The northern missile magazine is still exposed but has been fenced off and is modified into an underground machine shop. One of the Launch Bunkers has been converted to a Cross Country Ski Chalet with a large parking lot, and the other three Launch Bunkers are used for storage. Redeveloped into Governor Livingston Regional High School. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Access road also overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. Both were also strategic areas with regard to the nation's capital. Former triple Ajax battery. Abandoned, now known as the Rochester-Utica State Recreation Area and the Shadebush Environmental Educational Center. Buildings torn down, Launch doors visible, now welded shut. Navy amphibious training site. Outline of fence evident in aerial photography. Abandoned site at the north end of the SRA/north shore of the lake, where S. Wolf lake Blvd. Units assigned are the 2071st USAR School, 326th Maintenance Battalion and 214th MI Company. Private ownership, development company. Site was formerly the Naval Research Lab-Field Site lower Waldorf; the small observatory on the barracks associated with this usage has been removed. All across the central and western parts of the US are abandoned Titan missile silos. FDS. Town of Milford, board of education. The AADCP inactivated in June 1974. The site was demolished by Hurricane Andrew on 24 August 1992 and subsequently closed. The vehicle park is on top of the three magazines. Redeveloped into City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Services, Playa del Rey/LAX, California (Shared with LA-70). Not much else. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). Nike launch site overgrown with vegetation. 400659N 0745330W / 40.11639N 74.89167W / 40.11639; -74.89167 (PH-15-LS). Magazine area has been partially filled in, severe cracking of concrete, abandoned. Hanford Defense Area (H): Nike missiles replaced and augmented gun batteries that had been previously installed Township of Lumberton and private owner. Private owner, construction use. Fenced-in area, redeveloped with new landscaping. Mix of new and old buildings. Buildings in poor condition, some roofless, some not. FDS. Obliterated. Abandoned. American Indian Center Singing Winds Site. Abandoned. Jul 18, 2022. Buildings in good condition and in use. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Now Massachusetts Audubon Society, Drumlin Farm. In private hands. The sites have been disused for many years now but Large number of commercial bee hives. Mostly intact, some IFC buildings being used for transmitter support with large radio towers on site. Private ownership, 4 military buildings still exist, usage unknown. 
Two Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites service the launch site, which contained twice the normal number of batteries. St. Louis Defense Area (SL): The Chicago District of the Corps of Engineers oversaw the design and construction. Also Nike Site Park. Redeveloped into shopping center. IFC Redeveloped into a public park called Nike Park, in the middle of a much larger industrial park. Some buildings still standing, unknown condition. Being redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. East side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. FDS. Redeveloped into Electric Lighting Company. Magazine area appears to be an auto junkyard, although intact, appears to be a large garage, auto dismantling building erected over the magazine. 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). Electrified with working elevators. Buildings in good shape, Radar tower bases visible. Twin Oaks Summer Camp. Missile launch pads intact. Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) HM-01DC was established at Naval Air Station Richmond, FL 253724N 0802416W / 25.62333N 80.40444W / 25.62333; -80.40444 (HM-101DC) in 1961 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The old missile site is clearly visible with satellite imagery, including the three silos. Redeveloped into Phillips Park. Appears to be mostly intact with buildings in various states of deterioration, several radar towers visible on aerial imagery. HM-65 was Nike-Ajax. FDS. Some IFC buildings in use. Used as a storage yard/junkyard. Used to be well preserved for its years of age and disuse, but the underground batteries were demolished and filled in 2001. IFC buildings are being reused in reasonable condition. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) DF-30DC was established at Duncanville AFS, TX in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Buildings in good condition, also several radar towers. Winner will be selected at random on 05/01/2023. Appears to be a large water tower built on site. A parking lot for Northeastern University Suburban Campus. Magazine area used for school bus parking. Part of this property (Control Site 5, from the Nike layout) had an even earlier use by the Army Air Forces. Private ownership, in excellent condition. Launch area was immediately north of current school building. Quite a few of the buildings, except for a metal structure on the north-east corner, are still standing. No radar towers. Demolition of this facility began in 2015 and is now complete. Some buildings remain in use, most razed along with radar towers. Thoroughly fenced in. Dillingham Airport, Above-ground Nike-Hercules launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, no buildings remain abandoned. Obliterated, overgrown. Site is now utilized by the LAPD SWAT team for training. FDS. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Largely intact, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department, Bossier Parish SWAT field training site. Its 33-acre campus is a ghost town of its own, with vaults stretching 30 feet underground, a mess hall, soldiers quarters, and a drained swimming pool. Severely overgrown with vegetation. Cambria Municipal offices, appears to be converted into maintenance storage yard. