Nike Missile Locations Texas
State | Site Name | Missile Type | Defense Area | Site Loc | Service Dates | Control site condition/owner | Launch Site condition/owner |
TX | BG-80 | Nike 3AG/12H/12L-H | Bergstrom | Austin (WNW) | Nov 1960 - Jun 1966 | Intact, TXArNG 111th Support Group | Firing Range |
BG-40 | Nike 3AG/12H/12L-H | Bergstrom | Elroy (SE) | Nov 1960 - Jun 1966 | Intact, Private ownership | Partially Intact, Private ownership | |
DF-50 | Nike 3D/18H/12L-U | Dallas Fort Worth | Alvarado | Aug 1960 - Oct 1968 | Intact, Private ownership | Intact, Private ownership | |
DF-01 | Nike 3D/18H/12L-U | Dallas Fort Worth | Denton (N) | Sep 1960 - Oct 1968 | Intact, Denton Board of Education, Special Education Resource Center | FDS | |
DF-70 | Nike 3D/18H/12L-U | Dallas Fort Worth | Fort Wolters | Sep 1960 - Oct 1968 | Intact, TXArNG training | Intact, Small arms storage, firing, and maneuvering range | |
DF-20 | Nike 3D/18H/12L-U | Dallas Fort Worth | Terrell (NE) | Aug 1960 - Feb 1964 | Intact, FDS, abandoned | Partially Intact, Terrell FFA, school bus storage/maintenance | |
DY-50 | Nike 3AG/12H/12L-H | Dyess | Abilene (12 mi SW) | Oct 1960 - Jun 1966 | FDS | FDS | |
DY-10 | Nike 3AG/12H/12L-H | Dyess | Fort Phantom Hill (N) | Oct 1960 - Jun 1966 | Intact, Abilene Independent School District | Intact, Private ownership |
Nike Missile Type Key
Missile Storage: C=Ajax only, original design B=Ajax or Hercules, some modifications were required for the elevator to handle the Hercules launcher. D= Either, increaed access room in the magazine
Missile Launcher: A=Ajax AA=Double Ajax launchers AG=Above Ground H=Hecrules L=Launcher K=Unoffical designation for Alaskan above ground launchers U=Uniersal launcher UA=1/2 Universal and 1/2 Ajax launchers UU=Double Univeral launchers
Note: Launchers converted to Hercules are given in paraenthesis, e.g. (8L-H)
This data is from the book To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program