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.

(1963) Protection Factor 100 OCD Introduces The Fallout Shelter Sign (1965) OCD Fallout And Radiation Civil Defense American Classics

DOD FS No.1 1961 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
THE SIGN OF THE TIMES CIVIL DEFENSES MISSION TO PROTECT  AND SURVIVE AN ENEMY ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES

PROTECTION FACTOR 100

CIVIL DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT 

OF 

DEFENSE

LIKE SO MANY OF THE FILMS UNCOVERED FROM THIS PERIOD CONELRAD . COM HAS COME THROUGH AGAIN WITH THIS CLASSIC THAT TAKES THE COLD WAR VIEWER THROUGH THE EFFORT BEING TAKEN TO FIND BUILDINGS THAT WILL OFFER PROTECTION AND SHOWS HOW THE COMMUNITY SHELTER PROGRAM AND OTHER OFFSHOOTS OF THIS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNITED STATES IF IT WERE TO COME UNDER A NUCLEAR ATTACK AND AMERICAS CIVILIANS DESERVE PROTECTION AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE WAS PUTTING IN TO ACTION ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS EFFORTS THIS GOVERNMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN TO PROTECT ITS PEOPLE, ALSO ONE OF THE BIGGEST POINTS OF THIS MOVIE IS THE UNVEILING OF THE "FALLOUT SHELTER SIGN" A VERY SERIOUS SIGN OF DARK REFLECTIVE ORANGE YELLOW AND BLACK WITH ITS THREE TRIANGLES POINTING DOWN AND THE WORDS "FALLOUT SHELTER" THE SIGN HAS ALWAYS EVEN AS A KID PROVOKED A RESPONSE INSIDE FEAR,SERIOUSNESS,IMPORTANCE,SAFETY? MANY FEELINGS GO THROUGH MY MIND, TO ME THE SIGN HAS A ALMOST EERIE AURA TO IT WHEN IT REFLECTS OFF A BRICK WALL AT NIGHT CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS OF A CAR OR IN A ABANDONED HOSPITAL TUNNEL FALLOUT SHELTER IN THE LIGHT OF A FLASHLIGHT, THE COLORS EVEN THE THOUGHT OF WHAT IT REALLY MEANS, PROTECTION FROM THE MOST HORRIBLE VISIONS OF HELL ON EARTH MAN HAS EVER OR NEVER SEEN.

THE MOVIE GOES ON SHOWING THE SHELTER PROGRAMS STOCK TO BE INCLUDED IN ALL MARKED / POSTED SHELTERS RADIATION MEASURING DEVICES,FOOD AND WATER STOCK,MEDICAL KITS, AND THEY WILL BE LOCATED IN AREAS OF BUILDINGS OFFERING THE BEST PROTECTION FROM RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT

THIS MOVIE WAS PERHAPS THE FIRST TO UNVEIL THE NEW SHELTER SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE PART OF EVERY CITY,STATE,COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES, NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD DESIGN BUILDINGS TO OFFER PROTECTION FROM RADIATION PENETRATING THIN WALLS,SCHOOLS WOULD BE DESIGNED THE SAME AND BE STOCKED TO SHELTER EVERY STUDENT THAT ATTENDED THE SCHOOL, EVEN BUILDINGS WITH NO BASEMENTS AND INTERIOR STAIRCASES WERE USED AS SHELTERS, 

CONELRAD HAS ONCE AGAIN SHOWN ITS DEDICATION TO UNEARTHING AND SHOWING ALL THINGS ATOMIC AND THEIR YOU TUBE CHANNEL CONELRAD 6401240 HAS A VERY LARGE OFFERING AND THEIR WEBSITE IS A LIBRARY OF CIVIL DEFENSE,MOVIES ON ATOMIC THEMED PLOTS,EVEN MUSIC ABOUT THE ATOMIC AGE AND ITS OFFERINGS AND ALSO INCLUDES PLENTY OF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ATOMIC EPHEMERA , AND ATOMIC AGE PAMPHLETS AND PROPAGANDA ART AND SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED

HERE IS PROTECTION FACTOR 100 COURTESY OF CONELRADS YOU TUBE CHANNEL

THIS SECOND MOVIE IS ALSO A OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE CLASSIC AND IS ABOUT RADIATION FALLOUT AND PROTECTION

