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Controlled by 1959-68: Air Defense Command1968-72: Aerospace Defense Command Garrison | ||
The Otis Air Force Base BOMARC site was a Cold War USAF launch complex for Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missiles. Equipped with IM-99Bs (56 missiles: 28 solid-state, 28 liquid-state), the site had 28 Model IV "coffin" shelters, on 60 acres (24 ha).
The site was run by the 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron, initially part of the Boston Air Defense Sector, 26th Air Division.
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Otis Air Force Base BOMARC site Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA