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Travis AFB Nike Batteries (edit list)
Battery Type Location Operational Deactivated GPS Notes
T-10C Control Elmira 1958 1974 38.31693,
-121.87051
T-10L Launch Elmira 1958 1974 38.31729,
-121.89396
Nike 3B/18H,30A/12L-U
T-86C Control Fairfield/Cement Hill 1958 1971 38.29913,
-121.99945
T-86L Launch Fairfield/Cement Hill 1958 1971 38.27617,
-122.00258
Nike lB,2C/30A/12L-UA, (8L-U)
T-53C Control Fairfield/Potrero Hills 1958 1959 38.20737,
-121.94941
T-53L Launch Fairfield/Potrero Hills 1958 1959 38.20296,
-121.93579
Nike lB,2C/30A/12L-A
T-33C Control Vacaville/Dixon/Lambie 1957 1959 38.21697,
-121.84705
T-33L Launch Vacaville/Dixon/Lambie 1957 1959 38.22381,
-121.86343
Nike AG/12A/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
Key to Magazine Configuration
Notation Meaning
nC Number of Ajax only Magazines
nB Number of Ajax or Hercules Magazines
nD Either
Key to Missile/Launcher Configuration
Notation Meaning
nA Number of Ajax Launchers
nAA Number of Double Ajax Launchers
nAG Number Above Ground
nH Number of Hercules Launchers
nL Number of Launchers
nK Number of Alaskan Above Ground Launchers
nU Number of Universal Launchers
nUA Number of 1/2 Universal and l/2 Ajax Launchers
nUU Number of Double Universal Launchers
nL-H Number of Launchers Converted to Hercules