CIVIL DEFENSE AND RADIOACTIVE         FALLOUT COMMON SENSE 1965 

  THE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE PERIOD THAT WERE TO PRESENT RADIOACTIVITY IN A EASY AND UNDERSTANDABLE WAY WITHOUT SCARING AMERICA, ...IT COVERS THE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION AND HOW DEBRIS SUCKED IN TO THE FIREBALL CREATES FALLOUT AND HOW EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD LEARN TO AVOID IT THROUGH TIME ,DISTANCE, AND SHIELDING.AND EXPLAINS THE PUBLIC FALLOUT SHELTER SYSTEM, AND HOW RADIATION IS YOUR FRIEND ONLY WHEN THE TREATED WITH RESPECT .AND IF ANYTHING IS LEARNED IT IS THE CORRECT WAY TO PRONOUNCE "ROENTGEN"

IT SURE HAS HELPED ME, I HAVE MY OWN COPY OF THIS BUT FOR SOME REASON IT CANNOT BE DOWNLOADED, FALLOUT SHELTERS AND THE NATIONAL FALLOUT SHELTER SURVEY AND PLAN COULD OF BEEN SOMETHING IF MORE AMERICANS THOUGHT OF HELPING THIS EFFORT AND NOT IGNORING IT IF YOU NOTICE ONE OF THE POSTS ABOVE HAS SOVIET CIVIL DEFENSE IN ACTION OVER 15 YEARS AFTER THIS MOVIE AND TRAINED CIVILIANS TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND WORK IT IS A SOBERING LOOK SINCE AMERICANS ABANDONED THEIR SHELTER PROGRAM YEARS AGO WITH THE PEACE NO WAR IDEA, GREAT JUST GET THE WORLD TO FALL IN STEP WITH THAT AND IT WOULD BE PARADISE, UNFORTUNATELY DURING THE YEARS WE CAME TO CLOSE DURING WORLD INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS, THE SHELTER SYSTEM WAS TO ALLOW NON COMBATANTS A PLACE TO RIDE OUT A NUCLEAR ATTACK AND BY BEING PRO SHELTER IT DID NOT MAKE YOU A WAR MONGER IT WAS TO MITIGATE ANY DAMAGE OR DEATH IN THE EVENT AND IN THE EVENT OF ONE THERE WOULD NOT BE PLACES TO GO BECAUSE THE LACK OF CIVILIAN PARTICIPATION AND THAT WOULD SEAL THE FATES OF MANY WHO WOULD WANT TO LIVE, WELL THESE MOVIES SHOW A TIME WHEN A NUCLEAR EXCHANGE WAS LIKELY AND THE EFFORT TO GIVE AMERICANS A CHANCE TO SURVIVE INSTEAD OF JUST LAYING DOWN AND DYING. THANKS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVED AND SPENT CARERS AND TIME VOLUNTEERING DURING THIS PERIOD IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A FALLOUT SHELTER THINK ABOUT WHAT IF?     

AMONG THE MANY ROLES OF CIVIL DEFENSE ,  EDUCATION WAS PART OF THEIR MISSION ,THIS FILM SHOWS TO A 1965 AUDIENCE WHAT A ATOMIC WEAPON DETONATION LOOKS LIKE, THE ACTION OF WHATEVER IS SUCKED UP IN TO THE FIREBALL BECOMES RADIOACTIVE  FALLOUT DOWN WIND, REQUIRING A  PROTECTION LEVEL OF TIME-DISTANCE AND SHIELDING THE USUAL BASIC DRILL,THIS WAS SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC POSSIBLY HIGH SCHOOL KIDS OR COMMUNITY CENTERS AROUND THE US, ITS BASIC STATEMENT IS EVEN IF YOU HAVE A PUBLIC SHELTER NEARBY A HOME FALLOUT SHELTER IS A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO BE FOR 2 WEEKS OR LONGER AND HOW KEEPING FOOD STORED FOR SUCH AN EVENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A POSITIVE OUTCOME. IT WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO BE IN A MUSTY BASEMENT OF A DEPARTMENT STORE SITTING IN THE DARK FOR 14 OR MORE DAYS WITH THE EMOTIONS OF OTHERS AND LACK OF COMFORTS,ONE PARTICULAR OCD FILM ON FALLOUT SHELTER LIVING HAS PEOPLE STROLLING UP TO THE PUBLIC SHELTER FROM AN EMPTY STREET WITH AN OVERNIGHT BAG WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD, THATS SOME REAL US GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA,  

UNKNOWN INDUSTRIAL FALLOUT SHELTERS OF NYC-LONG ISLAND No.1 (Suffolk County. New York Telephone Toll Bldg.)

