Winthrop, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, 1960-1962: Chicago-Gary 1962-1974: New England, Army Air Defense Command
The Fort Heath Direction Center for the Boston Defense Area (planned as the "Boston-Providence" area)[1] controlled Nike batteries transferred to the National Guard (B-03, 15, 55, & 63 in 1959 and 36 & 73 in 1964)--Nike Hercules sites B-05, 36, & 73 remained after the Nike Ajax sites closed.
The DC was in the nuclear bunker, the largest building of the radar station.
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The Fort Heath radar station was a USAF radar site and US Army Missile Master installation of the joint-use site system (JUSS) for North American Air Defense at a former coastal defense site. The Cold War radar station had 2 USAF AN/FPS-6B height finding radars, 2 Army AN/FPS-6A height finders,[2] an FAA ARSR-1 radar emplaced 1958-9,[3] and an Army nuclear bunker. Arctic Towers were the pedestals for the FPS antennas[4] and radomes, while the Air Route Surveillance Radar was on a 50-foot extension temperate tower[5] adjacent to the Federal Aviation Administration building.[4]
For Boston Air Defense Sector operations (e.g., for radar tracks supporting the 26th ADMS BOMARC surface-to-air missile site at 41°40′56″N070°32′21″W / 41.68222°N 70.53917°W / 41.68222; -70.53917 (26th ADMS Bomarc site)), the USAF also used an Air Defense Command operations shelter (42°23′20″N070°58′10″W / 42.38889°N 70.96944°W / 42.38889; -70.96944 (SAGE MM-1 (Ft Heath)))[citation needed] for controlling the FPS-6Bs to process height requests from the sector's "Air Defense Control and Coordination System" (DC-02).[3] Activated at the fort in 1959 was the headquarters for the 820th Radar Squadron which, instead of being designated a "SAGE" radar squadron as with other units, was renamed an AC&W Sq in 1961. The 820th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron inactivated in 1962 after the operation—instead of using a "P" (Permanent) or "Z" (SAGE) designation as with other NORAD/ADC sites—had used the "MM-1" designation for the ADDC planned for collocation with the Army's 3rd operational Missile Master.
^"'Missile Master' Assists Air Defense Coordination". Newburgh-Beacon News. Jan 27, 1960. the Army said [the bunker] uses SAGE (semi-automatic ground environment)--such as that at Stewart Air Force Base
^Air Defense Radar Stations. Radomes.org. Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
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^Nike Sites of Boston: Fort Banks and Fort Heath B-21 HA. Ed-thelen.org (2000-07-10). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
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