Otis Air Force Base BOMARC site | |
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Part of Boston Air Defense Sector | |
Otis Air Force Base, Sandwich, Massachusetts | |
Coordinates | 41°40′54.65″N 70°32′15.87″W / 41.6818472°N 70.5377417°W |
Type | surface-to-air missile base |
Site information | |
Controlled by | 1959–1968:
Air Defense Command 1968–1972: Aerospace Defense Command |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron |
The Otis Air Force Base BOMARC site was a Cold War USAF launch complex for Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missiles. [1] 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). [2]
The site was run by the 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron, initially part of the Boston Air Defense Sector, 26th Air Division.