 CIVIL DEFENSE AND FORGOTTEN NATIONAL DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS

NEW YORK TELEPHONE Co. TOLL Bldg. 1964

Bohemia-Ronkonkoma N.Y. Cap.150 PF-100

NY Telephone, & The Federal Aviation Admin.

Controls Communications Of Eastern Seaboard Aviation & Aircraft To Ground Communications

Part Of Vital Warning System NAWAS

And Post Attack Communication Relay

Building & Microwave Tower In Good Cond.

Still A Vital Communication Hub 

THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE WAS INTERESTED IN SAVING LIVES BUT THE OTHER IMPORTANT MISSION WAS SAVING THE NECCESARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SURVIVE POST ATTACK, THE DEPARTEMENT OF DEFENSE AND OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE BEGAN TO PUSH FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO HAVE RADIATION PROOF SHELTERS AND ENSURING NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BLAST FORCE BY INCORPORATING CERTAIN MATERIALS AND DESIGNS. THESE BUILDINGS WERE RECOGNIZED AND AWARDED FOR BEST DESIGN SOME OF A HANDFUL WERE HERE IN NYC-LONG ISLAND HERE IS ONE SUCH BUILDING

LBJ and Robert McNamara Advocating a Continental Arms Buildup And Civil Defense Classic!

The New Haven Library Is 'YALE UNIVERSITY"

This Building Looks The Same In THis Architectual Drawing 40 Years Later
 



GROWING UP IN RONKONKOMA , SUFFOLK COUNTY, I WORKED SUMMERS CUTTING LAWNS FOR A LANDSCAPE COMPANY AND THIS BUILDING WAS ON OUR ROUTE, VERY NEAT BUILT LIKE A BRICK BUNKER WITH LOTS OF VENTILATION I NEVER HAD A CLUE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO POST ATTACK RECOVERY IN THE EVENT OF NUCLEAR WAR, ITS LISTED AS A TOLL BUILDING (I GUESS THATS WHAT ITS PROPER NAME) AND IT WAS LOCATED A BLOCK FROM THE ENTRANCE TO LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT AND WAS NOT LOCATED IN BOHEMIA IT WAS RONKONKOMA, AND WAS A TELEPHONE (BELL) BUILDING. THE BUILDING TO THIS DAY LOOKS THE SAME AND I WILL ADD PHOTOGRAPHS AND ANY INFORMATION I CAN FIND.



BEFORE COMPUTERS AND FAXES TELEPHONE CIRCUITS AND TELETYPES WERE THE WAY EMERGENCY NEWS WAS SENT TO WARNING STATIONS AND WARNING POINTS BELL TELEPHONES REASON IN HARDENING THIS STRUCTURE WAS SO THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION WOULD BE SHARED AND REACH WARNING STATIONS LIKE COUNTY EOCs THIS TELEPHONE EXCHANGE WAS A VERY UP TO DATE SYSTEM BACK IN THE 60s AND 70s ALWAYS BEING UPDATED TO CARRY INFORMATION IN EMERGENCYS, THE AIRPORTS FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL INFO WAS SENT THROUGH THIS POINT AND LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT WAS A STAGING AREA FOR EMERGENCIES AND A DISPERSAL BASE FOR USAF TANKERS AND BOMBERS TO GO TO IN THE EVENT THE DEFENSE CONDITION WAS UPGRADED , THE FALLOUT SHELTER BUILT INTO THE TELEPHONE BLDG WAS TO KEEP IMPORTANT TECHNICIANS AT THE BUILDING SAFE TO RIDE OUT A NUCLEAR EXCHANGE AND GET THE COMMUNICATION LINK OPEN AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK.

