THE ATOMIC DEFENSE - 6th AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SQUADRON SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB LONG ISLAND, NY

SUFFOLK COUNTY USAF 6th AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SQUADRON

SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB

THE SEARCH FOR LOST IMAGES OF SUFFOLKS BOMARC FACILITY

PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW ARE OF THE BOMARC SITE AT SUFFOLK COUNTY DURING ITs OPERATION BY THE SIXTH AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SQUADRON

HERE A BOMARC MISSILE AT SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB
IS SHOWN IN ITS LAUNCH SHED WITH ROOF RETRACTED

The Bomarc was the only surface-to-air missile ever deployed by the U.S. Air Force. All other U.S. land-based SAMs were and are under the control of the U.S. Army.
In 1946, Boeing started to study surface-to-air guided missiles under the USAAF project MX-606. By 1950, Boeing had launched more than 100 test rockets in various configurations, all under the designator XSAM-A-1GAPA (Ground-to-Air Pilotless Aircraft). Because these tests were very promising, Boeing received a USAF contract in 1949 to develop a pilotless interceptor (a term then used by the USAF for air-defense guided missiles) under project MX-1599. The MX-1599 missile was to be a ramjet-powered, nuclear-armed long-range surface-to-air missile to defend the continental USA from high-flying bombers. The Michigan Aerospace Research Center (MARC) was added to the project soon afterwards, and this gave the new missile its name Bomarc (for Boeing and MARC). In 1951, the USAF decided to emphasize its point of view that missiles were nothing else than pilotless aircraft by assigning aircraft designators to its missile projects, and anti-aircraft missiles received F-for-Fighter designations. The Bomarc became the F-99.
Test flights of XF-99 test vehicles began in September 1952 and continued through early 1955. The XF-99 tested only the liquid-fueled booster rocket, which would accelerate the missile to ramjet ignition speed. In February 1955, tests of the XF-99A propulsion test vehicles began. These included live ramjets, but still had no guidance system or warhead. The designation YF-99A had been reserved for the operational test vehicles. In August 1955, the USAF discontinued the use of aircraft-like type designators for missiles, and the XF-99A and YF-99A became XIM-99A and YIM-99A, respectively. Originally the USAF had allocated the designationIM-69, but this was changed (possibly at Boeing's request to keep number 99) to IM-99 in October 1955. In October 1957, the first YIM-99A production-representative prototype flew with full guidance, and succeeded to pass the target within destructive range. In late 1957, Boeing received the production contract for the IM-99A Bomarc A interceptor missile, and in September 1959, the first IM-99A squadron became operational

The operational IM-99A missiles were based horizontally in semi-hardened shelters ("coffins"). After the launch order, the shelter's roof would slide open, and the missile raised to the vertical. After the missile was supplied with fuel for the booster rocket, it would be launched by the Aerojet General LR59-AJ-13 booster. After supersonic speed was reached, the Marquardt RJ43-MA-3 ramjets would ignite and propel the missile to its cruise speed and altitude of Mach 2.8 at 20000 m (65000 ft). The Bomarc was guided to the target by ground commands from SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), whose long-range radars tracked the enemy aircraft and the interceptor aircraft and missiles. When the Bomarc was within 16 km (10 miles) of the target, its own Westinghouse AN/DPN-34 radar guided the missile to the interception point. The maximum range of the IM-99A was 400 km (250 miles), and it was fitted with either a conventional high-explosive or a 10 kT W-40 nuclear fission warhead.






In June 1963, the IM-99A and IM-99B missiles were redesignated as CIM-10A and CIM-10B, respectively. The Bomarc A was retired soon afterwards, the last CIM-10A being phased out in December 1964. Withdrawal of the CIM-10B also began in the mid-1960s, and by 1969 most missile sites had been deactivated. Finally, in April 1972, the last Bomarc B in USAF service was retired. The Bomarc, designed to intercept relatively slow manned bombers, had become a useless asset in the era of the intercontinental ballistic missile.
The remaining Bomarc missiles were used by all armed services as high-speed target drones for tests of other air-defense missiles. The Bomarc A and Bomarc B targets were designated as CQM-10A and CQM-10B, respectively. When production had ceased in 1965, about 700 Bomarc missiles of all versions had been built by Boeing.