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. LS completely removed. Town of Manchester, Recreation Center. SL-47DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-70 / Z-70. US Government ownership, storage and maintenance support facility for Fort Devens. Site PR-99 at North Smithfield stayed in operation until 1971 while PR-38 at Bristol held on until 1974. Obliterated, no evidence of launch site. Redeveloped as multiple-family housing. Two radar towers remain on private property owned by a landscaping company. New building for armory, no FC buildings remain. Their defending area was the industrial Ruhr area. Obliterated, City of Redondo Beach, Hopkins Wilderness Park. In private ownership, buildings appear standing. FDS. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors visible. Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. Abandoned. 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Many buildings standing, some razed. Partially Intact, Private ownership, being used as a junkyard for old vehicles. FDS. On 12 December 1960, a fully fueled Titan was Many were already on Army National Guard bases who continued to use the property. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. Private ownership. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. Intact, abandoned. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. Navy amphibious training site. Hartford Defense Area (HA): Operational in 1956, these sites were first manned by Regular Army and later by Guard Units. In 1965, upgraded to the AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Private ownership redeveloped into single-family housing. Above ground magazines protected by berms. Paved over parking lot for trucks.. Now light industrial area, some old IFC buildings still in use. Owned by the Nassau Board of Cooperative Education, which uses the site as the Brookville Nature Park and Outdoor Education Center. Most buildings were razed, with no radar towers. Maryland Indian Heritage Society. 4255'04.5"N 8809'57.6"W. Demolished as of 2014. A decommissioned missile silo in York, NE, has come on the market for $550,000. IFC mostly taken over by woods, some buildings still stand, asphalted area badly cracked. Magazines visible and fully functional. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. Gloucester Township, IFC is a vacant lot with woods, some old roads. Mostly overgrown still under US Army control on Kahuku Army Training Area, abandoned. Now open to the public for tours by National Park Service staff. 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. Redeveloped into Asbury Broadneck Methodist church. Overgrown and abandoned. FDS. Units from the Bridgeport Defense Area assisted in operating the Plainville site. USAR Center. Condition unknown. Contaminated soil remediated on site. Base of radar tower and control building remain S.E. Anti-aircraft missiles encircled the nation's largest cities toas a final line of defense against Soviet bombers. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SL-47DC was established at Belleville AFS, IL in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Abandoned and overgrown site at the south end of lake/state recreation area. The CPS-6B radar was removed in July 1958, FPS-8 removed 4Q 1960 until the Nike sites were inactivated in 1971. Nothing remains of the IFC except the MTR and TTR towers. The Radar towers, Generator bldg., Van pads, and connecting building foundation are all there. The entrance road has many abandoned trailers and also much junk along the sides. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Located at the north end of Centennial Park along 153rd St. between Huntington Ct. and Hickory Dr. FDS. Buildings deteriorated but intact. The transmitter tower for UNT's campus radio station is also located on site. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Obliterated. A Gloucester County community has put up for sale the command section of a Cold War-era Nike missile base that was part of the nations defenses against an attack by the Soviet Union. FDS. FDS. May be used as a parking lot. Site is now the location of a couple of office buildings. Talcott Mountain Science center (buildings/radar pads). Site is actively being restored by volunteers of Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol. On mountain peak. Manned by the 2nd Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. The site was decommissioned during the 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). Hotel and commercial development. On "Nike Base Road". Redeveloped into Immanuel Lutheran Church and a multi-story light office building. Launch site buildings still have doors and window glass. Now "Turkey Hill Park". Buildings standing, looks abandoned. Former triple-magazine site now abandoned. Some buildings remain, part of Foster/Gloucester Regional School District. Private ownership, berm and assembly building exits. 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). Area fenced and gated. Abandoned lot now filled with junk belongs to the Township of Grosse Ile and is leased to a landscaping company. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Caswell AFS, ME in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Porter Center Road divides site into west and east sections. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Obliterated, State of Alaska control, demolished. It was later equipped with the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Three years later, the U.S. Army Air Defense Command deactivated the remaining missile batteries. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Many Nike sites are now municipal yards, communications, and FAA facilities, probation camps, and even renovated for use as airsoft gaming and military simulation training complexes. All rights reserved (About Us). 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). Private ownership. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. 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. Double magazine in good shape. Almost completely intact, Now Criminal Justice Institute, and Bossier Parish School Board. The magazines have a one-foot thick cap of concrete on them. Sports Complex, some old military buildings still in use. Parts of the facility exist but are abandoned, lot of vegetation reclaiming the facility. The Italian Nike units were initially combined Nike Ajax and Hercules equipped but switched completely over to Nike Hercules in the mid 1970s. Now a sports complex. Actual missile area had 3 building to hold missiles, and rails to slide them outside. Launch area well maintained shows both Ajax and Hercules elevators, and per Maryland State Police are welded shut. One building standing, sold to a local brewery and currently being refurbished into brewery and restaurant. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. Appears abandoned, covered by wild vegetation, Private ownership. Magazine used as. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Dual magazines, in overgrown area, visible. Private ownership, electrical service, buildings and radar towers standing. Never completed. Buildings under vegetation, two large radio towers fallen on side visible . FDS. After being inactivated by the Army, BA-09C was taken over by the Air Force sometime before 15 September 1967. [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. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) D-15DC established at Selfridge AFB, MI in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Operational between 1957 and 1974, PH-58 was loaded with 30 Ajax and 24 Hercules missiles, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University database. FDS Location Undetermined Possibly incorporated into Naval Weapons Station Earle. Abandoned. Fenced with large number of hubcaps attached. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Magazine area now storage yard. On 15 Dec 1956 jurisdiction, control, and accountability transferred back to the Army. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. Fish and Wildlife Service. Today, the buildings are still in use, some buildings still standing. Private property, with locked fence access. 392119N 0765102W / 39.35528N 76.85056W / 39.35528; -76.85056 (BA-79-LS), 384611N 0764351W / 38.76972N 76.73083W / 38.76972; -76.73083 (W-35-LS), 383917N 0765120W / 38.65472N 76.85556W / 38.65472; -76.85556 (W-44-LS), 384315N 0771441W / 38.72083N 77.24472W / 38.72083; -77.24472 (W-64-CS), "During the Cold War a ring of Nike anti-aircraft missile sites defended the nation's capital, reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that protected it during the Civil War. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. 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. FDS. Launch site roads still in place, overlaid by park facilities. After being closed in 1961, the lease for this former Nike IFC site was transferred to the Air Force in 1965. The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. FDS. There are two adjacent ski recreation areas. Today, the site is in use, some buildings still standing. Intact, Department of Energy, silo currently used as lab for University of Washington research projects. It was subsequently closed by 1990. Private ownership, Kraemer Construction Company. USAR Center. Current status is unknown. Dyess AFB Defense Area (DY): Installed to defend the SAC bombers and Atlas F missile silos stationed at and around Dyess AFB. Buildings in good condition, the old radar towers are still standing. Redeveloped into single-family housing. Hundreds of servicemen worked at these sites, and the government encouraged public outreach and events to help residents feel at ease with the missiles in their backyards. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Most buildings intact and in use, some radar towers. 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Two Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites service the launch site, which contained twice the normal number of batteries. St. Louis Defense Area (SL): The Chicago District of the Corps of Engineers oversaw the design and construction. Also Nike Site Park. Redeveloped into shopping center. IFC Redeveloped into a public park called Nike Park, in the middle of a much larger industrial park. Some buildings still standing, unknown condition. Being redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. East side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. FDS. Redeveloped into Electric Lighting Company. Magazine area appears to be an auto junkyard, although intact, appears to be a large garage, auto dismantling building erected over the magazine. 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). Electrified with working elevators. Buildings in good shape, Radar tower bases visible. Twin Oaks Summer Camp. Missile launch pads intact. Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) HM-01DC was established at Naval Air Station Richmond, FL 253724N 0802416W / 25.62333N 80.40444W / 25.62333; -80.40444 (HM-101DC) in 1961 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The old missile site is clearly visible with satellite imagery, including the three silos. Redeveloped into Phillips Park. Appears to be mostly intact with buildings in various states of deterioration, several radar towers visible on aerial imagery. HM-65 was Nike-Ajax. FDS. Some IFC buildings in use. Used as a storage yard/junkyard. Used to be well preserved for its years of age and disuse, but the underground batteries were demolished and filled in 2001. IFC buildings are being reused in reasonable condition. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) DF-30DC was established at Duncanville AFS, TX in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Buildings in good condition, also several radar towers. Winner will be selected at random on 05/01/2023. Appears to be a large water tower built on site. A parking lot for Northeastern University Suburban Campus. Magazine area used for school bus parking. Part of this property (Control Site 5, from the Nike layout) had an even earlier use by the Army Air Forces. Private ownership, in excellent condition. Launch area was immediately north of current school building. Quite a few of the buildings, except for a metal structure on the north-east corner, are still standing. No radar towers. Demolition of this facility began in 2015 and is now complete. Some buildings remain in use, most razed along with radar towers. Thoroughly fenced in. Dillingham Airport, Above-ground Nike-Hercules launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, no buildings remain abandoned. Obliterated, overgrown. Site is now utilized by the LAPD SWAT team for training. FDS. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Largely intact, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department, Bossier Parish SWAT field training site. Its 33-acre campus is a ghost town of its own, with vaults stretching 30 feet underground, a mess hall, soldiers quarters, and a drained swimming pool. Severely overgrown with vegetation. Cambria Municipal offices, appears to be converted into maintenance storage yard. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. LS completely removed. Town of Manchester, Recreation Center. SL-47DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-70 / Z-70. US Government ownership, storage and maintenance support facility for Fort Devens. Site PR-99 at North Smithfield stayed in operation until 1971 while PR-38 at Bristol held on until 1974. Obliterated, no evidence of launch site. Redeveloped as multiple-family housing. Two radar towers remain on private property owned by a landscaping company. New building for armory, no FC buildings remain. Their defending area was the industrial Ruhr area. Obliterated, City of Redondo Beach, Hopkins Wilderness Park. In private ownership, buildings appear standing. FDS. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors visible. Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. Abandoned. 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Many buildings standing, some razed. Partially Intact, Private ownership, being used as a junkyard for old vehicles. FDS. On 12 December 1960, a fully fueled Titan was Many were already on Army National Guard bases who continued to use the property. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. Private ownership. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. Intact, abandoned. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. Navy amphibious training site. Hartford Defense Area (HA): Operational in 1956, these sites were first manned by Regular Army and later by Guard Units. In 1965, upgraded to the AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Private ownership redeveloped into single-family housing. Above ground magazines protected by berms. Paved over parking lot for trucks.. Now light industrial area, some old IFC buildings still in use. Owned by the Nassau Board of Cooperative Education, which uses the site as the Brookville Nature Park and Outdoor Education Center. Most buildings were razed, with no radar towers. Maryland Indian Heritage Society. 4255'04.5"N 8809'57.6"W. Demolished as of 2014. A decommissioned missile silo in York, NE, has come on the market for $550,000. IFC mostly taken over by woods, some buildings still stand, asphalted area badly cracked. Magazines visible and fully functional. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. Gloucester Township, IFC is a vacant lot with woods, some old roads. Mostly overgrown still under US Army control on Kahuku Army Training Area, abandoned. Now open to the public for tours by National Park Service staff. 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. Redeveloped into Asbury Broadneck Methodist church. Overgrown and abandoned. FDS. Units from the Bridgeport Defense Area assisted in operating the Plainville site. USAR Center. Condition unknown. Contaminated soil remediated on site. Base of radar tower and control building remain S.E. Anti-aircraft missiles encircled the nation's largest cities toas a final line of defense against Soviet bombers. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SL-47DC was established at Belleville AFS, IL in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Abandoned and overgrown site at the south end of lake/state recreation area. The CPS-6B radar was removed in July 1958, FPS-8 removed 4Q 1960 until the Nike sites were inactivated in 1971. Nothing remains of the IFC except the MTR and TTR towers. The Radar towers, Generator bldg., Van pads, and connecting building foundation are all there. The entrance road has many abandoned trailers and also much junk along the sides. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Located at the north end of Centennial Park along 153rd St. between Huntington Ct. and Hickory Dr. FDS. Buildings deteriorated but intact. The transmitter tower for UNT's campus radio station is also located on site. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Obliterated. A Gloucester County community has put up for sale the command section of a Cold War-era Nike missile base that was part of the nations defenses against an attack by the Soviet Union. FDS. FDS. May be used as a parking lot. Site is now the location of a couple of office buildings. Talcott Mountain Science center (buildings/radar pads). Site is actively being restored by volunteers of Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol. On mountain peak. Manned by the 2nd Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. The site was decommissioned during the 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). Hotel and commercial development. On "Nike Base Road". Redeveloped into Immanuel Lutheran Church and a multi-story light office building. Launch site buildings still have doors and window glass. Now "Turkey Hill Park". Buildings standing, looks abandoned. Former triple-magazine site now abandoned. Some buildings remain, part of Foster/Gloucester Regional School District. Private ownership, berm and assembly building exits. 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). Area fenced and gated. Abandoned lot now filled with junk belongs to the Township of Grosse Ile and is leased to a landscaping company. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Caswell AFS, ME in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Porter Center Road divides site into west and east sections. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Obliterated, State of Alaska control, demolished. It was later equipped with the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Three years later, the U.S. Army Air Defense Command deactivated the remaining missile batteries. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Many Nike sites are now municipal yards, communications, and FAA facilities, probation camps, and even renovated for use as airsoft gaming and military simulation training complexes. All rights reserved (About Us). 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). Private ownership. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. 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. Double magazine in good shape. Almost completely intact, Now Criminal Justice Institute, and Bossier Parish School Board. The magazines have a one-foot thick cap of concrete on them. Sports Complex, some old military buildings still in use. Parts of the facility exist but are abandoned, lot of vegetation reclaiming the facility. The Italian Nike units were initially combined Nike Ajax and Hercules equipped but switched completely over to Nike Hercules in the mid 1970s. Now a sports complex. Actual missile area had 3 building to hold missiles, and rails to slide them outside. Launch area well maintained shows both Ajax and Hercules elevators, and per Maryland State Police are welded shut. One building standing, sold to a local brewery and currently being refurbished into brewery and restaurant. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. Appears abandoned, covered by wild vegetation, Private ownership. Magazine used as. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Dual magazines, in overgrown area, visible. Private ownership, electrical service, buildings and radar towers standing. Never completed. Buildings under vegetation, two large radio towers fallen on side visible . FDS. After being inactivated by the Army, BA-09C was taken over by the Air Force sometime before 15 September 1967. [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. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) D-15DC established at Selfridge AFB, MI in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Operational between 1957 and 1974, PH-58 was loaded with 30 Ajax and 24 Hercules missiles, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University database. FDS Location Undetermined Possibly incorporated into Naval Weapons Station Earle. Abandoned. Fenced with large number of hubcaps attached. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Magazine area now storage yard. On 15 Dec 1956 jurisdiction, control, and accountability transferred back to the Army. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. Fish and Wildlife Service. Today, the buildings are still in use, some buildings still standing. Private property, with locked fence access. 392119N 0765102W / 39.35528N 76.85056W / 39.35528; -76.85056 (BA-79-LS), 384611N 0764351W / 38.76972N 76.73083W / 38.76972; -76.73083 (W-35-LS), 383917N 0765120W / 38.65472N 76.85556W / 38.65472; -76.85556 (W-44-LS), 384315N 0771441W / 38.72083N 77.24472W / 38.72083; -77.24472 (W-64-CS), "During the Cold War a ring of Nike anti-aircraft missile sites defended the nation's capital, reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that protected it during the Civil War. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. 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. FDS. Launch site roads still in place, overlaid by park facilities. After being closed in 1961, the lease for this former Nike IFC site was transferred to the Air Force in 1965. The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. FDS. There are two adjacent ski recreation areas. Today, the site is in use, some buildings still standing. Intact, Department of Energy, silo currently used as lab for University of Washington research projects. It was subsequently closed by 1990. Private ownership, Kraemer Construction Company. USAR Center. Current status is unknown. Dyess AFB Defense Area (DY): Installed to defend the SAC bombers and Atlas F missile silos stationed at and around Dyess AFB. Buildings in good condition, the old radar towers are still standing. Redeveloped into single-family housing. Hundreds of servicemen worked at these sites, and the government encouraged public outreach and events to help residents feel at ease with the missiles in their backyards. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Most buildings intact and in use, some radar towers. 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