Aerial View of Missile (NIKE) Site PH15L showing four NIKE (AJAX) Missiles elevated to the ready position, 24th Artillery Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Defense a part of Second Region, ARADACOM W/HQ at Fort George G Meade, Maryland. 20 October 1959 Courtesy of James Tobias / Historical Resources Branch, U.S. Army Center of Military History
Aerial View of Missile (NIKE) Site PH15L showing four NIKE (AJAX) Missiles in horizontal position, 24th Artillery Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Defense a part of Second Region, ARADACOM W/HQ At Fort George G Meade, Maryland. 20 October 1959 Courtesy of James Tobias / Historical Resources Branch, U.S. Army Center of Military History
Aerial View of IFC (Integrated Fire Control) Missile (NIKE) Site Ph 15R in foreground with Pennsylvania Turnpike and New Housing Developments adjacent to it, 24th Artillery Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Defense a part of Second Region, ARADACOM W/HQ at Fort George G Meade, Maryland. 20 October 1959 Courtesy of James Tobias / Historical Resources Branch, U.S. Army Center of Military History
Launcher to Control, Site Number 15. 25 April 1963. From the National Archives.Courtesy of Sam Stokes
Control to Launcer, Site Number 15. 25 April 1963. From the National Archives.Courtesy of Sam Stokes
Ground view of Control Area, Site Number 15. 29 April 1963. From the National Archives.Courtesy of Sam Stokes
Control Area (C.U. Ground View), Site Number 15. 29 April 1963. From the National Archives.Courtesy of Sam Stokes
Ground view of Launcher Area, Site Number 14. 29 April 1963. From the National Archives.Courtesy of Sam Stokes
View of the underground missile magazines at the PH-15 Launch area with armed Nike Ajax missiles in storage. Courtesy of Bob Kramer
Looking down into the "pit" at the PH-15 Launch area. An armed Nike Ajax missile sits on the elevator while another sits on the rail. Courtesy of Bob Kramer
Missile assembly behind the earthen berms in the fueling and assembly area at the PH-15 Launch Area. Note the Guardsman beside the crane holding a book. This is the "reader" as everything is literally done word-for-word, by-the-book for safety and standardization. Courtesy of Bob Kramer
Pictured from L to R: ?, ?, Capt. Grellet Tochterman, General Charles B. Duff, Lt. William Lanahan, S.SG Jake Rinier. Jake is "rf'ing a missile." This is done after the missile is assembled but
before its fueled and joined to the booster to be sure the missile will take commands from the missile tracking radar. Once the missile is "rf'd," fueled, and joined to the booster, it is then taken to the pit. Another test is when the missile is in the pit as a ready round, its functionality is checked monthly by erecting it and sending commands to it from the missile
track radar. This check is called "command calibration". Courtesy of Bob Kramer
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