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The Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site was a Project Nike Missile Master site near Chicago, Illinois. It operated from 1960 until 1968. It operated from 1960 until 1968. Installation started in late 1959 [ 1 ] after the United States Army had purchased 44 acres (18 ha).
At about the same time, the headquarters of 12th Special Forces Group (Army Reserve) was transferred to Arlington Heights. 52 acres (21 ha) was transferred to the city parks district. [5] A golf course was built in May 1979 near the nuclear bunker. [8] Units of the 12th SFG located at Arlington Heights were disbanded around August 1994. [8]
The 45th Artillery Brigade controlled the Chicago-Gary Defense Area (10 missile batteries and their Integrated Fire Control sites) from the Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site. [8] [9] 5th Region moved to Maxwell AFB, AL, early 1966. 5th Battalion, 562nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment maintained the Barksdale Defense Area until 1966 ...
Fort Arlington, Arlington Heights, Illinois; Green River Ordnance Plant; Haley Army Airfield; Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Joliet, Illinois; Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois; Savanna Army Depot, Savanna, Illinois (Closed circa 2000)
Missile Master [2] was a US Army surface-to-air missile control complex/facility. [1] [3] [4] [5] It controlled Project Nike missiles.Virtually all Missile Masters had a bunker housing the Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System, [6] as well as additional structures for "an AN/FPS-33 defense acquisition radar (DAR) or similar radar, two height-finder radars," and identification friend or ...
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The U.S. Army on Friday released a heavily redacted report on an incident at Arlington National Cemetery involving a staffer and aides with the Trump campaign when the former president visited the ...
Arlington National Cemetery released a statement at the time pointing to a federal law barring political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, including ...