Most public. Hanford Defense Area (H): Nike missiles replaced and augmented gun batteries that had been previously installed The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. FDS. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. In use by state highway department and is currently covered by a bike track, a Hamburg Town Park, and Bulk Storage. Nike launch site totally obliterated. FDS. Radar facility used as storage for Lannon County Park and as a US Cellular tower site. In private ownership. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Used as City of Rancho Palos Verdes storage area. Former double magazine. Magazines probably under asphalted parking lot. The site was demolished by Hurricane Andrew on 24 August 1992 and subsequently closed. FDS. It's been shuttered since 1969 and all of the. Still in use, with a few buildings, one radar tower, TXArNG training. Obliterated. It was subsequently closed by 1990. Barracks buildings in use, double magazine site. No radar towers. Still behind locked gate and fenced. Owned by State of California. Troop barracks are used for storage for Nike Elementary School in the Meramec Valley R-3 school district. Although silos are unattended, they are monitored with video and other You can exit out of full screen by pressing the Escape key or clicking the control in the upper righthand corner of the display. A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard. Abandoned. It was used until 15 December 1975 for Civil Air Patrol use, being called Fork CAP Annex. Paved over parking lot for trucks.. Now light industrial area, some old IFC buildings still in use. You can zoom in and out in a few ways. Abandoned, buildings appear derelict with lots of junk in the area. 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 buildings still in use, others torn down. Former double-magazine site abandoned and mostly overgrown with vegetation. Assembly building is still present. 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. U.S. Army Air Defense Command operated the sites with Regular Army units (possibly from 562nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment) from 1960 until 1966. Only a couple of buildings standing. Anchorage; drug & alcohol rehab center. Harry P. Barbier Memorial Park. Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. No radar towers standing. For instance, from Launch Facility (Missile Silo) Delta-09 to Moscow was approximately 5,100 miles. 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. Figure7shows a missile silo site from the road. Launch area obliterated, owned by Fairfax County and repurposed as Popes Head Park; a marker close the site, Virginia Historic marker E98 states: Redeveloped into "Observatory Park". FDS. Intact, Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. Well preserved site with numerous IFC buildings in use. Barracks building in use, several radar towers still standing. The AADCP was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site M-89 / Z-89. The Italian Nike units were initially combined Nike Ajax and Hercules equipped but switched completely over to Nike Hercules in the mid 1970s. Offutt AFB Defense Area (OF): Provided a Nike Hercules defense for Omaha's Offutt AFB, which was the Headquarters of the Two radar towers still standing and evident, one of which now functions as the base for the Rolnick Observatory telescope. Abandoned. The missiles were stored horizontally underground. installed to provide protection to Shreveport and Barksdale AFB, which hosted Strategic Air Command bombers. Appear to have been dug up and filled with earth. Private ownership, development company. The elevator is present but the hydraulics have been removed. Access road also overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. You can Intact, NPS-GGNRA, Angel Island State Park. mountain ranges, similar to looking at a relief map. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SF-90DC was established at Mill Valley AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Private ownership, electrical service, buildings and radar towers standing. LS completely removed. The U.S. developed the Nike missiles during the Cold War to defend against a new generation of Soviet bombers armed with nuclear weapons capable of reaching well beyond the countrys coasts and borders to almost any target in the United States. FDS. The missiles were decommissioned in 1974 as the Cold War came to an end, but remnants remain all around the country to this day. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. In early 1965 the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. 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. Magazine used as. Some traces of building foundations but nothing of missile launchers or magazines. Geoffrey Baer joined Chicago Tonight for this weeks Ask Geoffrey, about old Nike missile bases in Chicago. Some buildings standing, Now USG Plant. Radar tower outlines are visible. Bennett's Creek Park. Now part of a horse farm. This is the entrance to the 341st Missile Wing, 490th Missile Squadron M-01 in Monroe, Montana off of Contaminated soil remediated on site. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Missile silo designed to withstand nuclear strike on sale for $380K Old FC buildings in area in various states of deterioration and abandoned. So, 50 silos are empty, but the enemy may have a difficult Its new purpose is utilized regularly, and you can enjoy it too. Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site - Wikipedia The buildings are now used as a thrift store, Granny's Attic, and a medical clinic. 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. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. Private ownership. Was Midway School. Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. Missile launch areas now abandoned and overgrown. Difficult to tell with all wild vegetation status of launch site, no buildings appear to be standing, probably earthen berms exist under vegetation canopy. IFC Obliterated. Abandoned and overgrown with weeds. C-40 Burnham Park. Now a sports complex. The AADCP was later integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-56 / Z-56'. Private ownership. Some roads still exist as unconnected concrete. IFC site was largely torn down. FDS. On "Nike Base Road". Magazines exist, launch doors visible, probably welded shut, appears to be storage area. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Sweetwater AFS, TX in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Launched from a Montana silo, a Minuteman III would take about 20 minutes to reach Moscowits speed is not constant along its flight path. 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. The old missile site is clearly visible with satellite imagery, including the three silos. 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. Radars used at Fire Island were CPS-6B, FPS-8, CPS-4, FPS-20A, FPS-6B. No radar towers. Obliterated. Former twin magazine site, intact, now Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy. Totally obliterated and redeveloped into the Parkhurst US Army Reserve Center. Obliterated by new construction. 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. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Former missile pads still visible, apparently being used as a storage yard. Minuteman Missiles on the Great Plains (U.S - National Park Service WTTW News Explains: How Does Chicagos Grid Street System Work? 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. City of SeaTac WA Parks Dept. Different parts of the site also took on various roles including a fire and police academy, school, and target range. Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. The Boston Defense Area merged with Hartford & Providence Defense Areas in 1962, becoming the New England Defense Area. Large number of cars, boats, large RVs. Another launch facility was on the South Side in Jackson Park, with the radar and control center on Promontory Point. Now obliterated, High-end single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. Part of Allegheny County Police and Fire Training Academy. A few buildings overgrown with vegetation, some streets heavily overgrown. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. Some buildings remain, in abandoned condition. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left;width:100%;font-weight:normal;}, Beyond Chicago from the Air with Geoffrey Baer, The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago Stories Special. A few, such as site C-44 in southeastern Chicago can still be. Double-magazine site with Nike Assembly building evident, also concrete launcher foundations. Demolished, Roswell Correctional Center Partially. Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. Double magazine now motor pool area for Army Reserve unit. Empty lot cleared of all vegetation. If you're using an IOS device like an iPhone or iPad, double-tapping the display zooms in but tapping does not zoom Launch site looks abandoned, buildings in deteriorated condition. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol. The pits are still there, under the park, behind the fire station. Appears to be mostly intact with buildings in various states of deterioration, several radar towers visible on aerial imagery. Some buildings remain, part of Foster/Gloucester Regional School District. FDS. Sports Complex, some old military buildings still in use. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. The site was inactivated on 8 Sep 1968. Other bases were located at Fort Sheridan, Porter, Indiana, even in the middle of Jackson Park. A few vehicles being stored in abandoned berm area, appears in good shape. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. 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. Now Blast Camp paint-ball park. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. At some later time it transferred to Military Airlift Command, and on 1 Jun 1992 transferred to Air Mobility Command. Redeveloped into USAR Center, Transportation Company. Land cleared and being redeveloped into forested area. Redeveloped into Immanuel Lutheran Church and a multi-story light office building. Buildings deteriorated but intact. Buildings Demolished Sept 2015 Magazines are there and part of a municipal maintenance facility. 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. Built on a former World War II auxiliary field (#3) of Roswell AAF. Missile Sites. Site PR-79 at Foster was preserved, to be used as a State Police facility. FDS. Nike Group Operations Control was at the Vestvolden, a fortification at grid 5541'23"N 1226'11"E connected with the Karup Air Force Hq. Redeveloped into Norwin Soccer Club, Norwin YMCA, Oak Hollow Seniors Center. The historic Nike Missile launch site was once. ". Not much left. Few buildings left, faint traces of one magazine but very little of Launch site remains. Partially intact, administration buildings at entrance standing, with what appear to be military radio towers. Next, turn left on Wolf Lake Drive and follow it all the way back to where the road forks. Magazine launch doors removed; site appears to be filled in, with vegetation covering fill sites. In a two-week period, 24 hours a day, the Army Corps of Engineers literally built an island in the swamp by bringing in thousands of truck loads of earth fill to build an elevated land surface for the missiles and radars which would keep the equipment elevated above the Everglades water level. Located within 1.5 hours of Missoula, Helena and Butte, off the grid and 7 miles North of I-90 off Brock Creek Rd which is not maintained for approx. May be used as a parking lot. It does not rely on GPS or visual sighting to strike its targets. Evidence of IFC structures on hill behind buildings. Buildings in use by company, magazine area visible being used as storage yard. Complete with radar towers, in use, use unknown. Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Omaha AFS, NE in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. On 1 October 1961 W-13DC was integrated with USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-54/Z-227. FDS. Obliterated, Private ownership, Light Industrial park, In highly urbanized area. After deactivation, PH-32 was sold to Burlington County for $32,000 and was used as the Burlington County Civil Defense Center. Some buildings still in use. B-21DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site MM-1. Intact, City of LA, White Point Park. The owner had planned to use it as a Law Enforcement Training facility, however, after rejecting a bid submitted by a construction company owned by the Planning Commission Chairman, the owners requests for permits were rejected. Home now to the 103rd Air Control Squadron. FDS. Now open to the public for tours by National Park Service staff. In reasonable condition. In the 1970s, the partially dismantled site was part of the Friends World College campus. FDS. FDS. Being used as an auto junkyard. DallasFort Worth Defense Area (DF): For air defense of Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. There is one original building left near the launch site, which has been refurbished and turned into a hall to host Cub Scout events and such. San Vicente Peak, has been turned into a Cold War memorial park. Former Silo Locations in Central South Dakota. On Bellows AFS, Twin Nike-Hercules launch underground facilities thoroughly overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. Posted by: BruceS. They were said to be the last line of defense. Obliterated. Also the lawn is cut! The MAF's are also a target. FDS. Fort Funston/ Mount San Bruno, California. Also Nike Site Park. Ian Frazier, Great Plains, 1989 Parts of the facility exist but are abandoned, lot of vegetation reclaiming the facility. Above-ground magazine protected by berms. Launch site abandoned, appears to be above-ground site with launchers located within berms. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) W-13DC established at Fort Meade, MD in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Buildings in good condition, magazine being used as tractor trailer parking and storage site. May be a radar platform in SE corner near "Nike Road". [10] During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Travis battalion assumed responsibility for the remaining active batteries guarding the entire San Francisco region. Also quite a few junk vehicles. Abandoned. Abandoned area, weeds, no remains of launchers. Also juvenile detention facility. Radar mount mounds on north side of site visible from Military Rd. As the sites were decommissioned, they were first offered to federal agencies. Today, partially Intact, Private ownership. Site appears unused. Redeveloped into Nike Park Sports Complex on Diehl Road. The satellite view allows you to see the actual military facility when you zoom in. Two towers are still standing, covered with corrugated sheet steel. Missile silos are scattered across such vast expanses so that potential adversaries would have to target each missile individually. Private ownership. See. No structures appear to remain. There was a multiplicity of reasons that Minuteman's were sited in the Great Plains region. It was assigned to the United States Property and Fiscal Officer, State of Rhode Island for real property jurisdiction and control.