Offutt Defense Area
Missile · USA
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Nike air defense area, consisting of several Nike missile batteries to defend urban, industrial, and military targets from Soviet bomber attacks.
Along with site OF-10 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, site OF-60 at Cedar Creek provided a Nike Hercules defense for Omaha's Offutt AFB, which was the Headquarters of the Strategic Air Command. Offutt also hosted SAC bombers, and Atlas missiles were
deployed around the area in the early 1960s. The U.S. Army Air Defense Command operated the site from 1960 to 1966.
Subtopics
- Nike OF-60 12 Nike Ajax/Nike Hercules launchers.. Operational 1960 - 1966. Both Control and launch sites transferred from DoD control to another party.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Nike Ajax, Nike Hercules
- Bibliography
- 13403