 

FACILITY NUMBER TWO NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT  69th PRECINCT HOUSE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (KINGS COUNTY)

 LOCATION ROCKAWAY AND FOSTER AVE ,CARNARSIE BKLYN

SHELTER CAP 150 PF- 100+ SHELTER AREA 1500sq feet

COMMUNICATION LINK IN CIVIL EMERGENCIES 

THREE 500 GALLON FRESH WATER TANKS FOR SHELTER

OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE RATIONS AND RADIOLOGICAL GEAR  TO MONITOR AND REPORT FALLOUT CONDITIONS POST ATTACK AND TO KEEP ORDER AND TREAT WOUNDED PER NYPD NUCLEAR ATTACK PLAN NYC POLICE STATIONS ARE EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTERS FOR NYPD,OEM,FDNY,ETC........STATIONS ARE ALWAYS THICK WALLED AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION OFFERING EXCELLENT PROTECTION
Note** 69th PRECINCT LACKS FALLOUT SHELTER SIGN

THIS IS THE CITY OF NEW YORK'S 69th PRECINCT HOUSE SHOWN WITH CURBSIDE PARKING VERY LITTLE ACTION GOING ON

THE PRECINCT HOUSE 40 PLUS YEARS AFTER ITS NEW DESIGN WITH FALLOUT SHELTER INCLUDED THIS BUILDING HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSED SINCE ITS NEW DESIGN AND THATS ALOT OF WEAR AND TEAR NO TREES AND LAWN AND FORGET STREET PARKING

Suffolks Cold War Jet Aircraft - REPUBLIC AVIATION

"THE HOUSE OF THUNDER"

REPUBLIC AVIATION FLIGHTLINE FARMINGDALE, Long Island ,N.Y. The Thunderchief,Thunderstreak,Thunderflash,Thunderjet

Jet Aircraft of the Cold War , Republic Aviation was Instrumental in building piston driven Thunderbolts for World War 2 At The speed of One an hour ,They were the workhorses of the air, The factory was known as "The House Of Thunder". After the war Republic built everything from "Safety Cars" to "Moon Suits" worked on V-1,2 German Rocket Technology and built an early Anti Aircraft Missile for the US Army, Thousands of Nassau and Suffolk County Residents worked at Republic During and after the war, I had Family that worked for Republic and Grumman, And  when Republic Closed it was the beginning of the end of the aviation  industry on Long Island in1965 Republic was bought by Fairchild it became Fairchild-Republic building the A-10 Close Support Aircraft or "Warthog" Various Components for the Space Shuttles, Boeing 747 and Military Contracts,Today the plant is in ruins,Most of it burned and was destroyed, putting a movie theater in the Plants Space, The older area along the LIRR tracks is still standing but is beyond repair, I have watched the Remains of Republic rot away without dignity, The LIRR no longer stops at Republic Station , 1985 Fairchild -Republic closed and with it a lot of history and jobs.

After World War II ended and P-47 production was   terminated, Republic Aviation converted C-54 transports into airliners, built 1,059 Seabee civilian amphibious aircraft and built XR-12 photo reconnaisance aircraft after the attempt to build Republic Rainbow airliners failed. Republic helped pioneer the Jet Age by building the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet designed by Alexander Kartveli starting in the late 1940's and developed the swept-wing F-84-F Thunderstreak in the early 1950's. The Thunderjets saw extensive action during the Korean War and the Thunderstreaks were used by NATO nations during the Cold War in the 1950's . Republic extended runway 14-32 substantially to the southeast over the objections of Long Island State Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to meet the operational needs of the more powerful F-84-F Thunderstreaks. Republic Aviation produced 833 F-105 Thunderchiefs-also designed by Alexander Kartveli- in Farmingdale between 1955 and 1964. The Republic F-105 was used extensively in the Vietman War by the Air Force as a tactical bomber. Republic Aviation was acquired by the Fairchild-Hiller Corp.in 1965 after the Defense Department terminated the F-105 program and it appeared that Republic was going out of business. Fairchild returned to Farmingdale after a 24-year absence. Flight Safety Inc. ran Republic Airport as a general aviation airport beginning on December 7, 1966 for the Mailman brothers' Farmingdale Corporation, which had purchased the field from Fairchild Hiller in 1965. (lirahs)

 
 

 

 Republic Rainbow XF-12-684 At Hangar 3 1946

 



HERE AN ADVERTISEMENT IN TIME MAGAZINE 1954 SHOWS THE LINEAGE OF THE REPUBLIC THUNDERLINE OF AIRCRAFT AND ITS DEDICATION TO PROTECTING THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE THOUGH REPUBLIC WAS A BIG PART OF WORLD WAR TWO HEAR ON LONG ISLAND JUST ABOUT EVERY LONG ISLANDER WAS CONNECTED TO THE AVIATION HISTORY, BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY WORKED IN REPUBLIC MY GRANDMOTHERS WERE ROSIE THE RIVETER NOT THE ORIGINAL THOUGH THEY WELDED AND DID JOBS MEN DID MY GRANDFATHERS FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR TWO AND CAME BACK TO WORK FOR GRUMMAN AND HELPING PUT MEN ON THE MOON, THE DIVERSE ETHNIC POPULATION OF LONG ISLAND EVEN HAD IMMIGRANTS FROM GERMANY AUSTRIA FIGHTING THEIR OWN COUSINS AND OTHER RELATED FAMILIES WORLD WAR TWO WAS EXACTLY THAT A WAR THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD WAS INVOLVED IN AND NOT ONE AREA ON EARTH WAS UNSCATHED.



