abandoned missile silos in pennsylvania
FDS. On mountain peak. Mostly intact.
Being used as an auto junkyard, large numbers of junk cars stored in missile firing pads.
Also used by the Air Force as part of the. Buildings standing, looks abandoned.
Redeveloped into single-family housing subdivision "Callaway Lakes". FDS. Its the ultimate in social distancing.. Double magazine site, now a storage yard. Town of Fairfield, Fire Training and Canine Center. Three well preserved buildings are in good shape, and several others deteriorated; sidewalks between buildings exist as also the base of the flagpole. Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site. The Magazine area is overgrown with vegetation and appears abandoned. The CPS-6B radar was removed in July 1958, FPS-8 removed 4Q 1960 until the Nike sites were inactivated in 1971. This site was the western end of a test range under the jurisdiction of Griffiss AFB. Some old roads still exist in the abandoned part of the facility, but no evidence of radar towers. 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. Now well-preserved in private ownership. While the project was approved, the development was never built. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). 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). The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Some roads still exist as unconnected concrete. Doors probably welded shut. On high ridge, elevation 3,750'. FDS. DallasFort Worth Defense Area (DF): For air defense of Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Obliterated, overgrown.
FDS. Buildings standing, several radar towers. Intact, Explosives Technology. Launchers appear to be concreted over. 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. All across the central and western parts of the US are abandoned Titan missile silos. D-58 control site is currently being auctioned to general public by. Redeveloped into US Consumer Products Safety Commission Engineering Laboratory, awaiting conversion into Pleasant View Park by the City of Gaithersburg. The elevator still works in one magazine and is used at times to move the larger equipment. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Magazines probably in good condition, launch area being used for trailer and outside storage. Two Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites service the launch site, which contained twice the normal number of batteries. B-21DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site MM-1. St. Louis Defense Area (SL): The Chicago District of the Corps of Engineers oversaw the design and construction. Missile pads partially Intact, Harvard University. FDS. Obliterated, paved over for tractor trailer parking lot. Obliterated, no evidence of existence at end of former access road.
U.S. Army Air Defense Command operated the sites with Regular Army units (possibly from 562nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment) from 1960 until 1966. Was Midway School. Buildings mostly razed, part of facility remains in SW corner. Private ownership. In 1965, upgraded to the AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Now a parking lot. Either Army Reserve or NY National Guard site. On high mountain peak. On 12 December 1960, a fully fueled Titan was
Buildings in good condition, the old radar towers are still standing. 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 Phillips Park.
An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Cape Charles AFS, VA in 1958 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. 
Buildings in good condition, no radar towers. The Army housing was commonly referred to as East Nike Housing Area, and was controlled by Ellsworth AFB until about 2000. Partially intact, on "Nike Road". Concrete launch pads still visible. 170 military installations with hazardous sites in pennsylvania. Obliterated, FDS, vacant lot just west of LAX runway 6R, Nike launch facilities obliterated. No radar towers. This is an early Ajax-only site that was never converted to Hercules. Underground single-magazine intact, Private Ownership. 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. Concrete pad visible along with launch door (sealed). US Forest Service Insect & Disease Lab. FDS. No radar towers. 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. Site guard shack and owner' house is a reconstructed Crew quarters. Today, the housing is abandoned and the homes had been removed, leaving the basements exposed. One radar tower standing. 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. 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. FDS. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. Aerial image shows faint evidence of launcher area appears to be covered with soil. Accessible to the public by hiking. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site. Is fenced in, with a "No Trespassing" sign, guard shack and many buildings in good repair.
Razed and redeveloped into Montrose Harbor Park (part of the. The site was inactivated on 8 Sep 1968. It was used until 15 December 1975 for Civil Air Patrol use, being called Fork CAP Annex. Pittsburgh Defense Area (PI): At first, three active Army battalions manned the ring around "Steel City". The roof of the magazines make up the Upper Field of the dog park. Used for herding rams and storage. The IFC was located off New Lake View Road, at 2 E. Heltz Road, and is now offices for the Town of Hamburg and as part of Lakeview Road Recreation Area.
