On 15 Dec 1956 jurisdiction, control, and accountability transferred back to the Army. 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. 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. Launchers appear to be concreted over.
It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Fenced with large number of hubcaps attached. Lower site (IFC-2) used as a state conservation baseyard. Former access road to IFC remains, highly deteriorated and partially taken over by vegetation. Largely intact, however the forest has just about won the battle to reclaim its former areas. Elevators cemented over. Partially Intact, City of Detroit, River Rouge Park. The Army housing was commonly referred to as East Nike Housing Area, and was controlled by Ellsworth AFB until about 2000. San Vicente Peak, has been turned into a Cold War memorial park.
A Cold War missile base abandoned for decades is on sale in New Jersey for $1.8 million see inside. Manned by the 2nd Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. Wooded area behind Bristol Plaza Shopping Center and. King Salmon Long Range Radar Site is still in use. Partially Intact on mountain top, Fort Funston Park Picnic Area. The town of Swedesboro, formerly part of Woolwich Township (which owns the property), is a short drive from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Also storage yard. Redeveloped into large school and recreational area of the Long Beach School District. Largely intact and listed on the. Double above-ground magazines, on top of mountain ridge, under US Army control, Both Nike launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. Redeveloped as Bristol County Development Center, no remains. Some old buildings remain. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Buildings in good condition, magazine area in use by the city police department as a vehicle storage area. 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. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Site was never operational, Private ownership, four long military buildings still exist with circular access road, usage unknown. Magazines appear to be covered over with dirt but location still visible on aerial imagery. It is also a safe haven for deer chased by hunters in the area, as it is completely fenced in. Obliterated by new construction. At some later time it transferred to Military Airlift Command, and on 1 Jun 1992 transferred to Air Mobility Command.
FDS. History History of the Pittsburgh defense Air Defenses chart of the Pittsburgh Air Defense, showing units, dates of service, armament, locations, etc. Located at Bailey's Hill Park. Partially Intact, FEMA Agency Region X HQ and US Army Reserve Hooper Center. Barracks remaining. Berms around missile launch sites now around buildings erected in former missile sites. Photo by Richard Lewis / Used With Permission, a collection of artifacts from the summit. Electrified with working elevators. Abandoned and overgrown. They call their dwelling Subterra Castle. Intact double underground magazine, Small arms storage, firing, and maneuvering range. Appears in good condition. FDS, Abandoned and overgrown. Launch site with three intact missile pits located at the end of Stocksdale Road in Kingsville, MD. 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. Redeveloped area in northern tip of airport now has a general aviation hangar, parking lot and ramp area for aircraft parking. Appears to be a large water tower built on site. Difficult to tell with all wild vegetation status of launch site, no buildings appear to be standing, probably earthen berms exist under vegetation canopy. Quite a few of the buildings, except for a metal structure on the north-east corner, are still standing. Intact, Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park. Robinson Dept. U.S. Army Air Defense Command operated the sites with Regular Army units (possibly from 562nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment) from 1960 until 1966. IFC Obliterated. FDS. Hartford Defense Area (HA): Operational in 1956, these sites were first manned by Regular Army and later by Guard Units. Located at the north end of Centennial Park along 153rd St. between Huntington Ct. and Hickory Dr. FDS. Operations were by C/75th (11/54-9/58), C/3/562nd (9/58-12/61), A/1/71st (12/61-3/63), MDArNG A/3/70th (12/61-3/63) and MDArNG C/1/70th (3/63-6/71). The AAFC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-71 / Z-71. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. FDS. 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.