TEST PILOTS AND CREW DURING TESTS OVER LONG ISLAND AT REPUBLIC FIELD NOW KNOWN AS REPUBLIC AIRPORT

REPUBLIC AVIATION CARRYING OUT TESTS ON F-84 THUNDERJET

THE F-84-1-a THUNDERSTREAK with ordnance carried and used ,the only weapon not represented is a Atomic Bomb , This jet was designed to carry and deliver a Nuclear Device.

Here is a maneuver for the F-84 to deliver an Atomic Weapon called "OVER THE SHOULDER" not too technical.....

WINTER OF 1960 HERE IS A RARE PHOTO OF A F-84 THUNDERSTREAK HEADING OUT OF SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB 40 MILES EAST OF REPUBLIC , THE USAF USED THE THUNDERSTREAK AT AIR DEFENSE COMMAND BASES LIKE SUFFOLK COUNTY TO PATROL AND INTERCEPT ANY UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT AND TO STOP ANY ATTEMPT BY SOVIET BOMBERS TO ATTACK TARGETS ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

HERE A REPUBLIC THUNDERJET IS BEING USED IN OPERATION ZELMAL (ZERO LENGTH LAUNCH MAT LANDING) UNKNOWN LOCATION

HERE IS THE LAUNCH OF ONE OF THE REPUBLIC/USAF SECRET PROJECTS  "ZELMAL" ZERO LENGTH LAUNCH MAT ASSISTED LANDING IF THE UNITED STATES WERE NUKED BY SOVIET AIR AND MISSILE STRIKES AND RUNWAYS WERE UNUSABLE THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AND ABLE TO DEFEND OR ATTACK AND THEN RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT VIA A RUBBER MAT THERE WAS ALSO THE STRAPPING OF A ATOMIC DEVICE TO THE JET VARIANT TESTED ,..THIS PROJECT WAS SCRAPPED

AND THE LANDING MAT  PHASE OF THE TEST OUT AT MUROC CA (EDWARDS AFB) 

REPUBLIC ALSO HAD A PROJECT (OPERATION TIP TOW) WHERE A B-29 BOMBER WOULD TOW  F84 THUNDERJET FIGHTERS ALONG ON ITS WINGTIPS INTO ENEMY TERRITORY TO PROTECT THE BOMBER THIS HAD TRAGIC RESULTS AS  THE WING BUCKLED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SMASH INTO EACH OTHER HIGH OVER LONG ISLAND AND BOTH AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO PECONIC BAY WITH ALL ABOARD BOTH AIRCRAFT LOST AND THE PROJECT SUSPENDED



HERE THE B-36 PEACEMAKER TAKES OFF FROM MITCHEL FIELD TO PARTICIPATE IN TESTING A RARE PICTURE OF A LONE GONE TIME AND PLACE



HERE A THUNDERSTREAK IS ATTACHED TO THE B-36 PEACEMAKER UNDERNEATH SUCESSFULLY



THE NEXT PROJECT WAS  (OPERATION TOM TOM OR FICON) THIS HAD A THUNDERJET CONNECT TO THE UNDERNEATH OF A B-36 PEACEMAKER AND WAS DEVELOPED AND TESTED EXSTENSIVELY WITH NO MISHAPS AND A FEW VARIANTS OF THE DESIGN.

