List of Nike missile sites

The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army. 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. U.S. Army Nike sites were also operational in South Korea, Japan and were sold to Taiwan. Leftover traces of the approximately 265 Nike missile bases can still be seen around cities across the United States. As the sites were decommissioned, they were first offered to federal agencies. Many were already on Army National Guard bases who continued to use the property. Others were offered to state and local governments, while others were sold to school districts. The leftovers were offered to private individuals. Many Nike sites are now municipal yards, communications, and FAA facilities, probation camps, and even renovated for use as airsoft gaming and military simulation training complexes. Several were obliterated and turned into parks. Some are now private residences. Only a few are intact and preserve the history of the Nike project. Belgium General Belgian Nike info: The Nike missile system was operational in the Belgian airforce from 1959 until 1990. It was organized into a Missile Group (the overall staffing); a Support Wing (tech and log support), and 2 (9th and 13th) Missile Wings, each with 4 subordinate units. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. Their defending area was the industrial Ruhr area. Blankenheim in the federal state of Nordrhein Westfalen (NRW). Unit: 13th Missile Wing, 51st (B) Squadron 1961–1989. Operating 36x Nike Herc. (10x Nuclear armed) US custodians: 43rd (B) USAAD. Former IFC at 50°26'45"N 06°40'27"E. Former LA at 50°26'29"N 6°41'52"E. Unit disbanded and site closed. Düren in NRW. Units: Hq 13th Missile Wing; Missile Support Wing; Group Operations Center and 50th (A) Squadron 1959–1990. Former combined IFC/LA location at 50°41'20"N 06°30'13" E when operating 12 x Nike Ajax missiles. This became the IFC when 50th Sq started Nike Herc ops. 36x Nike Herc. (10x Nuclear-armed) US Custodians: 43rd (C) USAAD. LA then moved to 50°42'44" N 6°32'3"E. Unit disbanded, and the site closed. Erle in NRW. Unit: 13th Missile Wing, 57th (D) Squadron 1974–1984. Note: The site was taken over from the Netherlands air force in 1974, becoming ops in 1975 as 13th Missile Wing/57 Sq operating 36x Nike Herc conventional role. The unit was later reassigned to the 9th Missile Wing/57th Sq as it was the most Northern Belgian site. Former IFC demolished. Former LA at 51°44'21"N 6°53'53"E. Unit disbanded, closing the site. Euskirchen in NRW. Unit: 13th Missile Wing, 52nd (C) Squadron 1959–1986. Operating 36 x Nike Herc (10x nuclear-armed) US custodians: 43rd (A) USAAD. Former IFC at 50°37'20"N 06°44'37"E. Former LA at 50°37'36" N 6°45'38" E. Unit disbanded, and the site closed. Grefrath in NRW. Units: Belgian Group Missiles 1959–1990; staffing and liaison element between the Nike Wings and the Belgian air force staff. Family lodging was at nearby Kempen; Hq 9th Missile Wing; Group Operations Center; 56th Squadron 51°20'56"N 6°20'02"E. Hinsbeck in NRW. 9th Missile Wing, 56th (C) Squadron 1962–1989. Operating 36x Nike Herc (10x Nuclear-armed) US custodians: B team 507th USAAD. Former IFC demolished. Former LA at 51°21'56"N 6°17'25" E. Unit disbanded, closing the site. Hombroich in NRW. 9th Missile Wing, 55th (B) Squadron 1962–1985. Operating 36x Nike Herc (10x Nuclear-armed) US custodians: C team 507th USAAD. Former IFC at 51°8'27.30"N 6°37'26.49"E. Former LA at 51°9'6"N 6°38'35"E is now a modern art museum. Military family housing 53rd and 55th Squadrons were nearby Grevenbroich. The unit disbanded, and the site closed. Kaster in NRW. 9th Missile Wing, 53rd (D) Squadron 1959–1978. Reassigned 13th Missile Wing / 56th Sq 1979–1985. Operating 36x Nike Herc missiles (10x Nuclear-armed) US custodians: 43rd (A) USAAD. Former IFC at 51°01'25"N 06°58'36" E. Former LA at 51°1'24"N 6°29'49"E. Unit disbanded, and the site closed. Xanten in NRW. 9th Missile Wing, 54th (A) Squadron 1971–1989. Operating 36x Nike Herc (10x Nuclear-armed) US custodians: A team 507th USAAD. The former basecamp at 51°38'50"N 06°26'31" E was rebuilt into an automotive area. Former IFC at 51°38'30"N 06°22'34" E. Former LA at 51°38'48"N 6°24'33"E. Unit disbanded, and the site closed. Denmark Germany 94th ADA Group, headquartered in Kaiserslautern for most of the Nike-Hercules period had four battalions as follows, with locations: 2/1 ADA headquartered at Wiesbaden Air Base - A Battery: Wackernheim - B Battery: Dexheim - C Battery: Quirnheim - D Battery: Dichtelbach 5/6 ADA headquartered in Neubruecke - A Battery: Schoenborn - B Battery: Wueschheim - C Battery: Baumholder - D Battery: Hontheim 2/56 ADA headquartered in Pirmasens - A Battery: Geinsheim - B Battery: Landau - C Battery: Salzwoog - D Battery: Oberauerbach 3/71 ADA headquartered in Ludwigsburg - A Battery: Dallau - B Battery: Grosssachsenheim - C Battery: Hardheim - D Battery: Pforzheim - In Pforzheim (Hagenschieß/Wurmberg), in Baden-Württemberg there is a missile launch site operated by the US-Army until April 1985. It was part of the Nike-Belt, a defense