Redeveloped into City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Services, Playa del Rey/LAX, California (Shared with LA-70). Buildings were torn down. Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour. The AADCP was inactivated in 1969. A semi-circular embankment protecting the fueling area remains. Maryland/District of Columbia/Northern Virginia, "Cieli fiammeggianti, dalla Guerra fredda a Base Tuono", by Alberto Mario Carnevale, Eugenio Ferracin, Maurizio Struffi, 2021, second edition, Nuclear Battlefields - Global Links in the Arms Race, by William M. Arkin and Richard W. 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Also used by the Air Force as part of the. This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces. Buildings, some radar towers. Intact, LA County Fire Camp #9 and GTE cellular relay station. Never completed. It is a long and lonely route. CTANG(CT Air National Guard), Communications/Radar site. Some older buildings deteriorated. The Minuteman III has an inertial navigation guidance system that is entirely internal. B-21DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site MM-1. Known as Orange Air National Guard Station. High-end housing development, nothing remains. For example, "2AK/18L-H" means the site contained two Nike Ajax magazines (A), located above ground (K), with eight launchers (8L) being converted to Nike Hercules (H). Appears in good condition. Hartford Defense Area (HA): Operational in 1956, these sites were first manned by Regular Army and later by Guard Units. Wiloughby Eastlake School District. W-45 was manned by the A/75th (11/54-9/58), A/3/562nd (9/58-6/60) and MDArNG B/3/70th (6/60-12/61) ADA. Guard shack still visible, launcher site clearly visible, and administrative buildings still in use. No structures appear to remain. Launch site buildings bulldozed, dumped into the magazines, magazines sealed shut, soiled over & the whole area re-graded in the early 1970s to make it look like a natural area again, and they did a very thorough job. Figure4shows an underground launch control center. Former triple-magazine site now abandoned. 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. King Salmon Long Range Radar Site is still in use. FDS, Abandoned and overgrown. FDS. 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. The following are considered the three major ones: Several buildings still in use. Above-ground launch site. Relocated from HM-66. The Magazine area is overgrown with vegetation and appears abandoned. Partially intact. FDS. Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School. This full-screen feature is not available on Apple IOS devices like the iPad. Site redeveloped to Village of Orland Park Department of Public Works. 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). 430349N 0784238W / 43.06361N 78.71056W / 43.06361; -78.71056 (BU-09-LS), 425550N 0783549W / 42.93056N 78.59694W / 42.93056; -78.59694 (BU-18-LS), 424634N 0784006W / 42.77611N 78.66833W / 42.77611; -78.66833 (BU-34/35-LS), 431259N 0785732W / 43.21639N 78.95889W / 43.21639; -78.95889 (NF-03-CS), 430931N 0785023W / 43.15861N 78.83972W / 43.15861; -78.83972 (NF-16-CS), 430107N 0790047W / 43.01861N 79.01306W / 43.01861; -79.01306 (NF-41-CS), 430032N 0790056W / 43.00889N 79.01556W / 43.00889; -79.01556 (NF-41-LS), 410319N 0735541W / 41.05528N 73.92806W / 41.05528; -73.92806 (NY-09-CS), 404838N 0733253W / 40.81056N 73.54806W / 40.81056; -73.54806 (NY-23-LS), 404249N 0732535W / 40.71361N 73.42639W / 40.71361; -73.42639 (NY-24-CS), 405700N 0725207W / 40.95000N 72.86861W / 40.95000; -72.86861 (NY-25-CS), 403536N 0733804W / 40.59333N 73.63444W / 40.59333; -73.63444 (NY-29/30-CS). FDS. David's Island. Appears to be a storage area for tractor-trailers. FDS. Intact, NMArNG Miliray Academy. Battalion Headquarters was located at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant located north of Doyline. FDS. and its ten silos is called a flight. All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). FDS. [9] Its defenders included both Regular Army and National Guard units. John Reece, Chicago. Obliterated by 1997. Sites at (S-13) Redmond, (S-61) Vashon Island, and (S-92) Bainbridge Island were upgraded to launch Nike Hercules missiles and survived until 1974. FDS. No towers. Bennett's Creek Park. Mostly redeveloped, many buildings remain in good shape, sidewalks still connecting buildings. However, the army also deployed nike missiles to europe as part of the nato alliance, with sites being operated by both american and european military forces. 