Interstate 87. FDS. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) S-90DC established at Fort Lawton AFS, WA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Buildings mostly razed, part of facility remains in SW corner. The areas in black denote deactivated missile wings, the areas in red denote the active missile . Obliterated Private ownership. IFC buildings are being reused in reasonable condition. Redeveloped into US Consumer Products Safety Commission Engineering Laboratory. Built on a former World War II auxiliary field (#3) of Roswell AAF. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. Assembly building is still present. City of Virginia Beach, Parks and Recreation offices. FDS. But some remnants and buildings still stand, including in Wolf Lake where an actual Nike missile is on display. Hong Kong CNN . There are a total of 450 silo's in the United States as per officially supplied information spread out among three main areas in the United States: around Malmstrom AFB near Great Falls Montana, around Warren AFB near Cheyenne Wyoming, and around Minot AFB near Minot North Dakota. Owned by State of California. Being used as an auto junkyard. Buildings in use as "4-H Park and County Fairgrounds". Much broken concrete lying around site. See. 374132N 1222652W / 37.69222N 122.44778W / 37.69222; -122.44778 (SF-59-CS). Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) PI-70DC established at Oakdale AI, PA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Private ownership, mostly returned to agricultural use, single magazine is about all that is left. The Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 had a yield of 20 kilotons. On that date, jurisdiction, control, and authority was transferred to the California Air National Guard. Most of launch site turned into a quarry. Magazine exists, concreted over. This silo's security gate is 547 feet from the road. Private ownership. Enjoy An Adventure At Marge Kline Whitewater Course, A Kayak Park Hiding In Illinois, The Oldest Crop Fields In The United States, Morrow Plots, Are Right Here In Illinois, Twinkies Were Invented At This Old Factory In Illinois From The 1800s, The Garden Of The Gods Outpost In Illinois Makes The Shawnee National Forest Unforgettable, Walk Through A Sea Of Orchids At The Illinois Chicago Botanical Gardens Orchid Show, Try The Ultimate Nighttime Adventure With Kirby Winter Wellness Walk At Allerton Park In Illinois, Even The Grinch Would Marvel At The Holiday Lights At Lilacia Park In Illinois, The Town Of Richton Park In Illinois Is The Star Of A Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie, 10 state parks in Illinois that are totally splendid. Some buildings still in use. Above-ground magazine protected by berms. The housing area in Brandywine, Maryland, supported Washington Nike Site W-36 from approximately 1957 1961. Was Midway School. Site cleared and redeveloped on top of ridge. YouTube footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWYAtR-XgTI, This list is sorted by state. Redeveloped into Marine Mammal Center. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. 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. Former double-magazine site abandoned and mostly overgrown with vegetation. This area is within the SRA on the southern shore of the lake. 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. Launch site re-developed into the headquarters building for the Addison Park District; the only remains are the existing fenceline as well as a van pad located to the north of the complex. 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. 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 AADCP was later integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-80 with FPS-10 (2); FPS-8/GPS-3; FPS-7C and FPS-6A radars. 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. FDS. 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. FDS. No evidence of IFC - Correction - IFC was located at the top of a hill on the corner of Ratzer and Alps Roads including radar towers as late as 1980. Private ownership, redeveloped into single-family housing. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Magazines visible, some snow plows being stored on them. No buildings or signs of magazines. The missile station, officially dubbed SL-40, is near Hecker, a town of 500, though it has a Red Bud address: 5055 M Road. Home now to the 103rd Air Control Squadron. 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. Missile launch areas now abandoned and overgrown. FDS. Access road also overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. You can choose to turn Labels on or off. pinching the display with two fingers. Many military buildings in use and well maintained. USAR Center. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Ellsworth AFB, SD in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. Now obliterated, Park, ownership by Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Appears in good condition. Nike launch site totally obliterated. Former Ajax installation with 12 launchers. The blast and thermal effects within a dozen miles or so of each of these silo's will be deadly, and the fallout radiation will spread hundreds of miles downwind. Almost all of the towers and control facilities are gone now including all traces at Montrose Harbor. Old FC buildings in area in various states of deterioration and abandoned. 421331.44N 0875653.52W / 42.2254000N 87.9482000W / 42.2254000; -87.9482000 (C-94-LS). In private ownership. Site at end of Adrian Drive. As Greenland is Danish and that country refused to host foreign military and nuclear weapons, a bilateral agreement was signed allowing access for all US forces and weaponry in Greenland. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. Barracks remaining. The Air Force used the property until 1976. Private ownership, complete and buildings look in good shape. In private ownership, buildings appear standing. It was part of the Nike-Belt, a defense system which was created to defend Europe against the then newly invented jets. Missile Sites. Ask him. This site was co-located with the now closed. Mostly cleared land, some roads of IFC remain but that's about it. The launcher area is now a public park with a Nike-Hercules missile and a plaque dedicating the site. If so, are any of the silo structures still there? North Kingston Parks and Recreation Department sports complex. Well-preserved in private ownership. Now a sports complex. 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). OHArNG, C Company, 216th Engineers. Large piles of earth on top of magazines, some vehicles parked in magazine area visible in aerial images. No missiles were ever actually launched in Chicago. Partially Intact, Army Engineering Support Buildings, After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. Launched from a Montana silo, a Minuteman III would take about 20 minutes to reach Moscowits speed is not constant along its flight path. Nothing remains except large open area. Site was never operational, Private ownership, four long military buildings still exist with circular access road, usage unknown. The National Park Service has a history of how women became missileers. Intact, LA County Fire Camp #9 and GTE cellular relay station. C-41 Jackson Park. Site was never operational. Two towers are still standing, covered with corrugated sheet steel. Paved over parking lot for trucks.. Now light industrial area, some old IFC buildings still in use. 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. "A nuclear missile silo is one of the quintessential Great Plains objects: to the eye, it is almost nothing, just one or two acres of ground with a concrete slab in the middle and some posts and poles sticking up behind an eight-foot-high cyclone fence: but to the imagination, it is the end of the world." No evidence of IFC remains. FDS. Today, the buildings are still in use, some buildings still standing. Figure7shows a missile silo site from the road. Redeveloped into single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. Magazine area used by construction company for equipment repair/storage. Above ground magazines protected by berms. The administrative, housing, and launch complex area was located just west of South Lake Shore Drive, between the 59th St Harbor and Hayes Dr. Above ground site with launchers protected by berms. Today, Nike Missile Base SL-40 near Hecker, Illinois, is the Beck Vocational Center; its buildings preserved through adaptive reuse. Forty-five years after it was shuttered, a former Cold War missile base is set to be auctioned to the highest bidder in Hecker, Illinois. The sites were using mixed warheads; meaning always 2 sections nuclear-capable (W31 selectable 20 or 2 kiloton yield) and 1 section only conventional (T-45 High Explosive) armed.[5]. Outline of fence evident in aerial photography. Sites at (S-13) Redmond, (S-61) Vashon Island, and (S-92) Bainbridge Island were upgraded to launch Nike Hercules missiles and survived until 1974. Some old military buildings, off "Nike Site Road". Now obliterated, Private ownership, housing. Now Nickerson Beach/Chappel Rock Park. 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). Abandoned, replanted with pines. Offer subject to change without notice. Buildings torn down, launch pads consist of concrete slabs and bunkers. The site was inactivated on 8 Sep 1968. Launch site now the parking lot for the Children's Theatre of Annapolis and athletic fields. FDS, Abandoned and overgrown. It was designed for manual operations, using plexiglass plotting boards and telephonic inputs. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. Abandoned in heavy woods. Operations at five of these Nike Hercules sites lasted until 1974. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". The only IFC building left is a small pump house. They have since been demolished to build a training facility.