Specifications

Note: Data given by several sources show slight variations. Figures given below may therefore be inaccurate!
Data for CIM-10A/B:

	CIM-10A	CIM-10B
Length	14.2 m (46 ft 9 in)	13.7 m (45 ft 1 in)
Wingspan	5.54 m (18 ft 2 in)
Diameter	0.89 m (35 in)
Weight	7020 kg (15500 lb)	7250 kg (16000 lb)
Speed	Mach 2.8	Mach 3
Ceiling	20000 m (65000 ft)	30000 m (100000 ft)
Range	400 km (250 miles)	710 km (440 miles)
Propulsion	Boost: Aerojet General LR59-AJ-13 liquid-fuel rocket; 156 kN (35000 lb) Sustain: 2x Marquardt RJ43-MA-3 ramjet; 51 kN (11500 lb) each	Boost: Thiokol M51 solid-fuel rocket; 222 kN (50000 lb) Sustain: 2x Marquardt RJ43-MA-7 ramjet; 53 kN (12000 lb) each
Warhead	W-40 nuclear fission (7-10 kT); CIM-10A had option for conventional HE

HERE THE HISTORY CHANNEL GIVES US A BRIEF LOOK AND RUNDOWN ON THE GROUND TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEM DESIGNED TO VAPORIZE RUSSIAN BOMBERS AND PROTECT THE NYC AND LONG ISLAND AREAS DURING ITS OPERATIONS AT SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB




The CIM-10 Bomarc (originally IM-99) was the product of the Bomarc Missile Program. The Program was a joint United States of America--Canada effort between 1957 and 1971 to protect against the USSR bomber threat. The Bomarc was a joint development with Boeing and Michigan Aeronautical Research Center. It involved the deployment of tactical stations armed with Bomarc missiles along the east and west coasts of North America and the central areas of the continent. BOMARC and the SAGE guidance system were phased out in the early 1970s since they seemed to be ineffective and costly. Neither of these systems was ever used in combat, so while their combat effictiveness remains untested, they are still perceived as having been an important deterrent.

The supersonic Bomarc missiles were the first long-range anti-aircraft missiles in the world. They were capable of carrying conventional or nuclear warheads. Their intended role in defence was in an intrusion prevention perimeter. Bomarcs aligned on the eastern and western coasts of North America would theoretically launch and destroy enemy bombers before the bombers could drop their payloads on industrial regions.

The name Bomarc was created by merging the names of two organizations: Boeing 'BO' and the Michigan Aeronautical Research Center 'MARC'. The Program was authorized in 1949 and originally designated F-99, a fighter designation but was quickly redesignated "IM" for Interceptor Missile, retaining the -99 series number.

The "Bomarc IM-99A" was the first production Bomarc missile, test flown in February 1955. It had an operational radius of 200 miles (~320 km) and was designed to fly at Mach 2.5-2.8 at a cruising altitude of 60,000 feet (18.3 km). It was 46.6 ft (14.2 m) long and weighed 15,500 lb (7,020 kg). Its armament was either a 1,000 pound (455 kg) conventional warhead or a W40 nuclear warhead (7-10 kiloton yield). A liquid fuelled rocket engine boosted the Bomarc to Mach 2, when its Marquardt RJ43-MA-3 ramjet engines would take over for the remainder of the flight.

The Bomarc relied on the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE), an automated control system used by NORAD for detecting, tracking and intercepting enemy bomber aircraft. SAGE allowed for remote launching of the Bomarc missiles, which were housed in a constant combat-ready basis in individual launch shelters in remote areas. At the height of the program, there were 14 Bomarc sites located in the United States and two in Canada.

