Air Force Bases
Nike Missile T-53 Launch Battery Site Travis AFB Defense Area California

Nike T-53 Launcher

Date Activated: 1958
Date Deactivated: January 1959

State: California
Nearest Town: Potrero Hills
Defense Area: Travis AFB

Coordinates:
Latitude: 38°12'10.67"N
Longitude: 121°56'8.85"W
Decimal:
Latitude: 38.202964
Longitude: -121.935792
GPS:
Latitude: 38 12.1778333333333
Longitude: -121 56.1475

Nike Missile T-53 Launch Battery Site Travis AFB Defense Area California

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Long time trans-Pacific air terminal for the Air Force, Travis AFB also hosted a Strategic Air Command bombardment wind during the 1950s and 1960s. The base was selected for Nike Hercules deployment during the first round of construction; in an interesting turn of events, the Travis battalion eventually assumed responsibility for the San Francisco Defense Area.

Air Force operations at the base during the Nike period included SAC's 14th Strategic Aerospace Dividion and 5th Bombardment Wing; ADC's 82nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron; MATS' 1501st Air Transport Wing; and MAC's 60th Military Airlift Wing. Fairfield AFS, adjacent to Travis, served as an Air Materiel command nuclear storage and maintenance depot.



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