrance road, former underground double magazine. The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FDS) program processed many former sites and then transferred them out of Defense Department control.[7]. The "Missile type" code indicates the numbers and types of missiles and other installation details. Nike was meant to defend against manned aircraft. Wiloughby Eastlake School District. Private ownership, berm and assembly building exits. Is on County Road 80S in Castle Rock, Minnesota. DOD communications facility. FDS. Operating units were C/54th (/55-9/58) and C/4/1st (9/58-4/74). Intact, Department of Energy, silo currently used as lab for University of Washington research projects. Site at end of Adrian Drive. Some buildings standing as well as radar towers. Maryland Indian Heritage Society, Melwood Horticultural Training Center. South Florida Natural Resources Center in Everglades National Park, under control of National Park Service. WTTW News Explains: How Does Chicagos Grid Street System Work? Property given to North Allegheny School District. Town of Westport, Westport/Weston Health District, Bayberry. Figure3shows a Google Maps street-view of the entrance to a MAF. "Missile Base Road". Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. Private ownership, Kraemer Construction Company. "[28], Both magazines were unroofed and backfilled with earth. Buildings torn down, launch pads consist of concrete slabs and bunkers. Is fenced in, with a "No Trespassing" sign, guard shack and many buildings in good repair. Looks as if it is being used as a storage/junkyard. C-70 Naperville, Illinois. The site totally redeveloped, and no Nike site buildings remain. The conversion of former Atlas and Titan missile silos and other government facilities/bunkers into a new safe and functional "hardened" shelter complex requires an in-depth knowledge of a specialized construction program management methodology and specific engineering expertise. Fish and Wildlife Service. FDS. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. She has visited half of the states, as well as parts of Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and regularly travels home to the Hoosier State to see friends and family. Magazine area visible from aerial imagery. The elevator is present but the hydraulics have been removed. Site was formerly the Naval Research Lab-Field Site lower Waldorf; the small observatory on the barracks associated with this usage has been removed. Some accessibility through a ventilation shaft to a small bunker room. of baseball diamond. Figure 6 shows satellite views of a normally unattended silo (left) and one undergoing maintenance (right). Now a grassy area south of Belmont Harbor along the Chicago lakefront in Lincoln Park. Their defending area was the industrial Ruhr area. USAR Center Magazine area remains, concrete badly deteriorated.BR>. Buildings in use as "4-H Park and County Fairgrounds". Remains an Army Reserve facility. Site redeveloped to Village of Orland Park Department of Public Works. Site equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Private ownership. It was inactivated on 1 Oct 1980, declared excess on 15 Dec 1980, then reactivated on 12 May 1981 and remained in use until the closure of Loring Air Force Base in 1995. Launched from a Montana silo, a Minuteman III would take about 20 minutes to reach Moscowits speed is not constant along its flight path. Largely intact and abandoned. The Radar towers, Generator bldg., Van pads, and connecting building foundation are all there. 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. The AADCP inactivated in 1966. It was later equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Everglades National Park, National Park Service. Geoffrey Baer joined "Chicago Tonight" for this week's Ask Geoffrey, about old Nike missile bases in Chicago. The AADCP was inactivated in 1969. Probably facility is complete within the trees and wild underbrush. Two radar towers remain on the property of a landscape business. FDS. (17,500 mph). FDS. Appears abandoned. Obliterated and abandoned, Department of Energy. It was formerly under private ownership, used as an Airsoft gaming facility, most notably by the Minnesota Airsoft Association. In highly industrial area. Located at Bailey's Hill Park. C-50 Homewood. USAR Center. The former crew barracks are now used for county fire station personnel and the old launch bays appear to be used for storage. . Abandoned and overgrown site at the south end of lake/state recreation area. See Our Inventory. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. Site was never operational. Launch site looks abandoned, buildings in deteriorated condition. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) DF-30DC was established at Duncanville AFS, TX in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. City of Virginia Beach, Parks and Recreation offices. Buildings in good condition, magazine being used as tractor trailer parking and storage site. No buildings or signs of magazines. Perimeter fence appears to be still standing, taken over by vegetation, however outline is clear in aerial imagery. They could also be remotely controlled from Launch Control Centers miles away from the actual silos, allowing sites to be dispersed over a wide geographic area. Missile launch pads intact. 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. Intact, Gateway National Recreation Area. Concrete pad visible along with launch door (sealed). Private ownership, 4 military buildings still exist, usage unknown. FDS. Rebuilt as Los Angeles County prison camp. FDS. Obliterated, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. FDS. time knowing which ones. Buildings have been razed but foundations remain; double-Nike-Ajax magazines badly cracked with wild vegetation overgrowing. Mostly intact. Magazines were sealed during environmental hazards assessment in the 1990s but were then opened and badly vandalized. Overgrown and abandoned. Nothing else is left. Buildings torn down, Launch doors visible, now welded shut. The Magazine area is overgrown with vegetation and appears abandoned. Mix of new and old buildings. Record Group 21 Record Group 77 Record Group 291 Record Group 21, Records of the United States District Courts (2 civil cases) U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Chicago, Civil Records, Civil Case Files, Case 71C2016, Chicago Indian . No radar towers. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Mostly sold off. Concrete launching pads visible but doors concreted over. Elevators cemented over. In aerial imagery, launch site appears to be abandoned and overgrown with trees and other vegetation. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. The blast and thermal effects within a dozen miles or so of each of these silo's will be deadly, and the fallout radiation will spread hundreds of miles downwind. There were more active silos in the past. Magazine remains, concreted over. The Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site was a Project Nike Missile Master site near Chicago, Illinois. Buildings in use, magazines still intact, being used as a parking lot. Roads exist with severe cracking in poor shape. San Pablo Ridge, California (SF-08 and SF-09 shared facilities). Magazine visible, covered with vegetation and refuse. Even the signs listing the bunker's rules can be read decades later. Private ownership. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site, missiles protected by berms. Some old military buildings, off "Nike Site Road". The launcher site was acquired by the USAF in 1965 and become the Youngstown Test Site. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Cape Charles AFS, VA in 1958 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. You can exit out of full screen by pressing the Escape key or clicking the control in the upper righthand corner of the display. Private ownership. Buildings vacant, but given the remoteness of this facility appear to be in decent shape. Formerly manned by the B/54th (12/54-9/58), B/4/1st (9/58-9/59) and MDArNG D/2/70th (9/59-9/53). Partial remains. Lately, many have been closed and the . FDS In private ownership, the barracks north of the launch area were demolished in 2010 but were previously used as the Jacksonville Senior Center. Largely obliterated, now Massachusetts Audubon education center. Totally obliterated and redeveloped into the Parkhurst US Army Reserve Center. The AADCP was inactivated in Sep 1969. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Long secluded driveway ending at the log home which has beautiful views and Southern exposure. Redeveloped into Phillips Park. Please respect private property and observe these sites from the road. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SF-90DC was established at Mill Valley AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The buildings are all new; the motor pool, up a rise slightly, has a couple of older structures, but the place otherwise has been cleaned off. FDS. Sports Complex, some old military buildings still in use. The buildings appear to be in use and in good condition. The magazines have a one-foot thick cap of concrete on them. All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). C-03 Montrose/Belmont. Magazines probably under asphalted parking lot. FDS. 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. Next, turn left on Wolf Lake Drive and follow it all the way back to where the road forks. The post was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site M-97. Also used as a self-storage site. FDS. Part of the facility exists to the west, with outlines of radar towers visible. Redeveloped into single-family housing. FDS. This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads. TV transmitter site. The other magazines are buried beneath a modern parking lot and have been filled with soil. Constructed during the Cuban Missile Crisis [October 1962]. Obliterated. Also the lawn is cut! Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) W-13DC established at Fort Meade, MD in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. There were no intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICMBs at Montrose Harbor. So, 50 silos are empty, but the enemy may have a difficult Built on 11 acres of land, the silo was specifically home to the. Above-ground launch facility with built-up pads, but no evidence of missile launch facilities remaining. Abandoned. The U.S. government began phasing out Nike bases in the mid-1960s amid budget cuts. Former access road to IFC remains, highly deteriorated and partially taken over by vegetation. Redeveloped into a corporate office complex. MAF = Missile Alert Facility, this is where the missileers control the launch of ten Minuteman III ICBM's, each MAF has 10 silo's under their supervision. Under restoration since 2009. These were supposed to be airlifted to certain Nike sites in case of deterioration of the international political situation in the world. Old access road from the back of the site. Obliterated, City of Detroit. Site guard shack and owner' house is a reconstructed Crew quarters. During the Cold War there were an additional 500 silo's for a total of about 1,000, which were in South Dakota, Missouri, and North Dakota. Part of Town of Westhaven, Parks and Recreation Department "Nike State Park". The missile launchers were in a large bermed compound on the other side of the lagoons adjoining the Edens Expressway, about a quarter of a mile south of Dundee Road. East side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Buildings appear in excellent condition.381723N 0895651W / 38.28972N 89.94750W / 38.28972; -89.94750 (SL-40-CS), 381611N 0895700W / 38.26972N 89.95000W / 38.26972; -89.95000 (SL-40-LS). Lancaster (town) Police Department and local government office. Grounds intact. Three launch areas. Intact, City of LA, White Point Park. This Cold Warera fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency. After the Nike site was closed in 1966, was taken over by the Air Force which used it as a communications facility and satellite tracking site. Several Buildings standing also some radar towers. On 15 Dec 1956 jurisdiction, control, and accountability transferred back to the Army. Magazines visible, condition unknown. FDS. Partially Intact, Private ownership, being used as a junkyard for old vehicles. Redeveloped into open greenspace with retention ponds. Now open to the public for tours by National Park Service staff. Travis AFB Defense Area (T): Established to defend the USAF Strategic Air Command, later Military Airlift Command base. Some IFC buildings in use. Nothing remains of the IFC except the MTR and TTR towers. Some buildings still standing and in use by Independence Board of Education. Redeveloped into single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. Redeveloped. The security gate to the MAF is 968 feet from the road. Is now known as Nike Base Town Park; as such, it hosts Grand Island's Senior Citizen Center, a town-sponsored safe hangout for teens known as Reality Cafe, and space for group meetings. You do not want to buy land or live anywhere near these silo's, and preferrably not anywhere within 200 miles of these missile fields. The IFC was located off New Lake View Road, at 2 E. Heltz Road, and is now offices for the Town of Hamburg and as part of Lakeview Road Recreation Area. Site demolished and cleared. Intact, NPS-GGNRA, Angel Island State Park. The administrative, housing, and launch complex area was located just west of South Lake Shore Drive, between the 59th St Harbor and Hayes Dr. Actual missile area had 3 building to hold missiles, and rails to slide them outside. Two radar towers still stand. Nike launch facilities obliterated by construction. Access road to site overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. Links: Sandy Hook Tours:: Site NY-56:: Gateway National Park:: NJ 14 Missile Bases:: NY-56 History:: Trip Advisor:: Highlands Air Force Station, 332609N 1042007W / 33.43583N 104.33528W / 33.43583; -104.33528 (W-10-LS). Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. Redeveloped into South Pine Creek Park. All rights reserved. Small part US Army Reserve center. The CPS-6B radar was removed in July 1958, FPS-8 removed 4Q 1960 until the Nike sites were inactivated in 1971. C-92 Redeveloped into Vernon Hills Athletic Complex. Abandoned, in private hands. to defend this nuclear industrial complex. Being used as an auto junkyard. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. Overgrown, most buildings underneath veneration canopy. FDS. Nike launch magazines abandoned and partially covered by a layer of soil, used for open-air storage. Underground single-magazine intact, no buildings, appears abandoned. Obliterated. The Italian Nike units were initially combined Nike Ajax and Hercules equipped but switched completely over to Nike Hercules in the mid 1970s. Some buildings are in use, but no radar towers. If you're using a Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) S-90DC established at Fort Lawton AFS, WA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. At the time, there was no effective defense against missiles like that. Magazine now an auto junkyard. Some administration buildings still stand. Some old roads still exist in the abandoned part of the facility, but no evidence of radar towers. [16], 413622N 0724129W / 41.60611N 72.69139W / 41.60611; -72.69139 (HA-48-CS). Obliterated, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Del Cerro Park. Site is abandoned, four radar towers standing. No evidence of former IFC site. [9] Its defenders included both Regular Army and National Guard units. Being used as an auto junkyard. Just east of here was located the launch control equipment for one of the three Nike complexes in Fairfax County. It was assigned to the United States Property and Fiscal Officer, State of Rhode Island for real property jurisdiction and control. Mostly overgrown still under US Army control on Kahuku Army Training Area, abandoned. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. If you were driving by and you didn't know it was FDS. Off Nike Road. Redeveloped area in northern tip of airport now has a general aviation hangar, parking lot and ramp area for aircraft parking. ICBMs were offensive weapons and were actually what led to Nike missiles becoming obsolete. Battalion Blvd remains. The area is off-limits to visitors at Angel Island State Park. Largely intact, however the forest has just about won the battle to reclaim its former areas. Signage indicates that it is being redeveloped as residential housing. Mostly cleared land, some roads of IFC remain but that's about it. One old military building remains. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". At some later time it transferred to Military Airlift Command, and on 1 Jun 1992 transferred to Air Mobility Command. Redeveloped into single-family housing subdivision "Callaway Lakes". Roads in very poor condition, main access road overgrown by vegetation. Redeveloped but abandoned; site of a former automobile dealership on Grant Street, now empty. Abandoned. No radar towers. Most buildings remain, Concrete in magazine area cracked. US Government ownership, storage and maintenance support facility for Fort Devens. Double magazine site, now a storage yard. It was designed for manual operations, using plexiglass plotting boards and telephonic inputs. Its new purpose is utilized regularly, and you can enjoy it too. Apparently, magazines are still electrified, and used for covered underground storage. Although silos are unattended, they are monitored with