All buildings at the site were demolished in 1977. Some buildings standing as well as radar towers. USAR Center. Very Private. Site appears to have been leveled, graded and fenced. At that time it was redesignated; and Jurisdiction, Control, and Accountability assigned to Andrews AFB. On mountain peak, leveled flat for the base. Buildings well maintained, appears to be 3 radar towers to the east of the buildings still standing. 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. Redeveloped into single-family housing. Above ground site with launchers protected by berms. Formerly used by the RIANG, 281st CCG, 282d CBCS. Demolition of this facility began in 2015 and is now complete. Signage indicates that it is being redeveloped as residential housing. Access road to highway 4 only remnants of IFC site. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Obliterated, paved over for tractor trailer parking lot. The entrance road has many abandoned trailers and also much junk along the sides. [citation needed]. No radar towers. Launch pad doors still visible, but concrete has been covered by soil and is now a grassy area. Buildings are current home to "Burlington Players" community theatre company. Guard shack still visible, launcher site clearly visible, and administrative buildings still in use. Owned by State of California. Later re-used as an Aerojet facility but now abandoned. Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. Former twin magazine site, intact, now Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy. B-21DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site MM-1. Private ownership. Redeveloped into A.E. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. But this looming 40-foot tower, a kind of metallic mushroom, is part of a different kind of infrastructure: an abandoned missile launcher dating back to the Cold War, strategically positioned to defend the Philadelphia metropolitan area, with a particularly historic pedigree. Site and unit moved to HM-40, with this site abandoned in June 1965. Maryland Indian Heritage Society. U.S. Army Nike sites were also operational in South Korea, Japan and were sold to Taiwan.[1]. Buildings Demolished Sept 2015 Magazines are there and part of a municipal maintenance facility. Mostly redeveloped, magazine area in poor condition, used as storage yard and parking lot. Radar tower outlines are visible. Today, a few foundations of buildings visible, launch area exists, condition unknown probably filled with water. Abandoned. Magazine area is in good shape, launch doors visible, probably welded shut. In private ownership. Closed at an unknown date. National Park Service, Sweeney Ridge (GGNRA). Offer subject to change without notice. Partially Intact, Private ownership, being used as a junkyard for old vehicles. Triple-magazine Nike Missile launching concrete pad now a parking lot for the Fort Funston hang gliding area. IFC buildings are being reused in reasonable condition. Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. No radar towers showing in aerial imagery. 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. Former buildings still in use, mostly cleared no sign of any radar towers. Triple magazines visible, overgrown and abandoned. Area has now become a "Academy Sports and Outdoors" distribution facility. Fenced-in area, redeveloped with new landscaping. Some IFC buildings in use. Obliterated. No towers. A few military buildings still in use, new construction. Now County highway maintenance storage facility. Take a look at footage captured at one of these sites in Altus: In November of 1964, it was announced that the type of missiles that were housed and cared for here were being phased out of commission. The site's housing and administrative complex was sold to a private owner and is currently being used as a residence. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. Totally obliterated, nothing left. Now Northeastern University Marine Science Center. Totally obliterated. Magazines visible, some snow plows being stored on them. The latter led to the shuttering of the Nike bases, if not their complete erasure. 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). FDS. Launch area well maintained shows both Ajax and Hercules elevators, and per Maryland State Police are welded shut. Many tractor trailers and new small business or manufacturing buildings on the site. Obliterated, City of Detroit. Buildings in good condition, magazine area in use by the city police department as a vehicle storage area. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. USAR Center Magazine area remains, concrete badly deteriorated.BR>. Now privately owned but undeveloped. Most of launch site turned into a quarry. The administrative, housing, and launch complex area was located just west of South Lake Shore Drive, between the 59th St Harbor and Hayes Dr. Redeveloped into US Consumer Products Safety Commission Engineering Laboratory, awaiting conversion into Pleasant View Park by the City of Gaithersburg. Two radar towers remain on the property of a landscape business. Appears to be a tower also present. Under restoration since 2009. Former triple-magazine site now abandoned. with defenses manned by both Regular Army and Washington National Guard units. Last appraised 2020 for $420,000 W/ out bunker or greenhouse. Township of Lumberton and private owner. Partially intact, buildings being used, no evidence of radar towers. FDS. Anti-aircraft missiles encircled the nation's largest cities toas a final line of defense against Soviet bombers. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Largely obliterated, now Massachusetts Audubon education center. South Florida Natural Resources Center in Everglades National Park, under control of National Park Service. FDS. Now Grandview Off Leash Dog Park. The site also hosts Squadron 3 of the Civil Air Patrol's California Wing. Remains an Army Reserve facility. Magazine site is still very recognizable, with the surface concrete pad / blast deflectors and raised areas surrounding the former elevator doors still in place. Today, Rowan maintains a collection of artifacts from the summit, some of which has been digitized. In highly urban area. Intact, Private ownership. FDS. "New Testament Church". The same could be said for the 11 other underground Cold War missile bases scattered throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. Porter Center Road divides site into west and east sections. Some military buildings in use, new buildings erected over magazine. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. 262 just outside the town limits. Now a sports complex. Some accessibility through a ventilation shaft to a small bunker room. Private ownership, now MPL Industries. The Missile Silos were decommissioned and are now abandoned. Completely rebuilt, with no evidence of a Fire Control Site or radar towers. Magazine area used by construction company for equipment repair/storage. 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. The Boston Defense Area merged with Hartford & Providence Defense Areas in 1962, becoming the New England Defense Area. Nothing remains of the IFC except the MTR and TTR towers. No evidence of IFC site. The site was originally constructed for Titan I tests. Intact but decaying and falling apart, NPS-GGNRA, camp site, YMCA facility. One of the ready buildings on the south end of the site was sold independently of the main parcel, and is now a private residence. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Site guard shack and owner' house is a reconstructed Crew quarters. with a 3rd room downstairs. The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FDS) program processed many former sites and then transferred them out of Defense Department control.[7]. Used by the Elizabeth Forward School District. IFC Redeveloped into 2 parks; no remains. Abandoned, most buildings collapsed, one radar tower still standing. Obliterated. Redeveloped into City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Services, Playa del Rey/LAX, California (Shared with LA-70). FDS. Largely intact and listed on the. Generator building. [9] Its defenders included both Regular Army and National Guard units. Manned by the 2nd Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. Air Force operations at the site ended in 1962, and Nike operations were inactivated in 1974. Following the Soviet Unions successful 1957 launch of Sputnik 1, however, the military felt a new show of strength was needed, and introduced the Hercules to the series in 1958. Buildings in good condition, no radar towers. 170 Military Installations with Hazardous Sites in Pennsylvania Total Cost $776M Past and estimated future cost of the cleanup of hazardous sites. Partially Intact, State of California Department of Health Services. Site is abandoned, four radar towers standing. This was a very compact facility. Many buildings standing, some razed. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, Army terrorism training site. Intact, East Bay Regional Park District, Lake Chabot Park, Department of Public Safety, service yard. Air strip is now part of Evergreen Lakes subdivision. Site is across Industrial Highway from former launch site. The roof of the magazines make up the Upper Field of the dog park. As of Nov 1999, it was still on the Ellsworth AFB real property books, excess and awaiting disposition. Abandoned, now known as the Rochester-Utica State Recreation Area and the Shadebush Environmental Educational Center. Most buildings remain, appears some of the magazine as well. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) C-80DC established at Arlington Heights AI, IL in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. Many were already on Army National Guard bases who continued to use the property. We are the leader in this niche. 