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WebMissile Bases, Communication Bunkers, & Underground Properties Missile Base Specialists See Our Inventory 20th Century Castles, LLC has sold 60 properties. Located on Belle Isle, south of Blue Heron Lagoon, East side of Lakeside Drive, Obliterated, City of Detroit. Buildings Demolished Sept 2015 Magazines are there and part of a municipal maintenance facility. Concrete launch pads still visible. 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. No evidence of IFC. Northwest side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Ajax launch covers visible, some obscured by buildings, two launch doors for Hercules, probably welded shut. Essex County Park District, developed into Riker Hill Park. Anti-aircraft missiles encircled the nation's largest cities toas a final line of defense against Soviet bombers. A few buildings, mostly forested. Abandoned. These were supposed to be airlifted to certain Nike sites in case of deterioration of the international political situation in the world. 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). Buildings in good shape, Radar tower bases visible. Originally HM-65, redesignated HM-66. Underground single-magazine intact, no buildings, appears abandoned. FDS.
The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. DF-30DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-78 / Z-78. Troop barracks are used for storage for Nike Elementary School in the Meramec Valley R-3 school district.
Property given to North Allegheny School District. Constructed during the Cuban Missile Crisis [October 1962]. Private ownership, development company. The Launch Area is still fenced in, although the access road to the magazine area leads to a storage yard and Commercial Driver Training course. In 1965, upgraded to the AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. After deactivation, PH-32 was sold to Burlington County for $32,000 and was used as the Burlington County Civil Defense Center. On mountain peak. 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.
Buildings were torn down. Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park, kits if debris on the launchers, site used as a storage yard. LC buildings along Staley road still in use. No radar towers.
In highly industrial area. Dormitory, office spaces and missile maintenance shed were intact and operated by Kent Schools as the Mountain View Academy until their demolition in July 2019 to make room for River Ridge Elementary. FDS Location Undetermined. The base cost $25 million to build and he spent $40,000 for the property. As of 1959 the Italian commanding unit was: The IFC is mostly burned (prior to the fire, the IFC was used as a minimum security prison). Minor remnants are still visible in the NE corner. IFC Redeveloped into a public park called Nike Park, in the middle of a much larger industrial park. FDS. Intact, Communications Facility Partially. The concrete area around magazines, in good shape, appears to be used as a storage yard. Its 33-acre campus is a ghost town of its own, with vaults stretching 30 feet underground, a mess hall, soldiers quarters, and a drained swimming pool. The Puu Manawahua Radar Station and Base Camp was a W.W.II Aircraft Warning Station, and continued to list in 1947 and 1948 USAF Installation Directories. FDS.
Access road to site overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. WebHouse is located 30+ mins out of Madison WI.
Formally used as an ESDA facility for the Village. Operations at five of these Nike Hercules sites lasted until 1974. Some buildings still standing and in use by Independence Board of Education. Largely obliterated, now Massachusetts Audubon education center. The Alaska Nike sites were under the control of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), rather than Army Air Defense Command. Redeveloped into Phillips Park. Redeveloped into Industrial Area. In private ownership, buildings appear standing. Redeveloped into Marin County Waste Water Treatment Plant. Totally obliterated; replaced by the South Suburban Rehab Center at 19000 S Halsted St. FDS. Light office building, parking lot, also Worcester Nike Park. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy. Area has now become a "Academy Sports and Outdoors" distribution facility. FDS.
Today, partially Intact, Private ownership. Former triple Ajax battery. 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. D-15DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-20 / Z-20 The Air Force ceased radar operations when the Army no longer needed radar support and the AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974. Edward Peden lives in a decommissioned U. S. Airforce nuclear missile base (Atlas E) underground in Kansas.
In the 1970s, the partially dismantled site was part of the Friends World College campus. Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. Three launch areas. We are the leader in this niche. After being closed by the Army it was established as an Air Force installation, the Sepulveda Air National Guard Station. Accessible to the public by hiking. No evidence of IFC site. FDS. Hanford Defense Area (H): Nike missiles replaced and augmented gun batteries that had been previously installed In 1968, the Cleveland Defense Area merged with Detroit's. Radar facility used as storage for Lannon County Park and as a US Cellular tower site. Nothing else is left. This site was co-located with the now closed.