video and other It was transferred from the Army to the Air Force (Headquarters Command) on 10 Jun 1963. No towers. Was in use by Army Reserve and PA National Guard. FDS. It is a long and lonely route. The markers are color-coded by flights. The Integrated Firing Control Site buildings & radars (formerly located at the end of Hutschenreuter Road in Fork were removed sometime in the early 1980s, and the property is now in private hands. Mostly intact, some IFC buildings being used for transmitter support with large radio towers on site. Demolished in 2016 to make way for housing. Now Massachusetts Audubon Society, Drumlin Farm. 2) Protection - Minuteman sites away from America's coastlines meant more warning time if submarines launched from off the coasts. The 436th AAAB was redesignated as an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion on 5 January 1957 and subsequently occupied four Nike Ajax sites, which went to 1st Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery on 1 September 1958. 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. Magazine area used for school bus parking. Three sites were deactivated in December 1958 as only Saddle Mountain was converted to the new Nike Hercules. Above-ground Nike-Hercules pads within protective berms. The other two Illinois facilities were in Grafton and Hector, with a fourth location in Pacific, Missouri. Site is now the location of the University of Texas System Police Academy. Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. Map showing the location of the Minuteman Missile Visitor Center, Launch Control Facility Delta-01 and Launch Facility (Missile Silo) Delta-09. Obliterated. Facility fenced but appears to be open. US Forest Service Insect & Disease Lab. Talcott Mountain Science center (buildings/radar pads). Demolished Nov 2015 for a housing development. Used as City of Rancho Palos Verdes storage area. Isle of Wight County Park. Owned by the Nassau Board of Cooperative Education, which uses the site as the Brookville Nature Park and Outdoor Education Center. The country didnt deactivate most sites until the 70s after the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed by the Soviet Union and the U.S. in 1974. Concrete pad still visible. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Township of Lumberton. Several radar towers standing. Municipal complex storage yard. Redeveloped into park and recreation area. The Air Force ceased radar operations on 30 Sep 1969, and the AADCP was inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. Buildings were torn down. Buildings in good condition, also several radar towers. L-31'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 #5. Launch area concrete badly cracked, doors rusting, all of the magazines are filled to surface level with groundwater due to the high water table in the area. Intact, Private ownership, 1 launcher used to store dynamite. 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). Very deteriorated state. Buildings standing, several radar towers. The missiles were stored horizontally underground. FDS. Missile pads partially Intact, Harvard University. Intact, Abilene Independent School District, in good shape. Raymond Central High School some buildings intact but site greatly modified for school. Redeveloped into Electric Lighting Company. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. The site was purchased by a developer with a school built on the launch area. Obliterated, State of Alaska control, demolished. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Redeveloped into USAR Center. In private ownership. Upon deactivation of this Hercules battery in 1960, the equipment was forwarded to the Norfolk site at Deep Creek/Portsmouth. Abandoned site at the north end of the SRA/north shore of the lake, where S. Wolf lake Blvd. Note: The Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 had a yield of 15 kilotons. and its ten silos is called a flight. Initially, New York's air defenses had been manually coordinated from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. 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. Magazine exists, concreted over. Intact, Department of Energy, facilities used as auxiliary research labs under Pacific Northwest National Laboratories oversight, currently scheduled for demolition. If youve ever been to this missile launch site park, wed love to hear from you. Located at Battery Leary, Merriam, Upper Reservation, Ft. MacArthur. With the exception of Alaska, in which sites were given a specific name, Nike missile sites were designated by a coding system of the Defense Area Name abbreviation; a two-digit number representing the degree from north converted to a number between 01 and 99 (North being 01; East being 25; South being 50; West being 75), and a letter, L = launch site, C = IFC (Integrated Fire Control) site. Magazine area is in good shape, launch doors visible, probably welded shut. Strategic Air Command. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Launch "pits" used for reservoirs for the waste treatment plant. Also storage yard. Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. Concreted areas cracked and in poor condition. Redeveloped into shopping center. FDS. FDS, now private ownership, fenced, restricted access. Also quite a few junk vehicles. Foundations visible in construction site. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. Formerly used by the RIANG, 281st CCG, 282d CBCS. Missile Base Specialists. Private ownership, berms still in evidence in aerial imagery. View waymark gallery. No remnants remain except some small broken chunks of concrete. Fenced and gated. 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). Demolished, Roswell Correctional Center Partially. Obliterated. 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.
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