Buildings in good shape, no radar towers. Magazine area appears to be an auto junkyard, although intact, appears to be a large garage, auto dismantling building erected over the magazine. 3) Far Away From Population Centers - Minuteman sites on the sparsely populated Great Plains meant less lives were directly at risk from nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Deactivated silos were located in Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, New York, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington. Site obliterated, little evidence of IFC, overgrown. Double magazine in good shape. The AADCP inactivated in 1966. On that date, it was designated as Potrero Hills Storage Annex; and jurisdiction, control, and accountability were assigned to Travis AFB. Operations were by C/75th (11/54-9/58), C/3/562nd (9/58-12/61), A/1/71st (12/61-3/63), MDArNG A/3/70th (12/61-3/63) and MDArNG C/1/70th (3/63-6/71). C-80DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-31 / Z-31. Abandoned, in private hands. FDS. Single-family home. The AADCP inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. By Donald E. 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Dormitory, office spaces and missile maintenance shed were intact and operated by Kent Schools as the Mountain View Academy until their demolition in July 2019 to make room for River Ridge Elementary. Guided public tours are available JuneSeptember through a local non-profit organization. Exists in deteriorated condition east of and adjacent to the Miramar Armory of the. A monument to the site stands near the entrance to the recreation area. Long secluded driveway ending at the log home which has beautiful views and Southern exposure. Construction of the Nike batteries started in 1959; becoming limited operational in 1960 and fully operational in 1961. Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. Also used by the Air Force as part of the. IFC Redeveloped into 2 parks; no remains. FDS. Most of site now South Hills Christian School. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. 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). Magazine area visible from aerial imagery. Intact, Department of Energy, silo currently used as lab for University of Washington research projects. A few buildings, mostly forested. Dillingham Airport, Above-ground Nike-Hercules launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, no buildings remain abandoned. The "Missile type" code indicates the numbers and types of missiles and other installation details. Operations at five of these Nike Hercules sites lasted until 1974. Heres How to See the Dazzling Duo, Vallas and Johnson Headed to Chicago Mayoral Runoff, Lightfoot Denied Second Term, Indicted Ald. Partially Intact on mountain top, Fort Funston Park Picnic Area. Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command, Buildings in good shape, magazines covered with earth. Bay doors and elevators still work and are still in use by owners. FDS. 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). L-85'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 #3. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) S-90DC established at Fort Lawton AFS, WA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Paved over parking lot for trucks.. Now light industrial area, some old IFC buildings still in use. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. Magazine exists, concreted over. Oakland Community College. Totally obliterated; formerly a three-magazine (1B2C)/12-launcher facility with battery at Lake Shore Drive off the end of what's now I-55, south of the McCormick Place complex. Maryland Indian Heritage Society. Magazines appear to be covered over with dirt but location still visible on aerial imagery. Intact, abandoned. Mostly cleared land, some roads of IFC remain but that's about it. Buildings in use, magazines still intact, being used as a parking lot. The road to the site is down the road to the left. Missile launchers asphalted over but some doors still visible. Aerial imagery shows 3 radar towers still erect. The perimeter fence appears to remain. Accessible to the public by hiking. It was decommissioned after only four years and has sat dormant and neglected for decades, eventually selling for $160,000 in 1997 and again for $575,000 in 2015. Magazines appear to be once under asphalted-over parking lot, however, access to one lift platform is now covered with dirt and the magazine is filled with water. Missile magazines exist however launchers appear to be concreted over. The map below shows the current U.S. You can walk on the former IFC at Lake Shore and E 31st Street; now a nice little park with a playground and good view of downtown, Lake Michigan, Navy Pier and Chicago Harbor Lighthouse. Launch pad doors still visible, but concrete has been covered by soil and is now a grassy area. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. Part of the IFC has been redeveloped into unorganized sports facility. No radar towers. Site was formerly the Naval Research Lab-Field Site lower Waldorf; the small observatory on the barracks associated with this usage has been removed. In private hands, appears in good shape. No missiles were ever actually launched in Chicago. Intact, East Bay Regional Park District, Lake Chabot Park, Department of Public Safety, service yard. Launch area well maintained shows both Ajax and Hercules elevators, and per Maryland State Police are welded shut. 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. Closed by 1997. Redeveloped into open greenspace with retention ponds. Roads exist with severe cracking in poor shape. see the locations of all silos on the ICBM History page. No radar towers. The cost of a new ICBM is going up. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Magazine remains, concreted over. 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). Abandoned, now known as the Rochester-Utica State Recreation Area and the Shadebush Environmental Educational Center. Many listings will have "FDS" following either the control site or launch site heading, which means that the site has gone through the "Formerly-Used Defense Site" program and has been transferred from DoD control to another party. 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. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. No evidence of IFC site. Road back to launch site from IFC in good shape. Magazines visible behind parking lot. Figure3shows a Google Maps street-view of the entrance to a MAF. Now Massachusetts Audubon Society, Drumlin Farm. Today, Nike Missile Base SL-40 near Hecker, Illinois, is the Beck Vocational Center; its buildings preserved through adaptive reuse. The northern missile magazine is still exposed but has been fenced off and is modified into an underground machine shop. Fenced and gated above-ground magazines protected by berms. Many military buildings in use and well maintained. Concrete foundations badly deteriorated, only some building foundations remain. FDS. To the west stood the missiles, poised on above-ground launchers. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors visible. Magazines probably in good condition, launch area being used for trailer and outside storage. Perimeter fencing intact. The Minuteman III has an inertial navigation guidance system that is entirely internal. Redeveloped but abandoned; site of a former automobile dealership on Grant Street, now empty. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. Well-preserved in private ownership. 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. Largely intact and abandoned. No evidence of IFC site. Different parts of the site also took on various roles including a fire and police academy, school, and target range. LC buildings along Staley road still in use. Offutt AFB Defense Area (OF): Provided a Nike Hercules defense for Omaha's Offutt AFB, which was the Headquarters of the 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. 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. At the time, there was no effective defense against missiles like that. Part of this property (Control Site 5, from the Nike layout) had an even earlier use by the Army Air Forces. IFC units assigned were A-71st (/54-9/55), D/602nd (9/55-9/58), D/4/5th (9/58-8/60), D/1/71st (8/60-/65) and A/4/1st (/65-4/74). Some old roads remain. As the U.S. and other countries enact sanctions against Russia, some remnants of escalating tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. still stand in Chicago. Severely overgrown with vegetation. FDS. Barracks and some minor buildings intcdt, also new industrial building constructed on back of site. In the 1970s, the partially dismantled site was part of the Friends World College campus. A few old IFC buildings in use, no radar towers. Little evidence of IFC site remains. 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 Air Force ceased radar operations on 30 Sep 1969, and the AADCP was inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. Launch site with three intact missile pits located at the end of Stocksdale Road in Kingsville, MD. Above-ground launch facility with built-up pads, but no evidence of missile launch facilities remaining. N 41 48.039 W 088 09.142. Former triple Ajax battery. The buildings appear to be in use and in good condition. Many tractor trailers and new small business or manufacturing buildings on the site. Manned by C/36th (/54-9/58), C/1/562nd (9/58-3/60) and MDArNG A/1/70th (3/60-12/62). On high mountain peak. 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. Abandoned, most buildings collapsed, one radar tower still standing. Magazines badly deteriorated, some used as parking lot. 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. This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads. Purchased by. New building for armory, no FC buildings remain. Partially Intact, Private ownership, being used as a junkyard for old vehicles. But, by the late 50s, the Soviet Union shifted its strategy because those aircraft were vulnerable to attack. Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School. Obliterated, Corps of Engineers control, demolished, Partially intact, Launch remains, serves as administration facility for Chena River Lakes Recreation Area. This program, known as Project Nike, was the first operational American anti-aircraft system. Everglades National Park, National Park Service. Not much left. Very deteriorated. Launch site in good condition. FDS. Several were obliterated and turned into parks. FDS. 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. Missile silos are scattered across such vast expanses so that potential adversaries would have to target each missile individually. No radar towers. 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. Buildings exist on east side of road, appear to be in poor condition and overgrown. Manning was by D/54th (11/55-9/58), D/4/1st (9/58-9/59) and MDArNG D/1/70th (9/59-12/62). GRAFTON The last remnants of a U.S. Army missile base that defended American skies during the Cold War can still be spotted by sharp-eyed visitors to Pere Marquette State Park. Hanford Defense Area (H): Nike missiles replaced and augmented gun batteries that had been previously installed Roads in fair condition, both magazines appear to be concreted over, large gravel pile on them, generally badly deteriorated. All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). If you were driving by and you didn't know it was FDS. Later the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. Nike launch facilities obliterated by construction. Answer (1 of 19): Used to be in the middle of the countrywhere they were safer from sneak attacks. A section of the launch area is used by the CAANG, 261st Combat Communication Squadron. Its new purpose is utilized regularly, and you can enjoy it too. Underground launch control centers, called Missile Alert Facilities (MAF), that are within miles of the missile silos, control missile launch for 10 silos. Some buildings in use, magazine area obliterated however land scarring visible where overfilled with soil. Access road also overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. DallasFort Worth Defense Area (DF): For air defense of Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. 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). Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. Now open to the public for tours by National Park Service staff. Now obliterated, although largely intact. Controlling the SAMs was the 29th Artillery Group (Air Defense). Buildings have been razed but foundations remain; double-Nike-Ajax magazines badly cracked with wild vegetation overgrowing. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SL-47DC was established at Belleville AFS, IL in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. FDS. A helicopter pad is shown in the lower portion of the photo. An Illinois transplant who grew up and went to school in Indiana for 22 years, Elizabeth holds a BFA in creative writing and has enjoyed traveling across the country and parts of Europe. While the project was approved, the development was never built. Buildings in good condition, no radar towers. The Alaska Nike sites were under the control of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), rather than Army Air Defense Command. Do you have a question for Geoffrey? Town of Westport, Westport/Weston Health District, Bayberry. Most buildings remain, appears some of the magazine as well. Some old military buildings, off "Nike Site Road". Buildings in use. Buildings standing and in use. Below-ground Triple-magazine Nike-Hercules site built up on high ridge. Pittsburgh Defense Area (PI): At first, three active Army battalions manned the ring around "Steel City". The areas in black denote deactivated missile wings, the areas in red denote the active missile wings. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. FDS. Large wooded area around the home appears to be totally redeveloped with no evidence of IFC, although may be parts of the facility in the woods to the southwest of the house. The launcher site was acquired by the USAF in 1965 and become the Youngstown Test Site. The elevator still works in one magazine and is used at times to move the larger equipment. Vacant land. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. Totally obliterated and redeveloped into the Parkhurst US Army Reserve Center. Site appears to have been leveled, graded and fenced. Launch site abandoned, appears to be above-ground site with launchers located within berms. From the mid-1960s until the early 1990s there were 1,000 Minuteman Silos and 100 corresponding Launch Control Facilities for command and control. Buildings demolished in December 2020. While all of the munitions have been removed from the site, one of the decomissioned missiles is still on display in nearby Villa Park, Illinois, in front of the town's VFW hall. HM-65 was Nike-Ajax. Some older buildings deteriorated. Entire site now the WA National Guard Kent Armory. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. It could also be equipped with nuclear warheads. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. Redeveloped into Phillips Park. Isle of Wight County Park. Obliterated. Inactivated by 1974. 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. All buildings razed, partially reused by parking lot and West Bayshore Blve. 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. PI-70DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-62 / Z-62. All buildings in use in excellent condition. FDS. Buildings removed, appears to be totally abandoned with no known use. [33]420020N 0832035W / 42.00556N 83.34306W / 42.00556; -83.34306 (D-57/58-LS), KC-65DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-72 / Z-72. This double Nike site was operational with both Ajax and Hercules missiles. The Launch Area is still fenced in, although the access road to the magazine area leads to a storage yard and Commercial Driver Training course. Now a forest preserve. Units assigned: B/36th 96/55-9/58), B/1/562nd (9/58-12/62), B/1/71st (12/62-/65), B/4/1st (/65-11/68) and MDArNG A/1/70th (11/68-4/74). 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. Iron Mountain storage building erected on old Missile pad. 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. Launcher area was destroyed/obliterated in the early 1990s when Westchester Parkway was constructed. Overgrown and abandoned. For instance, from Launch Facility (Missile Silo) Delta-09 to Moscow was approximately 5,100 miles. Now Northeastern University Marine Science Center. Upgraded to above-ground Nike-Hercules and re-designated HM-03. Known as Orange Air National Guard Station. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SF-90DC was established at Mill Valley AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Peninsula Airport Commission. Missile launch areas now abandoned and overgrown. Partially intact. Each squadron has five Missile Alert Facilities which each control ten silo's for a total of 50 silo's per squadron. 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. Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. 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. Their defending area was the industrial Ruhr area. Magazine area used by construction company for equipment repair/storage. Later, Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) NY-55DC was established at Highlands AFS, NJ in June 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. But some remnants and buildings still stand, including in Wolf Lake where an actual Nike missile is on display. The following are considered the three major ones: Abandoned. Former missile pads still visible, apparently being used as a storage yard. East side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. FDS. Seattle Defense Area (S): Home of Boeing Aircraft Company and military installations, Seattle was ringed FDS. And it is roughly. Launch site on W side of Columbia Ave. razed in 2008, obliterated; missile magazines filled in, concrete pads removed. Also quite a few junk vehicles. The MAF's are also a target. FDS. It was assigned to the United States Property and Fiscal Officer, State of Rhode Island for real property jurisdiction and control. Residential housing plan. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site. Some old buildings remain. Built to oppose Soviet air attack, this complex and those in Great Falls and Lorton were three of thirteen Nike sites that surrounded Washington and Baltimore. Quite a few of the buildings, except for a metal structure on the north-east corner, are still standing. Hotel and commercial development. Double magazine, launch doors appear to be concreted over, some buildings erected on firing pads. 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. Former double-magazine site abandoned and mostly overgrown with vegetation. time knowing which ones. Abandoned. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. In private ownership, buildings appear standing. Partially redeveloped; now the location of National Park Service, Fenced and behind a locked gate, largely intact. IFC site was largely torn down. There's a garage for vehicles. Large number of commercial bee hives. Intact appears to be in private hands.
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