system which was created to defend Europe against the then newly invented jets. The site fired Nike missiles at potentially incoming jets as part of the Project Nike. Greece Italy Japan On Okinawa, the 30th ADA Brigade was on Okinawa. On Reversion Day, May 15, 1972, all Nike Hercules missile sites were handed over to the JASDF. Battery B,8th Battalion,3rd Air Defense Brigade (now active JGSDF Chinen sub-base) was located on the Chinen peninsula in southern part of the island. The U.S. reverted the islands to Japan on May 15, 1972, setting back a Ryūkyū independence movement that had emerged. A Battery was located on Isikawa Dake (IFC abandoned, 26.452808, 127.835702, LC JASDF Onna Sub-Base), the narrow waist of the island. There was also a battery at Naha, now the airport fire department. Netherlands The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) contributed to the high level air defense of Germany by the following units: 1st Group Guided Weapons (GGW or 'Groep Geleide Wapens' in Dutch), headquarters in Münster-Handorf. Consisting of the four Squadrons: 118 (nuclear, also Group Operations Center (GOC), 119 (nuclear), 120 (nuclear) and 121 (conventional). Squadrons located in Vörden, Handorf, Borgholzhausen and Bad Essen Commissioned 01-11-1959, decommissioned 15-05-1975 and merged with 2GGW into 12 GGW. 2nd Group Guided Weapons, headquarters in Schöppingen. Commissioned 08-04-1963, decommissioned 15-05-1975 and merged with 1GGW into 12GGW; Consisting of the four Squadrons: 220 (nuclear, also Group Operations Center (GOC), 221 (nuclear), 222 (conventional ) and 223 (nuclear). Squadrons located in Schöppingen, Erle, Nordhorn and Rheine 12 Group Guided Weapons, headquarters in Hesepe. Commissioned 15-05-1975, decommissioned 01-04-1988; Consisting of the four Squadrons: 118 (nuclear, also Group Operations Center GOC), 120 (nuclear), 220 (nuclear) en 223 (conventional). Squadrons located in Vörden (118 sqn), Borgholzhausen (120 sqn), Schöppingen (220 sqn) en Rheine (223 sqn) GTMGW Group Technical Materials Guided Weapons (GTMGW, Groep Techniek Materieel Geleide Wapens in Dutch). Next to the operational units this Maintenance Group supplied the higher level maintenance and technical parts supply for the other units Commissioned 01-02-1964, decommissioned 15-05-1975 and merged with 1GGW and 2GGW into 12GGW; Location Hesepe. Norway Spain Turkey 15th Missile Base Command (15. Füze Üs Komutanlığı), Istanbul. 1st Nike Group Command (1. Nike Grup Komutanlığı), Asian Side - unit disbanded 1st, 3rd & 4th Nike Missile Command (Nike Filo Komutanlığı) 2nd Nike Group Command (2. Nike Grup Komutanlığı), European Side - unit disbanded 2nd, 5th, 7th & 8th Nike Missile Command (Nike Filo Komutanlığı) 6th Nike Missile Command (Nike Filo Komutanlığı), Çanakkale - active Taiwan United States This list is sorted by state. The "Missile type" code indicates the numbers and types of missiles and other installation details. For example, "2AK/18L-H" means the site contained two Nike Ajax magazines (A), located above ground (K), with eight launchers (8L) being converted to Nike Hercules (H). Many listings will have "FDS" following either the control site or launch site heading, which means that the site has gone through the "Formerly-Used Defense Site" program and has been transferred from DoD control to another party. With the exception of Alaska, in which sites were given a specific name, Nike missile sites were designated by a coding system of the Defense Area Name abbreviation; a two-digit number representing the degree from north converted to a number between 01 and 99 (North being 01; East being 25; South being 50; West being 75), and a letter, L = launch site, C = IFC (Integrated Fire Control) site. The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FDS) program processed many former sites and then transferred them out of Defense Department control. Alaska The Alaska Nike sites were under the control of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), rather than Army Air Defense Command. California Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois and Northwest Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland/District of Columbia/Northern Virginia Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Jersey There were sixteen Nike related sites within the State of New Jersey, all of which were classed as supporting either the New York or Philadelphia defense areas. Refer to the respective state section (New York or Pennsylvania) for information related to New Jersey located Nike sites. New York (NY-53: Leonardo/Belford, NY-54: Holmdel, NY55DC: Highlands, NY-56: Sandy Hook, NY-58/60: Old Bridge, NY-65: South Plainfield, NY-73: Summit/Watchung, NY-79/80: East Hanover / Livingston, NY-88: Mountain View/Wayne, NY-93/94: Ramsey/Darlington/Mahwah) Philadelphia (PH-23/25: Lumberton, PH-32: Marlton, PH-41/43: Erial, PH-49: Mantua, PH-64DC: Gibbsboro, PH-58: Woolwich) Links: Sandy Hook Tours :: Site NY-56 :: Gateway National Park :: NJ 14 Missile Bases :: NY-56 History :: Trip Advisor :: Highlands Air Force Station :: Nike Missile Locations