Selfridge Army Air Defense Command Post D-15DC

D-15DC Selfridge Air Force Base (1954-1974) A U.S. Army NIKE System AADCP command post collocated with a USAF SAGE radar site Z-20 on Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan. Deactivated in 1974. D-15DC Selfridge Air Force Base, Missile Master Command Post Building on Right (Building 1050), FPS-35 Radar Tower on Left. History Selfridge Building 1050 Missile Master Entrance. Selfridge Building 1050 RAPCON Interior after Conversion. Established in 1954. The Army command post D-15DC evolved with the NIKE System housing a FSG-1 (Missile Master) and later a FSQ-51 (Missile Mentor) acquisition, launch and guidance systems. The building that housed the Army computer equipment and command post came to be known as the Missile Master Blockhouse. The Army deactivated the Selfridge D-15DC site in June 1974 and the collocated USAF Radar site was also deactivated that same year on 1 Sep 1974. The command post building survived until 2005 when it was demolished. Besides the FSQ-51 and FSG-1 computer equipment, the Army also maintained two FPS-6 height-finder radars. These height-finders were in addition to the two USAF height-finders. Search radar data from the USAF FPS-35 was shared by the Army and USAF computer systems and fed to the SAGE Direction Center DC-06. The SAGE Direction Center would feed track assignments back to the Army command post for missile intercepts. After the abandonment of the Missile Master Blockhouse (Building 1050) in 1974, the blockhouse was renovated and put into use as a military air traffic control RAPCON facility that operated into the 1990s. Physical Plant Selfridge Radar Site Plan Selfridge Air Force Base Radar Site Structures (edit list) Number Building Area Currently Exists Notes 1000 Operations/FST-2/GPA-37 Operations No 1003 North Radio Site Operations No 1004 South Radio Site Operations No 1005 Heating Plant Cantonment No 1007 ? Operations Yes 1008 ? Cantonment Yes 1010 ? Operations Yes 1011 ? Cantonment No 1012 Bachelor Quarters Cantonment No 1013 Bachelor Quarters Cantonment No 1014 Bachelor Quarters Cantonment No 1015 Bachelor Quarters Cantonment No 1016 Bachelor Quarters Cantonment No 1017 ? Cantonment No 1018 ? Cantonment No 1025 Telco Operations Yes 1030 FPS-35 Tower Operations Yes 1031 FPS-26 Tower Operations No 1040 East USAF FPS-6 Tower Operations No 1041 West USAF FPS-6 Tower Operations No 1045 ? Operations Yes 1050 US Army Missile Master Bunker Operations No Destroyed 2005 1051 Power Plant Operations Yes 1060 ? Cantonment Yes FPS-20 Tower Operations No US Army East FPS-6 Tower Operations No US Army West FPS-6 Tower Operations No Current Status Missile Master building was destroyed in 2005. The site is next to the Selfridge Air Museum. The collocated sites are outlined in the map below. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Selfridge ANG Base, Macomb County, Michigan. Maps & Images Lat: 42.62694 Long: -82.829724 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 580' See Also: Selfridge Air Force Base Radar Site Permanent System Radar Sites NIKE System Nike Sites SAGE System Custer SAGE Direction Center DC-06 Defense Installations Portal Sources: Missile Master Building 1050 Floor Plan. Missile Master Building 1050 Elevations. Links: Bad Links /museum/scripts/acwinfo2x.cgi?site=%22Selfridge+AFB,+MI%22&key=SelfridgeAFBMI&pic=SelfridgeAFBMI&doc=SelfridgeAFBMI Selfridge AFB Radar Site] Wikipedia - Selfridge ANG Base] Selfridge Nike Site