Boeing built 570 Bomarc missiles between 1957 and 1964, 269 CIM-10A, 301 CIM-10B.

MY HUNT FOR IMAGES OF THE
BOMARC FACILITY CONTINUES THIS PHOTO TAKEN AT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SITE IS RARE THE BOMARC MISSILE WAS HOUSED IN SHEDS WITH RETRACTABLE ROOFS UPON ALERT THESE ROOFS WOULD OPEN UP ALLOWING THE BOMARC TO STAND UP IN TO ITS LAUNCH POSITION

LOCKED AND LOADED THESE BIRDS ARE READY TO FLY , THESE MISSILES WERE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN WHATEVER THEY HUNTED

MAINTENANCESUFFOLK BOMARC SITE 1960

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HEHERE A BOMARC SITS INSIDE ITS SHED ON A RACK FOR MAINTENENCE OR REMOVAL AT SUFFOLK 

CAUTION-RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL  SIGN ON LAUNCH SHEDS

BOMARC SPECS FROM BOEING

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MODERN DAY VIEW OF THE BOMARC "GAT"SITE  GROUND TO AIR TRANSMITTER

CIRCA 1961 THE BOMARC SHEDS HOUSE MISSILES WITH ATOMIC WARHEADS THE GROUND TO AIR AND RADAR BUILDING IS OPERATIONAL

THE FOLLOWING LOCAL NEWS AGENCY DECIDED THAT THESE BASES WERE INTERESTING AND EVEN FOUND SOME LOCALS TO ELABORATE ,THE MAIN REASON I AM POSTING THIS BOMARC INFORMATION IS TO FIND ANY! PICTURES OR FILM OF THE FACILITY BACK WHEN IT WAS OPERATIONAL ,THERE ARE VERY FEW ACTUAL PICTURES OF THE 6th ADMS BOMARC FACILITY AND FALLOUT_SHELTER_NYC IS LOOKING FOR PICTURES ,FILM, ANYTHING ON THIS BASE IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE CONTACT ME AT -

FALLOUTSHELTERNYC@GMAIL.COM

WARNING**

THE POINT OF VIEW OF  ANYONE ON THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS NOT OF THIS BLOG, WE HAVE EMBED THIS VIDEO FOR THE IMAGES OF WHAT THESE LOCATIONS HAVE BECOME OVER THE YEARS, IN FACT YOU PROBABLY MIGHT BE BETTER OFF TURNING OFF THE SOUND ,IF NOT AND NASEAU OCCURS DO NOT NOT BLAME US.

                     Fallout Shelter NYC

WHAT BECAME OF THE 6th ADMS BOMARC FACILITY AT SUFFOLK AIR FORCE BASE?

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WASTE AND DISRESPECT OF HISTORY, MEN WHO MANNED THIS USAF FACILITY AND WOULD OF DONE SO WITH THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OURS DESERVE MUCH BETTER,UPON THE DECOMMISIONING OF THE BOMARC FACILITY AFTER ONLY 5-6 YEARS OF USE IT WAS GIVEN TO SUFFOLK COUNTY WHO IN TURN STORED JUNK CARS ,METAL, FILES AND EVEN THE COUNTY POLICE USED IT FOR IMPOUND,FIRING RANGE, AND TO TEACH HIGH SPEED POLICE DRIVING NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE WORTHY OF OCCUPYING THE FORMER MISSILE BASE LETTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF USEFUL BUILDINGS FALL INTO TOTAL RUIN.

