Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site

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Coordinates: 43°07′04″N 078°56′50″W / 43.11778°N 78.94722°W / 43.11778; -78.94722 (Niagara Fall Bomarc Site)[1]
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Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site
Part of
Niagara Falls Air Force Base, 5.1 mi (8.2 km) ENE of Niagara Falls, New York
Coordinates43°07′04″N 078°56′50″W / 43.11778°N 78.94722°W / 43.11778; -78.94722 (Niagara Fall Bomarc Site)[1]
Typesurface-to-air missile base
Site information
Controlled by
Air Defense Command 1961-8
Aerospace Defense Command
1968-9
Garrison information
Garrison35th Air Defense Missile Squadron
Map
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100km
62miles
Niagara Falls AFS
52
18
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BOMARC Base No. 1
BOMARC Base No. 2
Brookfield AFS
Hancock Field (CC-01 & DC-03)
Lockport AFS (Z-21)
.
Watertown AFS (Z-49)
The "Niagara Falls AF Missile Site"
Niagara Falls-Buffalo Defense Area
which included numerous missile sites (three shown in green).

The Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site

regional battle post", beginning operations "in early 1959".)[9]

Construction began in 1959.

Wright-Patterson AFB.[2] In 1962, command of the BOMARC base transferred from Col. John A. Sarosy[11] to Col James L. Livingston.[12]

The site was the first BOMARC B launch complex to close, on 31 December 1969.

Niagara Falls Municipal Airport.[16][failed verification] The 1959 "Access Road" is now Johnson Street of the "Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station (NFARS) Fuel Depot", built over the area of the BOMARC shelters, which are still visible. The former northwest corner of the missile site is the current Tuscarora Road military gate.[5]

External images
image icon 1959 plan w/28 shelters
image icon overhead views
image icon NFARS Fuel Depot with BOMARC foundations

The 35th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC) was constituted on 17 December 1959 and activated on 1 June 1960 in the Syracuse Air Defense Sector. It was transferred to the Detroit Air Defense Sector on 4 September 1963, the 34th Air Division on 1 April 1966, the 35th Air Division on 15 September 1969, and the 21st Air Division on 19 November 1969. It was inactivated on 31 December 1969.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Information for Niagara Falls (BOMARC), NY". Air Defense Radar Stations. Radomes.org. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-912799-53-6
    . Retrieved 2013-08-15. Brookfield GF Site (RF-62E), Brookfield, OH, Apr 1952 (opl)-Jan 1963 (tsfrd to Niagara Falls AF Msl Site, NY)
  3. ^ http://www.legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/e/x/u/exu85f00/Sexu85f00.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ McMullen, R. F. (February 15, 1980). History of Air Defense Weapons 1946–1962 (Report). Vol. ADC Historical Study No. 14. Historical Division, Office of information, HQ Air Defense Command. p. 189.
  5. ^ a b "Former BOMARC Missile Site - Wikimapia".
  6. ^ "BOMARC at Niagara Falls Air Force Base".
  7. ^ Special Facitily [sic] FY '59: Niagara Falls, New York General Plan (Map). Boeing Airplane Company. n.d.
  8. ^ Condit, Kenneth W. (1992) [1971]. "Chapter 15: Continental Defense". The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy: 1955-1956 (Report). Vol. VI of History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Washington, DC: Historical Office, Joint Staff.
  9. ISBN 0-912799-60-9
    . Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News%201962%20%20Grayscale/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News%201962%20%20Grayscale%20-%201000.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  12. ^ "Capt. Frezza Is Awarded AF Medal" (Google news archive). Beaver County Times. September 20, 1962. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
  13. ^ "BOMARC in California".
  14. ISBN 9781459713185
    – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "Niagara Falls Air Force Units Are Phased Out" (Google news archive). Observer-Reporter. October 28, 1969. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  16. Peterson Air Force Base: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
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