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Hi all,

Not too long ago I posted some pictures of a MACE rocket. Well, today I was down by that area again. Low and behold I found anotehr missile mounted on a pole the next town from the MACE rocket. I should have remembered there is an old AFB out that way. I passed it today but I could not find a name. It is located in the Ricketts Glenn State Park area on Redrock hill. From the road is a hnge square gray building with a HUGE round dome which I am guessing is the radar dome. I drove up into this place and found it was home to a Training Center and a job search place. I am waiting a call from my dad to see if he can remember the name of this place. I also am not sure what type of missile I saw. It kinda looked like a X-1 but had bubble cheeks.

The closest town from this "base" is Benton Pennsylvania. My dad said they used to call it Benton AFB but I am not sure that was the actual name.

The base of this thing looked like this but with a large white round dome on top. Can anyone tell me more about this?


The search is on,
-Nate

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Holy Shiit!!!!!!!! I just found a picture of that missile I found today on the internet. Can anyone tell me what kind it is?

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Nathan,

That blockhouse is part of a SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) system that provided early-warning of Soviet bomber incursions into the U.S. That building contained computers and personnel from the fifties to the mid-seventies, and the radar array is still used by the FAA for air traffic control.

Scott

Nathan,

That site was the former Benton AFS. For more info on other sites in PA, check out:

http://www.radomes.org/museum/

Also, that last pic looks more like a traget drone than a missile.

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could be a sd-2 overseer/MQM-58a minus the prop

Yes, this is Benton AFS (Air Force Station). I believe a base technically had to have a runway.

Many of these were strategically placed in 50's and 60's for soviet bomber and missile threat. Port Austin AFS near me was one of the last deactivated in 1988-9 and was still a blue suit base used jointly by the military

With the Soviets no longer being a threat (ahem, right!) many were deactivate or changed into joint FAA/Military systems of which are all nicely tied together.

(http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/arsr-4.htm)

regards,

t~