Bennett's Creek Park. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, Army terrorism training site. Double magazine, launch doors appear to be concreted over, some buildings erected on firing pads. Private ownership. Missile launch areas now abandoned and overgrown. These Nike Hercules sites were manned by Regular Army and National Guard units and operated from 1960 to 1968. Is now used as the Grand Island Central School District's Eco Island Ecology Reserve. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Omaha AFS, NE in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. DOD communications facility. Intact, US Park Service, very deteriorated condition.
FDS. Some old military buildings, off "Nike Site Road". In use by state highway department and is currently covered by a bike track, a Hamburg Town Park, and Bulk Storage.
Large number of commercial bee hives. One height-finder radar was later removed and remaining set modified to an AN/FPS-116 c. 1977. Today, Rowan maintains a collection of artifacts from the summit, some of which has been digitized. Residential housing plan. Launch area was immediately north of current school building. Single-family home. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. Obliterated. This page was last edited on 4 April 2023, at 20:07. FDS. Command, maintenance, and fueling buildings now serve as the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector Headquarters.
Barracks buildings in use, double magazine site. Remaining buildings in deteriorated condition. The entrance road has many abandoned trailers and also much junk along the sides. Partially intact, administration buildings at entrance standing, with what appear to be military radio towers. FDS. Double-magazine site with Nike Assembly building evident, also concrete launcher foundations. Area fenced and gated. Used as a storage yard/junkyard. Barracks building in use, several radar towers still standing. Nothing remains except large open area. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SF-90DC was established at Mill Valley AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. It was designated as Gibbsboro Family Housing Annex.
Obliterated. "[28], Both magazines were unroofed and backfilled with earth. Municipal complex storage yard. Leftover traces of the approximately 265[2] Nike missile bases can still be seen around cities across the United States. After being inactivated by the Army, BA-09C was taken over by the Air Force sometime before 15 September 1967. Now part of a horse farm. Fenced and gated. Redeveloped into US Consumer Products Safety Commission Engineering Laboratory, awaiting conversion into Pleasant View Park by the City of Gaithersburg. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. The area is off-limits to visitors at Angel Island State Park. FDS. The three underground magazines are existent and in reasonably good condition. Some buildings still in use. Former triple-magazine site now abandoned.
All six magazines are concreted over. Buildings used for storage/support in good condition, rest of site has been razed and sold off, now single-family housing, no evidence of radar towers. Being cleared and leveled. Woolwich Township acquired the base from the federal government in 2009 for $828,000, but didnt want to resell during a recession. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. No purchase necessary. Magazine area used by construction company for equipment repair/storage.
Iron Mountain storage building erected on old Missile pad. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. Access road to upper control site (IFC-1) inaccessible due to decades of vegetation growth taking back the road up to the top. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. State of Rhode Island, State Police Academy and Training Center, buildings in use; magazines visible. Another 60 spare W31's had been kept in permanent storage at grid 4528'46"N 1135'57"E Longare. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Now part of the McCormick Place Bird Sanctuary.
No evidence of IRC except some disturbed land where structures once were. It is home to a MNDOT radio tower. Decades later, these sites remain a part of their respective communities, though their roles have changed. Who needs stones when you have marshmallows or foam? Redeveloped into USAR Center. All rights reserved (About Us).