McGregor Guided Missile Range, New Mexico. Site Summit is listed in the, Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site. Still behind locked gate and fenced. Appears to be light industrial estate. Obliterated. The administrative, housing, and launch complex area was located just west of South Lake Shore Drive, between the 59th St Harbor and Hayes Dr. 421331.44N 0875653.52W / 42.2254000N 87.9482000W / 42.2254000; -87.9482000 (C-94-LS). Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. Appears in good condition. The park currently owns three Ajax missiles and one Hercules. US Government ownership, storage and maintenance support facility for Fort Devens. Private ownership, fenced.
At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. FDS. Some older buildings deteriorated. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, Army terrorism training site. Abandoned. Totally obliterated; replaced by the South Suburban Rehab Center at 19000 S Halsted St. FDS. 
After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. Sites HA-48 and HA-08 were converted to fire the Nike Hercules missile and remained operational until 1968 and 1971, respectively. "Missile Base Road". Abandoned. 2 Cold War-era nuclear missile silos that sat abandoned for decades went on sale in Arizona for $495,000 each. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. Three years later, the U.S. Army Air Defense Command deactivated the remaining missile batteries. Site is abandoned, four radar towers standing. Former missile pads still visible, apparently being used as a storage yard. A small not-for-profit community farm provides outdoor education on part of the site. After the Nike base was closed, it was gained by Ellsworth AFB on 30 Sep 1963, as Ellsworth Academic Annex (also referred to as South Nike Education Annex). Some military buildings in use, new buildings erected over magazine. If you ever needed a lipstick gun or a heartbeat detector, you could be in luck. Redeveloped, East Bay Regional Park District, Coyote Hills Regional Park Alameda County Sheriff's Department radio transmitter.
Battalion Blvd remains. Buildings standing and in use. Triple magazines visible, overgrown and abandoned. Fenced and gated. Buildings, some radar towers. Excavated into a pond. City of Virginia Beach, Parks and Recreation offices. Today, the site is in use, some buildings still standing. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. Largely intact, however the forest has just about won the battle to reclaim its former areas. Probably facility is complete within the trees and wild underbrush. After the Army closed the Nike facility, It was gained as an off-base installation of Andrews AFB on 21 Feb 1975, under Headquarters Command.
Abandoned, replanted with pines. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop.
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. It was subsequently closed by 1990. 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.
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Private Ownership. Some radio towers but no evidence of radar. CAArNG, 458th MASH facility. Much of site overgrown with vegetation. Closed at an unknown date. It is also owned by the Michigan DNR. Constructed during the Cuban Missile Crisis [October 1962]. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. FDS Location Undetermined. An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. 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. Also used by City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Service. LA-45DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-39 / Z-39 The AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974 along with the remaining Nike Hercules sites. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. Edward Peden lives in a decommissioned U. S. Airforce nuclear missile base (Atlas E) underground in Kansas. Six inch top soil cover. After the Nike-Hercules site was inactivated in 1966, used by the Air Force until Loring's inactivation in the early 1990s as part of SAC's GCCS (Global Command & Control System. FDS. Redeveloped into an office park north of I-88. In an email, Woolwich Township Clerk Jane DiBella writes that a commemorative radar tower may stay put as a reminder of the sites history. 400659N 0745330W / 40.11639N 74.89167W / 40.11639; -74.89167 (PH-15-LS). Lurking off of a South Jersey highway, a Springsteen song come to life. Located at Battery Leary, Merriam, Upper Reservation, Ft. MacArthur. San Vicente Peak, has been turned into a Cold War memorial park. The site fired Nike missiles at potentially incoming jets as part of the Project Nike. 2500 sqft. FDS. Originally established during World War II as Camp Wolters. Largely intact, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department, Bossier Parish SWAT field training site. Units from the Bridgeport Defense Area assisted in operating the Plainville site. It was being used as a Day Camp for children, but is now abandoned. 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. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. 
No sign of IFC. Used by the Elizabeth Forward School District. FDS. Off "Nike Site Road".