New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin Nike Site Gallery See also Project Nike topics U.S. Army Nike sites References Further reading John C. Lonnquest; David F. Winkler (November 1996). To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program (USA-CERL Special Report, 97/01). US Army. ISBN 99961-75-71-5. External links Nike Missile System at TheMilitaryStandard Nike Missile Site Locations by State at TheMilitaryStandard Locations of Former Nike Site Locations & Status (text) at Ed Thelen's Nike Missile Web Site Alaska History and Pictures of PH-32 Fairleigh Dickinson University page on PH-32 Archived 1999-02-10 at the Wayback Machine Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AK-18, "Nike Hercules Missile Battery Summit Site, Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, AK" HAER No. AK-20, "Nike Hercules Missile Battery Tare Site, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK" Nike-Hercules ALASKA website Nike Missile Site Bay Nike Missile Site Summit Nike Missile Jig Launch Battery Site California Nike Missile Site LA-04 Mt Gleason CA The Missiles of Los Angeles Nike Missile Base SF-91 Connecticut Nike BR-04 Ansonia Florida America's Air Defense of South Florida During and After the Cuban Missile Crisis: 1962–1979 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-05-08) History of the North Key Largo Missile Site HM69 Nike Missile Base Hawaii Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. HI-69, "Kahuku Nike Missile Battery OA-17, Kahuku, Honolulu County, HI" HAER No. HI-69-A, "Kahuku Nike Missile Battery OA-17, Launcher Area" HAER No. HI-69-B, "Kahuku Nike Missile Battery OA-17, Control Area" HAER No. HI-69-C, "Kahuku Nike Missile Battery OA-17, Administration Area" Nike Missile site coordinates Nike Missile OA-32 IFC Northwest Indiana and Illinois Nike Missile Base C-84. Illinois Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-116, "Nike Missile Base C-84, Barrington, Cook County, IL" Nike Missile Site C-41 Promontory Point Jackson Park, Chicago at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-06-18) Nike Missile Site C-03 Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Granite Nike Missile Base BA-79 AA-38: Annapolis-Bay Bridge Nike Missile Site W-26 Nike Missile Base W-25 Massachusetts Nike Missile Site B-38 Hingham Nike Missile Site BO-37 Nike B-05L Missile Site – Danvers, MA 11/29/05 Michigan Nike Missile Battery D-57/58 Detroit Michigan Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MI-80, "Newport Nike Missile Battery D-57/58, Carleton, Monroe County, MI" HAER No. MI-80-A, "Newport Nike Missile Battery D-57/58, Integrated Fire Control Area" HAER No. MI-80-B, "Newport Nike Missile Battery D-57/58, Launch Area" Missouri Nike Missile Base SL-40 Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-117, "Nike Missile Base SL-40, Hecker, Monroe County, IL" Minnesota Nike Site MS-40 Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MN-100, "Nike Missile Battery MS-40, Farmington, Dakota County, MN" Nebraska Lincoln Air Force Base Online Museum New Jersey Nike Missile Sites in New Jersey New Mexico Nike Missile WA-10 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile WA-50 Launch Battery Site Ohio Cleveland Area Former Nike Missile Sites Former Nike Missile Site CL-59 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-16) Pennsylvania "Shielding Pittsburgh business" at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette NIKE BASE – PH07A at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-12-27) BRISTOL NIKE BASE – PH-15 NIKE MISSILE BATTERY PH-23/25 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine VILLAGE GREEN NIKE BASE – PH-67 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-04-02) PAOLI NIKE BASE – PH-82 at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2011-11-03) Rhode Island Nike Missile Battery PR-79 Foster Rhode Island Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. RI-37, "NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI" HAER No. RI-37-A, "NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area" HAER No. RI-37-B, "NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area" Providence Defense Area at the Encyclopedia Astronautica Amateur Radio W2HYN—includes sections devoted to the Bristol, RI, Nike site and to other Cold War Nike, missile and radar installations Texas Nike Missile BG-40 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile BG-80 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile BG-40 IFC Site Nike Missile DY-50 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile DY-50 IFC Site Nike Missile DY-10 IFC Site Nike Missile DF-01 IFC Site Virginia 1954 Nike-Ajax Missile Site N-75L Washington (state) Nike Missile F-37 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile F-87 IFC Site Nike Missile H-12 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile H-83 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile S-92 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile S-81 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile S-20 Launch Battery Site