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Boston Air Defense Area

Boston's Nike Batteries were manned initially by Regular Army troops. In 1959, National Guard units assumed control of B-03, B-15, B-55, and B-63. In 1964, the Army turned sites B-36 and B-73 over to the Guard. After the phase-out of the Nike Ajax system, sites B-05, B-36, and B-73 remained supplied with Hercules missiles.

Army Air-Defense Command Post B-21DC

The Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC was established at Fort Heath, Massachusetts in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was initially an FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. In early 1965 the TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed.

Fort Heath Air Force Station

The Army AADCP B-21DC was integrated with the USAF SAGE System air defense radar network as Site MM-1. The Fort Heath Air Force Station located adjacent to the Fort Heath Missile-Master Radar Direction Center provided support and interface with the SAGE System. Both the AADCP and the SAGE system relied upon up the adjacent FAA ARSR-1 search radar set for search radar video. Aircraft altitude determination was provided by two Air Force FPS-6 height-finders and two U.S. Army FPS-6 height finders. The Air Force height-finders were driven by the SAGE System while the two U.S. Army height-finders serviced the Nike Systems.

The Boston Defense Area merged with Hartford & Providence Defense Areas in 1962, becoming the New England Defense Area. U.S. Air Force operations at the site ended in 1962, and Nike operations were inactivated in 1974.


See Also:


Boston Nike Batteries (edit list)
Battery Type Location GPS Operational Deactivated Configuration Notes
B-21DC Command Post Fort Heath, MA 42.38867,
-70.96778 		1960 1965 MM-1
Missile Master
Missile Mentor
B-03C Control Reading, MA 42.50806,
-71.09853 		1955-06 1963-03
B-03L Launch Reading, MA 42.54284,
-71.08414 		1955-06 1963-03 2A/1B, 30A, 2L-A
B-05C Control Danvers, MA 42.58773,
-70.94391 		1956-11 1974-04 HIPAR, SMFU, RRIS
B-05L Launch Danvers, MA 42.60810,
-70.94740 		1956-11 1974-04 1A/1B/1C, 18H/30A,
12L-UA, 7L-U
B-15C Control Beverly, MA 42.57875,
-70.87639 		1957-02 1963-03
B-15L Launch Beverly, MA 42.58917,
-70.91150 		1957-02 1963-03 2A/1B, 30A, 12L-A
B-17C Control Nahant, MA 42.41855,
-70.92879 		1957-02 1963-03
B-17L Launch Nahant, MA 42.41882,
-70.90380 		1957-02 1963-03 2A/1B, 30A,12L-A
B-35R Radar Long Island, MA 42.33005,
-70.95738
B-36C Control Fort Duvall, MA 42.30022,
-70.89539 		1956-01 1974-04 HIPAR
B-36L Launch Hull, MA 42.25956,
-70.92473 		1956-01 1974-04 2B, 12H/20A, 8L-U
B-37C Control Squantum, MA 42.30379,
-71.01109 		1956-01 1961-12
B-37L Launch Quincy, MA 42.31705,
-70.96887 		1956-01 1961-12 2B, 20A,12L-A
B-38C Control Cohasset, MA 42.23962,
-70.85213 		1956-11 1961-12
B-38L Launch Hingham, MA 42.23745,
-70.83088 		1956-11 1961-12 2A/1B, 30A, 12L-A
B-40C HQ Quincy, MA ,
B-55C Control Blue Hills, MA 42.22239,
-71.06187 		1955-06 1963-03
B-55L Launch Blue Hills, MA 42.20002,
-71.07257 		1955-06 1963-03 2A/1B, 30A, 12L-A
B-63C Control Needham, MA 42.29017,
-71.25497 		1955-06 1963-03
B-63L Launch Needham, MA 42.27395,
-71.27296 		1955-06 1963-03 2A/1B, 30A, 12L-A
B-71 ? Natick, MA ,
B-73C Control South Lincoln, MA 42.40681,
-71.33205 		1956-01 1974-04 ABAR/71
FPA-16
B-73L Launch South Lincoln, MA 42.40980,
-71.36028 		1956-01 1974-04 2B, 12H/20A, 8L-U
B-75R Radar Fort Strong, MA ,
Radar Section
B-82 HQ Fort Devens, MA ,
HQ
B-84C Control Burlington, MA 42.49009,
-71.17768 		1956-01 1963-08
B-84L Launch Burlington, MA 42.47819,
-71.19259 		1956-01 1963-08 2B, 20A, 8L-A
B-85C Control Bedford, MA 42.49092,
-71.30315 		1956-11 1961-12
B-85L Launch Bedford, MA 42.50731,
-71.29270 		1956-11 1961-12 2A/1B, 30A,12L-A


Source:
* Ed Thelen Site - Nike Site Locations
* Wikipedia - List of Nike Sites
* Tech Bastards - Nike Missile Locations
* Radomes - List of Nike Related Radar Sites
* Nike Historical Society
* Lonnquest, John C. and Winkler, David F., To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program, USACERL Special Report 97/01, Nov 1996, 607 pages, Pdf
* Morgan, Mark L. and Berhow, Mark A., Rings of Supersonic Steel: Air Defenses of the United States Army 1950-1979, Third Edition, Hole in the Head Press, Bodega Bay, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9761494-0-8, 358 pages

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