THE REPUBLIC AIRCRAFT ON THE FAR WING IS A THUNDERFLASH AND ON THE CLOSE WING YOU CAN SEE THE APPARATUS FOR LOCKING THE JET FIGHTERS IN TO PLACE AS THEY FLY OVER LONG ISLAND

THE REPUBLIC F-105 THUNDERCHIEF  DESIGNED IN THE 1950s

As a follow-on to the Mach 1 capable F-100, the F-105 was also armed with missiles and a cannon; however, its design was tailored to high-speed low-altitude penetration carrying a single nuclear weapon internally. First flown in 1955, the Thunderchief entered service in 1958. As the largest single-engined fighter ever employed by the USAF, the single-seat F-105 would be adapted to deliver a greater bomb load than the four-engined, 10-man strategic bombers of World War II like the B-17 and B-24. The F-105 would be best remembered as the primary strike bomber over North Vietnam in the early stages of the Vietnam War. Over 20,000 Thunderchief sorties were flown, with 382 aircraft lost (nearly half of the 833 produced) including 62 operational losses. Although they lacked the agility of the smaller MiG fighters, USAF F-105s were credited with 27.5 kills, of which 24.5 were by cannon.

GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE OF A REPUBLIC F-105 SMOKING A NORTH VIETNAMESE MIG-17 ON JUNE 3 1967


 

27confirmed enemy aircraft  downed during the Vietnam war  24 with Cannon ,The Thunderchiefs Avionics Package was made to  penetrate Soviet airspace and deliver its Nuclear payload, A F-105 two seater version was built for Wild Weasel duties since North Vietnam was using Soviet Radar Systems and Surface to Air Missiles  that the 105 would jam while other aircraft bombed targets.Pilot  and  a Electronic Warfare Officer in the backseat This meant they would be first in and last out a very dangerous job but successful.,

 

 

 

A COMPANY THAT BUILT ONE THUNDERBOLT AIRCRAFT AN HOUR DURING WORLD WAR 2 AND OVER 15,000 OF THEM BY THE END OF THE WAR ,REPUBLIC HOBBLED INTO THE 1960s AND WAS ACQUIRED BY FAIRCHILD HILLER AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BE BUILT BUT THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE AVIATION INDUSTRY ON LONG ISLAND THOUGH THE LAST NIKE MISSILE BATTERY NY-24 LOCATED IN AMITYVILLE SOUTH OF REPUBLIC WAS THE LAST OPERATIONAL US ARMY ANTI AIRCRAFT MISSILE DEFENSE, CLOSING IN 1975 , THE NIKE SITE WAS EQUIPPED WITH 3 MAGAZINES OF NIKE HERCULES (NUCLEAR TYPE) CONTINUED TO BE GUARDIAN OF THE AVIATION AND AVIONICS INDUSTRIES THAT WERE CLUSTERED IN THIS AREA MITCHEL FIELD WAS GONE,SO WAS FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, SUFFOLK CO. AFB    LONG ISLANDs MILITARY AIR PRESENCE WAS VIRTUALLY GONE AND THE ONLY COMPANY BUILDING AIRCRAFT WAS GRUMMAN  AND THAT  CLOSED IN THE 1990s LEAVING LONG ISLAND AS NORTHRUP - GRUMMAN

 

 

 

 

Flight Safety Inc. ran Republic Airport as a general aviation airport beginning on December 7, 1966 for the Mailman brothers' Farmingdale Corporation, which had purchased the field from Fairchild Hiller in 1965. Republic Airport was acquired by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on March 31, 1969 after Suffolk County and the Town of Babylon declined to assume ownership. The MTA installed an instrument landing system (ILS) on runway 14-32, built the Republic Airport Terminal building,cooperated with the Federal Aviation Administration, which built the new 100' high control tower, convinced the US Government to transfer 94 acres to the airport in 1971 and purchased the 77-acre Lambert property on the north side of Route 109 and the Breslau Gardens property between New Highway and Route 109 in 1972. Fairchild Republic constructed major sub-assemblies for 720 A-10 "Warthog" Close Air Support aircraft in Farmingdale, although final assembly and flight testing was done at Hagerstown, Maryland. The A-10 was invaluable in action in Desert Storm in the early 1990's and in the Iraq War after 2003. After complaints that the MTA was not contributing taxes to local governments and questions about MTA deficits at Republic, ownership of the airport was transferred to the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) by the New York State Legislature in April 1983, to promote economic development in the surrounding Long Island region. The Republic Airport Commission was created by the New York State Legislature in 1982 {Chap. 370, L.1982) "as an advisory council to the Commissioner of Transportation in the administration and management of the Republic Airport facilities and its surrounding areas with respect to projects to be undertaken at such airport." Fairchild went out of business in 1987 after losing the T-46A trainer project, and within a few years its historic Fairchild-Republic factory complex was sold and developed as the Airport Plaza shopping mall. (LIRAHS)