2005 AERIAL VIEWS OF ONE OF THE COLD WARS IMPORTANT SENTINELS GUARDING THE NYC METRO AREA FROM RUSSIAN BOMBERS AND AIR ATTACK NOW JUST A JUNKYARD FOR COUNTY AGENCIES

ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH THAT WAS SENT TO ME  STATING THIS BOMARC IN LAUNCH POSITION AND PAINTED IN BLACK AND WHITE WITH USAF MARKINGS WAS FROM THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SIXTH AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SQUADRON BOMARC  MISSILE WING

A MAP FROM THE SUFFOLK COUNTY OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE SHOWING THE COUNTY IN PROPORTION TO THE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK AREA

NYS SURVIVAL IN A NUCLEAR ATTACK (THE NYS DEFENSE EMERGENCY ACT OF 1950)

New York State Atomic Emergency Act

The State Of New York Watching The Cold War Heat Up Drafts The Emergency Act To Safeguard NYS Citizens And The Continuity Of Government From Communist Aggression That Would Seek To Use Nuclear Weapons On The States Large Cities.

To This Day You Can Find Signs From The 1950's On Places That Were Part Of The Defense Network eg;Airports,Government Facilities,Military Bases That State " Trespassing Or Entering This Facility Will Result In Imprisonment And (or) Fine In Accordance With The NYS Defense Emergency Act Of 1950

Here Is A Portion Of The New York State Defense Emergency Act (the rest of this act is located towards bottom of blog) 

Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "New York state defense emergency act." § 2. Declaration of purpose and findings. The legislature hereby finds that there exists a serious danger that this state will be subjected to enemy attack, including attack by atomic bombs or other radiological weapons. On December sixteenth, nineteen hundred fifty, because of the grave threat to national security, the president of the United States declared a state of national emergency, summoning all state and local leaders and officials to cooperate fully with the military and civil defense agencies of the United States. The federal civil defense act of nineteen hundred fifty passed by congress on January second, nineteen hundred fifty-one and signed by the president on January twelfth, nineteen hundred fifty-one, as amended by public law eighty-five-six hundred six declares it to be the policy and intent of the congress that the responsibility for civil defense shall be vested jointly in the federal government and the states and their political subdivisions.k Nations with communist governments presently dominate one-third of the population of the world. Some of theaided and assisted the nations which have perpetrated aggression in Korea. Acts of communist aggression have occurred in other parts of Asia and in Europe. These communist governments have conducted incessant propaganda attacks upon the United States and have engaged in repeated demonstrations of hostility. The president of the United States has stated that in one of these nations there has occurred an atomic explosion. Ourse nations have military leaders have informed us that these nations possess bombers capable of flying an atomic bomb to any point in the state of New Yor. The national security resources board has in its plan for organizing civil defense stated that an atomic bomb exploded in a large city can destroy virtually all property and lives within a radius of three-fourths of a mile from the point of explosion and cause great damage at even greater distance. It is estimated that a single such explosion would kill nearly eighty thousand persons and severely injure many more. In view of the professed determination of the government of the United States to resist further communist aggression, and because of the likelihood of resort to atomic and radiological weapons in the event of further conflict between this nation and communist aggressors, the peril to the people of this state is sufficiently great that the precautions embodied in this act must be taken. The present inadequate size of our armed forces, their lack of equipment, critical shortages in essential goods and certain production facilities make necessary intensified mobilization to the end that the defense of the United States be strengthened as speedily as possible. Under all of the circumstances it is obvious that the enormity of the defense effort which must be made by the United States will cause great dislocation to its normal economy. One of the further purposes of this act is to minimize the hardship resulting from these dislocations, and to permit the fullest participation by the people of this state in the defense effort. It is the purpose of this legislation to meet these dangers and problems with the least possible interference with the existing division of the powers of the government and the least possible infringement of the liberties of the people, including the freedom of speech, press and assembly. § 2

This Act Passed By NYS Government Back When The Cold War Was Heating Up, It Scared America That The Soviet Union Had Exploded Their First Atomic Bomb,Korea Was A Hot War Or Police Action And Communist Infiltrators Were Said To Be Stealing Defense Secrets And Sabotaging America, The Statements That Are Made About The Overwhelming Communist World Takeover And Their Willingness To Use Atomic Bombs In Their Quest For World Domination Show The Atmosphere Of The 1950s And The Cold War, This Emergency Act Is Priceless History.