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. Where's The Bunker? Inside the bunker. Used as the Bedford Electronics Research Annex. "[28], Both magazines were unroofed and backfilled with earth. Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command. The site was purchased by a developer with a school built on the launch area. And it is roughly. S-90DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-1 / Z-1 The Air Force ceased radar operations in March 1963 and the AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974. The missile station, officially dubbed SL-40, is near Hecker, a town of 500, though it has a Red Bud address: 5055 M Road. pinching the display with two fingers. A few buildings, mostly forested. East side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Hart Island, Double Magazines covered over with vegetation on north end of island; Buildings spread out all over the island, all appear in highly deterioration condition. It operated from 1960 until 1968. At some later time, probably about 1984, it was transferred back to the Army and assigned to Fort Dix. Intact, located off North Locust Street just north of Denton, Texas was converted for use as an astronomical observatory of the University of North Texas after decommissioning. HM-01 was Nike-Ajax. 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. Many parked cars on site, probably employees. Nike launch site totally obliterated. Town of Fairfield, Fire Training and Canine Center. FDS Location Undetermined Possibly incorporated into Naval Weapons Station Earle. The site was purchased by a developer who intended to split the property, with the new Spring Run neighborhood to be built on the control area. There were more active silos in the past. FDS. "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." There are two adjacent ski recreation areas. This double Nike site was operational with both Ajax and Hercules missiles. Redeveloped into Asbury Broadneck Methodist church. Mostly intact. LS completely removed. IFC site was largely torn down. Intact, Department of Energy, facilities used as auxiliary research labs under Pacific Northwest National Laboratories oversight, currently scheduled for demolition. North Kingston Parks and Recreation Department sports complex. Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. Launch site roads still in place, overlaid by park facilities. Redeveloped into single-family housing. A few military buildings still in use, new construction. A new structure adjacent to "A" Section houses offices formerly used by the Baltimore County Fire Department Rescue Academy but now houses the Baltimore County Department of Public Works Safety Office and Training Academy. A large planter covering the elevator of the "B" Section and some berms is all that remains of the launch site. Private ownership, berms still in evidence in aerial imagery. Above-ground firing site, although no berms visible. Magazines were sealed during environmental hazards assessment in the 1990s but were then opened and badly vandalized. Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour. (17,500 mph). FDS. FDS. The IFC was assigned as an off-base installation to Ellsworth AFB on 25 May 1961. Fort Funston/ Mount San Bruno, California. Redeveloped into Governor Livingston Regional High School. 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. Now Massachusetts Audubon Society, Drumlin Farm. Theres a Cold War missile launch site in Addison, Illinois that is now home to a charming park where children play. Rhode Island Army National Guard, most buildings intact, Magazine area used as a motor pool. Maryland Indian Heritage Society. Buildings Demolished Sept 2015 Magazines are there and part of a municipal maintenance facility. Launch site buildings still have doors and window glass. Redeveloped into a corporate office complex. Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. Purchased by. Ther are also sleeping quarters and eating areas above ground. Above ground magazines protected by berms. In aerial imagery, launch site appears to be abandoned and overgrown with trees and other vegetation. The land at 770 Muddy Branch Road (Excess Land Sale Only) is one of fourteen federal properties listed for disposal by the Public Buildings Reform Board in their 2019 recommendations. A helicopter pad is shown in the lower portion of the photo. Redeveloped into Immanuel Lutheran Church and a multi-story light office building. Several radar towers standing. Figure3shows a Google Maps street-view of the entrance to a MAF. FDS. This will show things like On 6 Mar 1951 it was redesignated Wolters Air Force Base. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. Partially Intact, FEMA Agency Region X HQ and US Army Reserve Hooper Center. Some buildings standing, used for school bus storage. The Shutter Nike Missile Base is tucked away behind a gated fence near the Monroe County Village of Hecker Illinois with a population of about 500. Never completed. Magazines visible behind parking lot. Figure 2 shows a satellite view of a MAF. The former crew barracks are now used for county fire station personnel and the old launch bays appear to be used for storage. Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. Hong Kong CNN . Private ownership. Buildings at beginning of entrance road, former underground double magazine. Partially Intact on mountain top, Fort Funston Park Picnic Area. Abandoned and overgrown with trees. The site was closed on 18 June 1968. The AAFC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site SM-151 / Z-151. Double-magazine site with Nike Assembly building evident, also concrete launcher foundations. Radars used at Fire Island were CPS-6B, FPS-8, CPS-4, FPS-20A, FPS-6B. FDS. They were the countrys first surface-to-air guided missile system. Buildings standing, looks abandoned. Old FC buildings in area in various states of deterioration and abandoned. Upgraded to above-ground Nike-Hercules and re-designated HM-66. Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy. These were supposed to be airlifted to certain Nike sites in case of deterioration of the international political situation in the world. Partially intact. Redeveloped as multiple-family housing. Manning was by A/602nd (11/55-8/56), A/54th (8/56-9/58), A/4/1st (9/58-12/62) and MDArNG D/1/70th (12/62-4/74). City of SeaTac WA Parks Dept. FDS. Leftover traces of the approximately 265[2] Nike missile bases can still be seen around cities across the United States. FDS. No radar towers. 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IFC buildings in use, housing adjacent abandoned and torn down. Buildings torn down, foundations remain. No buildings or signs of magazines. All barracks but one have been demolished and land is unused. Now under private ownership, Explosives Technology. Above-ground magazine protected by berms. In the 1980s, water contamination near the base was found to be a health hazard. 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. 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. Intact, NMArNG Miliray Academy. IFC site operated by B/602nd (9/55-9/58) and B/4/5th (9/58-8/60), Still under US government control, Naval Surface Warfare Center. One radar tower standing. Entire site now the WA National Guard Kent Armory. One small IFC building remains. This Cold Warera fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) C-80DC established at Arlington Heights AI, IL in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. Sports Complex, some old military buildings still in use. No radar towers. Also used by City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Service. Magazine site is still very recognizable, with the surface concrete pad / blast deflectors and raised areas surrounding the former elevator doors still in place. Its new purpose is utilized regularly, and you can enjoy it too. When the Army abandoned the launch area of SF-88 at Fort Barry in 1974, the National Park Service assumed custody of the site, incorporating it into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Site was never operational. The Griggs House featured at the end of the movie, 'The Blair Witch Project' was located immediately behind the site, but has since been torn down. Private ownership, fenced. Double-battery Nike. 1) Distance - The shortest distance to the Soviet Union - the United States main opponent during the Cold War - was over the North Pole. Manned by the 2nd Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. Redeveloped into open greenspace with retention ponds. Launcher area now motor pool for military vehicles. Perimeter fencing intact. Every fall, the park holds a, Obliterated, only foundations remain, Township owned. Never operational. We are the leader in this niche. Underground single-magazine intact, no buildings, appears abandoned. Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army. Radars were FPS-93A and in 1982 the FPS-117 was installed. FDS. Bennett's Creek Park. It was being used as a Day Camp for children, but is now abandoned. The first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) silos arrived on the Great Plains in 1959 when Atlas sites were constructed in Wyoming. Town of Milford, board of education. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. 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. Hq Nike Group and staffing was located at the Avedre Lejr, at grid 5537'59"N 1226'55"E. 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. Abandoned, vegetation (tall trees) growing in Magazine concrete. View waymark gallery. Lower site (IFC-2) used as a state conservation baseyard. Another 60 spare W31's had been kept in permanent storage at grid 4528'46"N 1135'57"E Longare. Missile pads used as part of storage yard and parking lot. It sits roughly 60 miles southwest of the city of Hami, known as the site of a re-education camp where the Chinese government detains Uyghurs and members of other minority groups. The MAF's are also a target. The elevator still works in one magazine and is used at times to move the larger equipment. The Air Force used the property until 1976. They have since been demolished to build a training facility. Today's W78 warheads are 23 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Battalion Headquarters was located at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant located north of Doyline. Some buildings in use, magazine area obliterated however land scarring visible where overfilled with soil. Was a double-site Launcher and Integrated Fire Control Area for Nike-Ajax Missiles. Large number of commercial bee hives. Private ownership, mostly returned to agricultural use, single magazine is about all that is left. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. On mountain peak, leveled flat for the base. Do you have a question for Geoffrey? Most buildings in good condition, magazine in good condition. Site Summit is listed in the, Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site. Now a parking lot. Intact, USAR Center Orangeburg. Redeveloped into Hadley Shopping Center and a light industrial park. The other two Illinois facilities were in Grafton and Hector, with a fourth location in Pacific, Missouri. It was later equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Fences and one . Appear to have been dug up and filled with earth. of baseball diamond. IFC Redeveloped into a public park called Nike Park, in the middle of a much larger industrial park. In use by state highway department and is currently covered by a bike track, a Hamburg Town Park, and Bulk Storage. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". 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.