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  2. Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. List of United States military bases in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois (closed in 1993) Hanna City Air Force Station, Hanna City, Illinois (closed in 1968; now site of an FAA Long Range Radar) Scott Air Force Base, Shiloh, Illinois

  4. FIM-92 Stinger - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. Marine fires a FIM-92 Stinger missile during a July 2009 training exercise in California. 4 Stinger missiles on a Dutch Army Fennek reconnaissance vehicle. The missile began as a program by General Dynamics to produce an improved variant of their 1967 FIM-43 Redeye. Production of the Redeye ran from 1969 to 1982, with a total production ...

  5. List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia

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    General Belgian Nike info: The Nike missile system was operational in the Belgian airforce from 1959 until 1990. It was organized into a Missile Group (the overall staffing); a Support Wing (tech and log support), and 2 (9th and 13th) Missile Wings, each with 4 subordinate units. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany.

  6. United States Army air defense - Wikipedia

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    In 1975, the SAM-D missile successfully engaged a drone at the White Sands Missile Range. In 1976, it was renamed the PATRIOT Air Defense Missile System. The MIM-104 Patriot would combine several new technologies, including the phased array radar and track-via-missile guidance. Full-scale development of the system began in 1976 and it was ...

  7. US military airfields in Indo-Pacific too easily taken out of ...

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    The report, "Cratering Effects: Chinese Missile Threats to US Air Bases in the Indo-Pacific," was published on Thursday by the Stimson Center, a defence and security think tank.

  8. History of ground based air defense in the United States ...

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    A U.S. Marine fires an FIM-92A Stinger missile during a July 2009 training exercise in California. After the Redeye's initial fielding from 1968 to 1969, Convair engineers continued to reevaluate their design specifications and developed a faster, more agile, more accurate Redeye II in 1970.

  9. Air Defense Artillery Branch - Wikipedia

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    Osan Air Base, South Korea: 38th ADAB: 94th AAMDC Sagami General Depot, Japan 52nd ADAB [33] [34] 10th AAMDC Sembach, Germany 69th ADAB: 32nd AAMDC Fort Cavazos, Texas 100th Missile Defense Brigade (MDB) Army Space and Missile Defense Command / Colorado Army National Guard [35] Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado 108th ADAB: 32nd AAMDC