Known as Orange Air National Guard Station. D-57 site demolished, redeveloped into Ford Motor Co. automotive parts distribution center in 2021. FDS, Abandoned and overgrown. Magazines visible, status unknown. In reasonable condition. Buildings in good shape. Demolished, Roswell Correctional Center Partially. Former double magazine. L-13'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. Twin Oaks Summer Camp. Site leased in about 2014 and is now Wing Headquarters for the Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol. The pits are still there, under the park, behind the fire station. Abandoned IFC site. Barracks buildings remain intact and little altered. Magazines exist, launch doors visible, probably welded shut, appears to be storage area. Buildings in poor condition, some roofless, some not. Above ground site with launchers protected by berms. Currently a paintball site under the name Blast Camp; site is in the middle of farm fields. On mountain peak, leveled flat for the base. Site is now used as a bus parking lot for Meramec Valley R-3 school district. Dillingham Airport, Above-ground Nike-Hercules launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, no buildings remain abandoned. The launcher Area has about 7 launch pads with 3 underground bunkers and 1 barn with rails, about 80% finished when construction halted. The AADCP inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. But since the site was shut down 46 years ago, its become an eyesore, writes Woolwich Township Mayor, Vernon R. Marino, in an email. The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) C-80DC established at Arlington Heights AI, IL in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Buildings in good shape, no radar towers. Part of magazine visible. On that date, it was designated as Potrero Hills Storage Annex; and jurisdiction, control, and accountability were assigned to Travis AFB. LC buildings along Staley road still in use. Heinzen, who is also the director of Rowans Hollybush Institute (named for the campus building where the leaders met), says that while the summit produced no direct agreements, it set a pattern for future face-to-face meetings. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing.
Launch bases were installed in more than 200 locations throughout the country, as well as within the territory of American allies in Asia and Europe. Large wooded area around the home appears to be totally redeveloped with no evidence of IFC, although may be parts of the facility in the woods to the southwest of the house. Some buildings standing, used for school bus storage. 
No structures appear to remain. Some buildings in use, others very deteriorated. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Launchers probably intact.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that, this month, Woolwich Township has formally requested bids and proposals for the property, which could be developed into restaurants, offices, or a park, among other possibilities.
Located at the north end of Centennial Park along 153rd St. between Huntington Ct. and Hickory Dr. FDS. Decades later, these sites remain a part of their respective communities, though their roles have changed. Intact, Communications Facility Partially. Outline of fence evident in aerial photography. The magazines have a one-foot thick cap of concrete on them. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. 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. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. WebUnderground House from Old Missile Silo. The sites are also dangerous, he adds, because the underground missile vaults are covered by big steel doors and in need of some serious cleanup. Contaminated soil remediated on site.
At some later time it transferred to Military Airlift Command, and on 1 Jun 1992 transferred to Air Mobility Command. Lancaster (town) Police Department and local government office. Another 60 spare W31's had been kept in permanent storage at grid 4528'46"N 1135'57"E Longare. Still in use, with a few buildings, one radar tower, TXArNG training. Is now used as the Grand Island Central School District's Eco Island Ecology Reserve. Fenced with large number of hubcaps attached. The AADCP was inactivated in 1969. Intact, Abilene Independent School District, in good shape. Some buildings still in use. Manned by C/36th (/54-9/58), C/1/562nd (9/58-3/60) and MDArNG A/1/70th (3/60-12/62). General Belgian Nike info: The Nike missile system was operational in the Belgian airforce from 1959 until 1990. Buildings torn down, launch pads consist of concrete slabs and bunkers. Largely redeveloped, although several old IFC buildings still used. The towns name has even seeped into diplomatic parlance, with the Spirit of Glassboro signaling a willingness to meet with an adversary in person. 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. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Large piles of earth on top of magazines, some vehicles parked in magazine area visible in aerial images. Some IFC buildings in use. Some accessibility through a ventilation shaft to a small bunker room. Hartford Defense Area (HA): Operational in 1956, these sites were first manned by Regular Army and later by Guard Units. Above-ground firing site, although no berms visible. This site was co-located with the now closed. This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces. Aside from its use as a laboratory for the school's astronomy program, the site has been used for storage, research and experimentation. Owned by Burlington Recreation Commission. They are cement-block shells. Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. Used as City of Rancho Palos Verdes storage area. Ajax launch covers visible, some obscured by buildings, two launch doors for Hercules, probably welded shut. Private ownership. 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. Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads.
In 1968, the Cleveland Defense Area merged with Detroit's. Site cleared and redeveloped on top of ridge. Many buildings standing, some razed. 4255'04.5"N 8809'57.6"W. Demolished as of 2014. 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.
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