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. Some foundations of buildings, remainder of streets. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. Also quite a few junk vehicles. The launcher site was acquired by the USAF in 1965 and become the Youngstown Test Site. Travis AFB Defense Area (T): Established to defend the USAF Strategic Air Command, later Military Airlift Command base. The other two Illinois facilities were in Grafton and Hector, with a fourth location in Pacific, Missouri. Launch site looks abandoned, buildings in deteriorated condition. No evidence of former IFC site. After the Army closed the Nike facility, It was gained as an off-base installation of Andrews AFB on 21 Feb 1975, under Headquarters Command. Vacant land. After deactivation, PH-32 was sold to Burlington County for $32,000 and was used as the Burlington County Civil Defense Center. Fenced. Buildings are mostly gone, or only standing walls remain. Most of launch site turned into a quarry. Today, partially Intact, Private ownership. [10] During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Travis battalion assumed responsibility for the remaining active batteries guarding the entire San Francisco region. Magazines were sealed during environmental hazards assessment in the 1990s but were then opened and badly vandalized. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SF-90DC was established at Mill Valley AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Town of Milford, board of education. General Belgian Nike info: The Nike missile system was operational in the Belgian airforce from 1959 until 1990. Some IFC buildings still in-use, part of site also used by "Rolnick Observatory" also using old IFC buildings. The pits are still there, under the park, behind the fire station. Appears to be a tower also present. IFC Obliterated. Administrative Area buildings intact deteriorated. Launchers obliterated. Most buildings in good condition, magazine in good condition. Part of magazine visible. FDS. Road back to launch site from IFC in good shape. Buildings in good condition, magazine being used as tractor trailer parking and storage site. FDS. FDS. You can exit out of full screen by pressing the Escape key or clicking the control in the upper righthand corner of the display. One radar tower standing. Theres a Cold War missile launch site in Addison, Illinois that is now home to a charming park where children play. Leftover traces of the approximately 265[2] Nike missile bases can still be seen around cities across the United States. Site guard shack and owner' house is a reconstructed Crew quarters. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. Later manning responsibilities would eventually be supplied by one active duty unit (3rd Missile Battalion, 1st Artillery) and one Pennsylvania Army National Guard battalion (The Duquesne Greys-2nd Missile Battalion, 176th Artillery). Today, the site is in use, some buildings still standing. Intact, Communications Facility Partially. Partially Intact on mountain top, Fort Funston Park Picnic Area. FDS. Access road to upper control site (IFC-1) inaccessible due to decades of vegetation growth taking back the road up to the top. Largely intact and listed on the. Headquarters facilities were located at Camp Hanford. Obliterated, paved over for tractor trailer parking lot. Magazine now an auto junkyard. On or about 30 Dec 1963 the housing area next to the Launch Site was designated Ellsworth Family Housing Annex No 1, activated, and assigned to Ellsworth AFB. Electrified with working elevators. 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. The elevator still works in one magazine and is used at times to move the larger equipment. Carrie Austin Resigns from City Council After 29 Years in Office, At Least 2 Tornadoes Briefly Touch Down in Chicago Suburbs, Control of Chicago City Council Up for Grabs as Aldermanic Runoffs Loom. Not much else. 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. Two radar towers still standing and evident, one of which now functions as the base for the Rolnick Observatory telescope. Subterranean shelters for sale Take a look at the weird and wonderful abandoned bunkers for sale right now. Operating units were C/54th (/55-9/58) and C/4/1st (9/58-4/74). 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