Category:Ellsworth NIKE Sites
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| Battery | Type | Location | Operational | Deactivated | GPS | Notes |
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| E-??DC | Command Post | Ellsworth AFB | 1960 | 1962 | 44.1545, -103.08344 |
USAF Radar M-97 |
| E-01C | Control | Ellsworth AFB | 1957 | 1961 | 44.22944, -103.07139 |
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| E-01L | Launch | Ellsworth AFB | 1957 | 1961 | 44.20417, -103.09778 |
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| E-20C | Control | Ellsworth AFB | 1957 | 1958 | 44.15861, -102.98111 |
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| E-20L | Launch | Ellsworth AFB | 1957 | 1958 | 44.15056, -103.00333 |
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| E-40C | Control | Ellsworth AFB | 1957 | 1958 | 44.08778, -103.08667 |
Now houses the radar for the Dakota Air Traffic Control Facility |
| E-40L | Launch | Ellsworth AFB | 1957 | 1958 | 44.10361, -103.09861 |
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| E-70C | Control | Ellsworth AFB | 1957 | 1958 | 44.15806, -103.20806 |
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| E-70L | Launch | Ellsworth AFB | 1957 | 1958 | 44.15306, -103.21639 |
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| Source: * Ed Thelen Site - Nike Site Locations * Wikipedia - List of Nike Sites * Tech Bastards - Nike Missile Locations * Radomes - List of Nike Related Radar Sites * Nike Historical Society * Lonnquest, John C. and Winkler, David F., To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program, USACERL Special Report 97/01, Nov 1996, 607 pages, Pdf * Morgan, Mark L. and Berhow, Mark A., Rings of Supersonic Steel: Air Defenses of the United States Army 1950-1979, Third Edition, Hole in the Head Press, Bodega Bay, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9761494-0-8, 358 pages | ||||||
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