Otis Air Force Base BOMARC site

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]

Otis Air Force Base BOMARC site
Part of Boston Air Defense Sector
Otis Air Force Base, Sandwich, Massachusetts
BOMARC-B missile in the launch ready position at Otis
Coordinates41°40′54.65″N 70°32′15.87″W
Typesurface-to-air missile base
Site information
Controlled by1959–1968: Air Defense Command
1968–1972: Aerospace Defense Command
Garrison information
Garrison 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron

The site was run by the 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron, initially part of the Boston Air Defense Sector, 26th Air Division.

References
  1. Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases (PDF) (Report). Volume I: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. Office of Air Force History. p. 600. ISBN 0-912799-53-6. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  2. McMullen, R. F. (15 Feb 1980). History of Air Defense Weapons 1946–1962 (Report). ADC Historical Study No. 14. Historical Division, Office of information, HQ Air Defense Command. p. 189. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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