Its new role was meant to be a coordination center for civil defense in the event of attack, but it ended up being used as storage. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Sweetwater AFS, TX in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Buildings removed, appears to be totally abandoned with no known use. During the cleanup, the magazine elevator doors were sealed with asphalt for safety reasons.395216N 0745253W / 39.87111N 74.88139W / 39.87111; -74.88139 (PH-32-LS), 395145N 0752545W / 39.86250N 75.42917W / 39.86250; -75.42917 (PH-67-CS), 402901N 0800950W / 40.48361N 80.16389W / 40.48361; -80.16389 (PI-71-LS), 403138N 0800344W / 40.52722N 80.06222W / 40.52722; -80.06222 (PI-93-CS). Site is across Industrial Highway from former launch site. Never operational. FDS. Abandoned, buildings appear derelict with lots of junk in the area. Site redeveloped as Bedford Middle School in 2001. Roads in fair condition, both magazines appear to be concreted over, large gravel pile on them, generally badly deteriorated. In 2002, Evesham Township had the launch area cleared of illegal dumps and demolition debris left from the buildings. Both defense areas appear to have been manned by 2nd Battalion, 55th Artillery (Air Defense) at times between 1958 and 1964. Air strip is now part of Evergreen Lakes subdivision. Severely overgrown with vegetation. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Town of Westport, Westport/Weston Health District, Bayberry. Roads in very poor condition, main access road overgrown by vegetation. Part of Army Reserve Center, in back of facility. Magazine area now storage yard. W-13DC was the first Missile-Master DC to become operational. FDS.
Redeveloped into Marine Mammal Center. Magazines visible behind parking lot. It was later equipped with the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system.
Now Blast Camp paint-ball park. Appears to be largely intact underneath vegetation overgrowth; old access road entrance at Ave J & 133 Street largely obliterated. Redeveloped into USAR Center, Transportation Company. 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. Magazines under motor pool parking area asphalted over. Under restoration since 2009. It was assigned to the United States Property and Fiscal Officer, State of Rhode Island for real property jurisdiction and control. Known as Swedesboro PH-58, the base is one of 14 Nike missile stations once threaded throughout New Jersey, and one of five that were in the states Philadelphia Defense Area (PH, for short). The perimeter fence appears to remain. Mostly redeveloped, magazine area in poor condition, used as storage yard and parking lot. Buildings in good condition, the old radar towers are still standing.
Part of the facility exists to the west, with outlines of radar towers visible. Oakland Community College. 6 acres. Some buildings are in use, but no radar towers. A section of the launch area is used by the CAANG, 261st Combat Communication Squadron. The administrative, housing, and launch complex area was located just west of South Lake Shore Drive, between the 59th St Harbor and Hayes Dr. The Army housing was commonly referred to as West Nike Housing Area, and was controlled by Ellsworth AFB until about 2000. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) PI-70DC established at Oakdale AI, PA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Intact, Abilene Independent School District, in good shape. And this one can be all yours. You can walk on the former IFC at Lake Shore and E 31st Street; now a nice little park with a playground and good view of downtown, Lake Michigan, Navy Pier and Chicago Harbor Lighthouse. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site, missiles protected by berms. Buildings appear in excellent condition.381723N 0895651W / 38.28972N 89.94750W / 38.28972; -89.94750 (SL-40-CS), 381611N 0895700W / 38.26972N 89.95000W / 38.26972; -89.95000 (SL-40-LS). They have since been demolished to build a training facility. No evidence of IFC. FDS. Private ownership, 4 military buildings still exist, usage unknown. 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.
HM-65 was Nike-Ajax. Located on top of a mountain in the middle of the city. FDS. It was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Two Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites service the launch site, which contained twice the normal number of batteries. Transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1981. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Caswell AFS, ME in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. It was part of the Nike-Belt, a defense system which was created to defend Europe against the then newly invented jets. Obliterated. One small IFC building remains. Missile assembly building appears standing, concrete missile pads deteriorated concrete. Abandoned. 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. Magazines badly deteriorated, some used as parking lot. IFC units assigned were A-71st (/54-9/55), D/602nd (9/55-9/58), D/4/5th (9/58-8/60), D/1/71st (8/60-/65) and A/4/1st (/65-4/74). Part of this property (Control Site 5, from the Nike layout) had an even earlier use by the Army Air Forces. Launchers obliterated.
Some buildings remain, part of Foster/Gloucester Regional School District.
