Important Announcement

We would like to thank our loyal fellow members of the Nike Historical Society for your continued support over the years. We will be closing the Society, including the store, as of March 31, 2024. We have acquired a large repository of Nike technical information. The web site will continue to be available. It has been our pleasure to keep the legacy of the Nike missile's contribution of the successful conclusion to the Cold War.

the Board of Directors
Nike Historical Society
 

MENU HOME
SITES

SF-51

SF-87

SF-88

Ft. Baker (SF defense)

SL-40

BR-04

BR-17

C-50

LA-43

HA-08 and HA-25

HM-69

HM-95

LA-29

LA-88

MS-70

Niagara-Buffalo Defense

Pittsburgh Defense

NY-53

NY-56

Site Summit

Thule, Greenland

Italy

C-4-44

Greece

Red Canyon Range Camp

Web Sites

TECHNICAL

Definitions

System Overview

Missile & Launch Set

Equipment Function & Maintenance

Nike Hercules System

Hercules System

Launch Set

Assembly & Service Area

Field Maintenance Shops

Tactical Control

Electric Power

Integrated Fire Control

Test Equipment

Command Posts

History

Research & Development

Ajax

Hercules Missile

Missile System

PEOPLE

Ordnance Support Units

Veteran Health

Irwin Anger

Greg Brown

Gilbert Burke

Tom Cluff

Terry Fetterman

Bud Halsey

LTG RET CJ LeVan

Patrick W. Mackay

LTC (Ret) Harold D Stanford

Rocky Stovall

Security

Dogs

The PRP

Memory Lane

Guest Book

Reunions

Nike Humor

2nd Missile Bn 52nd ADA (Florida)

ARADCOM Trophy

Regimental Crests

The Oozlefinch

STORIES

1969: Attack on USSR?

Air Lifting a Nike Site

Nike Site Dangers

You're in the Army Now

Life on the Hill

CIA & Nike Hercules

South Korea Nike Launch

Film, Movies, Video

NEWS

Reunions

Current Events

COLD WAR

Nuclear Missiles in Miami

ALASKA'S COLD WAR NUCLEAR SHIELD

Targets in U.S.

U.S. Air Defenses

Base Tuono, Italy

What We Have, We Shall Defend

Presenting History at SF-88

2d Bn 51st Arty Individual Training Guide

ABOUT

Minutes

About

Contact

LA-88 OAT MOUNTAIN

CHATSWORTH, CA

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR HOWARD RATHBUN WHO SERVED AT LA-88. A VISIT BACK TO THE OLD SITE IN 2006.

THE NIKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY THANKS HOWARD RATHBUN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION AND INVITES ALL NIKE VETERANS TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.


MORE ABOUT LA-88
Chatsworth HS
LA-88 from a presentation by the Chatsworth Historical Society and including information from Greg Brown, who served at LA-88 and now volunteers with the Nike Historical Society and at SF-88.