FDS. Is now used as the Grand Island Central School District's Eco Island Ecology Reserve. FDS. He's converted 1/3 of the missile base into a 6,000 square foot underground house. Redeveloped into Phillips Park. This page was last edited on 4 April 2023, at 20:07. Wooded area behind Bristol Plaza Shopping Center and. US Forest Service Insect & Disease Lab. Barracks buildings in use, double magazine site. Partially intact. Some buildings still in use. FDS. Above-ground magazines protected by berms. Abandoned and overgrown. Redeveloped into single-family housing. Destroyed by fire, former LA County Probation Department work camp. FDS. Underground single-magazine intact, no buildings, appears abandoned. Perhaps some structures in the overgrowth. 
Partially intact, administration buildings at entrance standing, with what appear to be military radio towers. 
Obliterated. FDS. Paved over parking lot for trucks.. Now light industrial area, some old IFC buildings still in use. HM-01 was Nike-Ajax. Partially Intact, FEMA Agency Region X HQ and US Army Reserve Hooper Center. Aside from its use as a laboratory for the school's astronomy program, the site has been used for storage, research and experimentation. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Launch site now the parking lot for the Children's Theatre of Annapolis and athletic fields. Obliterated, no evidence of existence at end of former access road. FDS. The AADCP was inactivated in May 1972. We are eager to share our knowledge and expertise to assist you with purchasing your own underground property. Overgrown, most buildings underneath veneration canopy. Obliterated, Corps of Engineers control, demolished, Partially intact, Launch remains, serves as administration facility for Chena River Lakes Recreation Area. The IFC was assigned as an off-base installation to Ellsworth AFB on 25 May 1961. Obliterated, no evidence of launch site. Magazines appear intact. Now obliterated, Private ownership, housing. Some buildings in use, others very deteriorated. Nike launch site totally obliterated. The USAF radar site at Murphy Dome AFS, AK (F-2) was shared with the Army for Nike missile-defense system. Used as City of Rancho Palos Verdes storage area. San Francisco Defense Area (SF): San Francisco was defended by 12 Nike sites: SF-08, SF-09, SF-25, SF-31, SF-37, SF-51, SF-59, SF-87, SF-88, SF-89, SF-91 and SF-93. 400659N 0745330W / 40.11639N 74.89167W / 40.11639; -74.89167 (PH-15-LS). History History of the Pittsburgh defense Air Defenses chart of the Pittsburgh Air Defense, showing units, dates of service, armament, locations, etc. Buildings in use. Partially intact, on "Nike Road". Magazines are intact, per Baltimore County personnel, are locked and dry, and are used for Confined Space Entry and Rescue Training. The elevator is present but the hydraulics have been removed. Now obliterated, although largely intact. 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. High-end housing development, nothing remains. FDS. Demolished in 2016 to make way for housing. Used for herding rams and storage. The site was demolished by Hurricane Andrew on 24 August 1992 and subsequently closed. Today, partially Intact, Private ownership. becomes S. State Line Rd. Magazine launch doors removed; site appears to be filled in, with vegetation covering fill sites. Private ownership. Fenced and gated. Buildings were torn down. Totally obliterated. In the 1970s, the partially dismantled site was part of the Friends World College campus. FDS. Others were offered to state and local governments, while others were sold to school districts. Magazine visible, covered with vegetation and refuse. 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. The old missile site is clearly visible with satellite imagery, including the three silos. Missile Launching site converted to a private residence (including old missile silos) on Ind. Obliterated, LA Sheriff's Department Air Station. Appears to be mostly intact with buildings in various states of deterioration, several radar towers visible on aerial imagery. Never operational. Former double magazine. Obliterated, City of Detroit. Hartford Defense Area (HA): Operational in 1956, these sites were first manned by Regular Army and later by Guard Units. Both defense areas appear to have been manned by 2nd Battalion, 55th Artillery (Air Defense) at times between 1958 and 1964. Barracks buildings remain intact and little altered. Buildings torn down, foundations remain. Large number of cars, boats, large RVs. Redeveloped, East Bay Regional Park District, Coyote Hills Regional Park Alameda County Sheriff's Department radio transmitter. The sites have been disused for many years now but The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. FDS. Because of this new missile, fewer sites were needed and PH-32, along with 7 other Philadelphia region bases, was shut down. Mostly redeveloped, many buildings remain in good shape, sidewalks still connecting buildings. Buildings vacant, but given the remoteness of this facility appear to be in decent shape. USAR Center. Several radar towers standing, several buildings in radar area deteriorating, and some loose concrete on site. FDS. No radar towers. Buildings in use by park personnel. FDS. Site PR-79 at Foster was preserved, to be used as a State Police facility. Bay doors and elevators still work and are still in use by owners. PennDOT training site. Above-ground Nike-Hercules pads within protective berms. Decades later, these sites remain a part of their respective communities, though their roles have changed. Visitors are also allowed access to one of the sections barn's. In private hands. On high mountain peak. Redeveloped into multi-family housing. private retirement home. Nike missile operations continued there until 1979 when the site was closed. 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". Obliterated, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. RIANG/USAFR Center, some old buildings in use. All rights reserved (About Us). It was part of the Nike-Belt, a defense system which was created to defend Europe against the then newly invented jets. Baseball fields, recreation Halls, Tennis courts, playground etc. 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. The former crew barracks are now used for county fire station personnel and the old launch bays appear to be used for storage. 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). To the west stood the missiles, poised on above-ground launchers. Buildings demolished in December 2020. In early 1965 the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. Each site with a US Custodial Team had an on-site load of 10 nuclear warheads ready to be launched at very short notice. Double magazine, launch doors appear to be concreted over, some buildings erected on firing pads. Located on top of a mountain in the middle of the city. Launch area now fenced off and used as a dumping ground for dredging operations and is not open to the public, complex perimeter can be viewed from the bicycle trail. City of Virginia Beach, Parks and Recreation offices. In use, some buildings still standing. Located on a hill. Nike operations at the site inactivated in 1962. Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. Horses occupy the Assembly building. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Abandoned and overgrown with trees. Obliterated, City of Detroit. Six inch top soil cover. Also used by City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Service. Command, maintenance, and fueling buildings now serve as the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector Headquarters. No evidence of IFC remains. FDS. The elevator still works in one magazine and is used at times to move the larger equipment. Intact, Private ownership in good condition. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. No radar towers standing. The logistics train was airlifting by US CH-47's within 6 hrs after receipt of a coded message. No radar towers. Double magazine now motor pool area for Army Reserve unit. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. IFC mostly taken over by woods, some buildings still stand, asphalted area badly cracked. Overgrown and abandoned. Buildings in good shape, Radar tower bases visible. In 1968, the Cleveland Defense Area merged with Detroit's. This beautiful yet rugged Cold War missile launch site and bunker is located in one of the most remote sections of northeastern North Dakota. St. Louis Defense Area (SL): The Chicago District of the Corps of Engineers oversaw the design and construction. WebThe German idea of an underground missile silo was adopted and developed by the United States for missile launch facilities for its intercontinental ballistic missiles. Never completed. Bunker located under house. No radar towers. Partially Intact, Las Trampas Regional Park and microwave communications facility, Redeveloped, TRACOR Aerospace, Expendable Technology Center, Las Trampas Regional Park Office. Private ownership, Kraemer Construction Company. FDS. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. Redeveloped into Industrial Area. Photo by Richard Lewis / Used With Permission, a collection of artifacts from the summit. Doors have been completely covered with dirt. Vacant land. Abandoned. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. FDS. Largely intact, however the forest has just about won the battle to reclaim its former areas. Intact, Department of Energy, facilities used as auxiliary research labs under Pacific Northwest National Laboratories oversight, currently scheduled for demolition. Intact, Abilene Independent School District, in good shape. 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. Partially redeveloped; now the location of National Park Service, Fenced and behind a locked gate, largely intact. Some buildings may still be standing. Some buildings are in use, but no radar towers. Redeveloped into Electric Lighting Company. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Largely Obliterated, some remains in semi-wooded area. A decommissioned missile silo in York, NE, has come on the market for $550,000. FDS. But these formermissile sitesleave few clues to their unique history. 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