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. It is also used occasionally for communications exercises supporting various US Army operations. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Private ownership. While many Nike bases nationwide were converted into housing, PH-58 malingered. No radar towers standing. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. A Gloucester County community has put up for sale the command section of a Cold War-era Nike missile base that was part of the nations defenses against an attack by the Soviet Union. Also the lawn is cut! Contaminated soil remediated on site. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Obliterated and abandoned, Department of Energy. FDS. Upon deactivation of this Hercules battery in 1960, the equipment was forwarded to the Norfolk site at Deep Creek/Portsmouth.
Was in use by Army Reserve and PA National Guard. Site obliterated, little evidence of IFC, overgrown. The elevator still works in one magazine and is used at times to move the larger equipment. The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. 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". US Forest Service Insect & Disease Lab. Abandoned. Current status is unknown. Now obliterated, High-end single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. 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. with defenses manned by both Regular Army and Washington National Guard units. Now "Turkey Hill Park". The site totally redeveloped with new buildings.
FDS. Purchased by. 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. Former twin magazine site, intact, now Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy. Former Ajax installation with 12 launchers. Appears to be a tower also present. Abandoned and repurposed Cold War missile sites in Pennsylvania NEW! Obliterated. Large piles of earth on top of magazines, some vehicles parked in magazine area visible in aerial images. 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. Foundations visible in construction site. Complete with radar towers, in use, use unknown.
Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. Now "Lower Nike Park". Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour. Magazine now an auto junkyard. Missile Launching site converted to a private residence (including old missile silos) on Ind. Site was never operational. Off Nike Road. Land was transferred to the Municipality of Anchorage, and has been converted to a park. The logistics train was airlifting by US CH-47's within 6 hrs after receipt of a coded message. Double-battery Nike launch area on top of tall ridge. Now County highway maintenance storage facility. FDS. FDS. Well-preserved in private ownership. Battalion Blvd remains. Partially intact, buildings being used, no evidence of radar towers. In early 1965 the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. Buildings standing, looks abandoned. Intact, NMArNG Miliray Academy. The AADCP inactivated in June 1974. FDS. Obliterated. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FDS) program processed many former sites and then transferred them out of Defense Department control.[7]. Remains an Army Reserve facility. Small part US Army Reserve center. Launch site roads still in place, overlaid by park facilities. Housing area intact, in private ownership. Magazine visible, covered with vegetation and refuse.
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. Assembly buildings are still standing but now in private hands. 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. This is an early Ajax-only site that was never converted to Hercules. Maryland Indian Heritage Society. Anchorage; drug & alcohol rehab center. Looks as if it is being used as a storage/junkyard. IFC site was largely torn down. Also Nike Site Park. Magazine area used for school bus parking. Maryland/District of Columbia/Northern Virginia, "Cieli fiammeggianti, dalla Guerra fredda a Base Tuono", by Alberto Mario Carnevale, Eugenio Ferracin, Maurizio Struffi, 2021, second edition, Nuclear Battlefields - Global Links in the Arms Race, by William M. Arkin and Richard W. Fieldhouse, 1985, Learn how and when to remove this template message, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWYAtR-XgTI, 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point Road, New York, "Die Erler Nike/Hercules Flarak-Batterie", "Nikesummit.org: Friends of Nike Site Summit", "Nike Missile Site Golden Gate National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)", "Nike Missile Site C-41 Promontory Point Jackson Park, Chicago IL Michael Epperson", "Blast Camp Paintball Welcome to Blastcamp Paintball & Airsoft", Vernon Hills decides to drop Nike name from sports park, "Nike Sites with Earlier or Later Use by the Air Force", "Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Marker Online Database Search", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Virginia: Western Fairfax County", "At missile site, 'on our toes' day and night", "Construction has begun at former Nike base near Newport", "Fire at old Commerce Twp. Contact Us LA-88 was one of the few dozen Nike missile bases located around LA to protect the civilian population and military industrial sites from Soviet attack and was in operation from 1957-1974. Magazines are present, welded shut, and badly degraded. Nike Ajax sites were phased out from 1960 to 1963. Legal 2 bd. Totally obliterated, nothing left. The control area was located atop. Launcher area now motor pool for military vehicles.