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href="/wiki/Military_installation" class="mw-redirect" title="Military installation">military installation</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> located near <a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle,_Maine" title="Presque Isle, Maine">Presque Isle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>. In the late 1950s and early 1960s it became a base for <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Atlantic_Transport_Route_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/North_Atlantic_Transport_Route_1945.jpg/220px-North_Atlantic_Transport_Route_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/North_Atlantic_Transport_Route_1945.jpg/330px-North_Atlantic_Transport_Route_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/North_Atlantic_Transport_Route_1945.jpg/440px-North_Atlantic_Transport_Route_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>North Atlantic Transport Route 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>The original airport was constructed in 1930 by the <a href="/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps" title="Civilian Conservation Corps">Civilian Conservation Corps</a> as a commercial airport located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the "business center". In 1941, the federal government appropriated the local airport, establishing Presque Isle Army Airfield for planes bound to and from <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>. It was activated as an Army Air Corps field on 15 September 1941. The main Army Air Force unit at Presque Isle was the <a href="/wiki/23d_AAF_Ferrying_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="23d AAF Ferrying Wing">23d AAF Ferrying Wing</a>, assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Command_(United_States_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)">Air Transport Command</a>. It was closed after the war ended </p><p>The airfield was reactivated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> and redesignated <b>Presque Isle Air Force Base</b> on January 12, 1948, assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> (ADC) <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Air_Defense_Force" title="Eastern Air Defense Force">Eastern Air Defense Force</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/23rd_Fighter_Group" title="23rd Fighter Group">23rd Fighter Group</a> was redesignated as the 23rd Fighter-Interceptor Group, and activated on 12 January 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_74_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_74-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was assigned to the 23rd Fighter-Interceptor Wing at Presque Isle AFB as part of ADC, with the 74th and 75th Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, flying <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86E_Sabre" class="mw-redirect" title="North American F-86E Sabre">North American F-86E Sabre</a> aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-cj_119_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_119-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the year was over, both squadrons had converted to older F-86As.<sup id="cite_ref-cj_119_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_119-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1952, the wing and group were inactivated, in a major ADC reorganization.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_74_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_74-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parts of the former base were redeveloped as a civilian airport, known today as <b><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_International_Airport" title="Presque Isle International Airport">Presque Isle International Airport</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Snark_missile_launch_complex">Snark missile launch complex</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Snark missile launch complex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Presque Isle AFB became the site for the only operational <a href="/wiki/Launch_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Launch complex">launch complex</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a> <a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">SM-62 Snark</a> Intercontinental Cruise Missile (ICM).<sup id="cite_ref-advrider_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advrider-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adjacent to the base, its coordinates were <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base&params=46_42_17_N_68_2_28_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">46°42′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">68°2′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">46.70472°N 68.04111°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">46.70472; -68.04111</span></span></span></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-wikimapia_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikimapia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </p><p>"Operational Snark Launching Site I"<sup id="cite_ref-google_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was selected by the SAC Strategic Missile Site Selection Panel<sup id="cite_ref-denix_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denix-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 21 March 1957, land for the "new base [with] 740 men" was acquired in January 1958,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and construction of the $12,000,000 base began in May 1958<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Missileers_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Missileers-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the J.R. Cianchete Construction Company.<sup id="cite_ref-denix_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denix-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/702d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="702d Strategic Missile Wing">702d Strategic Missile Wing</a> was activated on 1 January 1959, and the first <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a> with a Snark arrived on 27 May 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The complex had 6 corrugated hangars ("missile assembly and maintenance buildings") each of 420 ft × 80 ft (128 m × 24 m) with 2 fixed outdoor launch pads. For each launch pad with diameter 160 ft (49 m),<sup id="cite_ref-denix_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denix-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a missile was stored within the building on a launcher trailer attached to a tow vehicle, 1 at ready storage to launch from the outdoor pad within 15 minutes and behind it, 1 capable of launch in 30 minutes. Each building had 3 additional missiles in line behind the first wave (readiness of 4 hr, 3 days, and 5 days), and the <a href="/wiki/Missile_launch_control_center" title="Missile launch control center">missile launch control center</a> was a hangar balcony.<sup id="cite_ref-oocities_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oocities-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the hangars and pads, the complex included "a jet engine run-up building, the warhead maintenance and inspection building, missile maintenance and guidance lab", a dormitory for night alert personnel,<sup id="cite_ref-oocities_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oocities-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a compressor house for each hangar.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> 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href="http://www.strategic-air-command.com/missiles/Snark/Snark_deployment.htm">row of hangars when new</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="image icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/16px-Searchtool.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/24px-Searchtool.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/32px-Searchtool.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.denix.osd.mil/cr/upload/94-1264-LEGACY-US-COLD-WAR-MISSLE-PROGRAM_0.PDF">map of complex with dimensions</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="image icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/16px-Searchtool.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/24px-Searchtool.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/32px-Searchtool.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21865249">modern hangar photo</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>First alert status was 18 March 1960, and 30 missiles were available in December<sup id="cite_ref-google2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 4 on alert.<sup id="cite_ref-SAC_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 702d SMW was declared operational on 28 February 1961, 20 Snarks were on alert in the summer of 1961,<sup id="cite_ref-cia_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 28">: 28 </span></sup> and on 25 June 1961 the wing was inactivated<sup id="cite_ref-osd_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osd-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8554">President Kennedy's earlier announcement</a> for "73 military establishments" to be closed<sup id="cite_ref-google3_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Congress was informed on 30 March.)<sup id="cite_ref-google4_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civilian_use_after_base_closure">Civilian use after base closure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Civilian use after base closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Snark Missile Launch Complex was purchased by the city of <a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle,_Maine" title="Presque Isle, Maine">Presque Isle, Maine</a>, in early 1962 for $56,000 (the city also bought "other parts of the former Presque Isle Air Force Base, ...known as the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pqiic.com/skywayindustrial.php">Skyway Industrial Park"</a> in 1962)<sup id="cite_ref-google5_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some of the remaining AFB area was redesignated "Presque Isle Air National Guard Facility".<sup id="cite_ref-SAC_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four of the hangars were used for woodworking in 1962<sup id="cite_ref-google6_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google6-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1995, one was used as a flax mill.<sup id="cite_ref-google7_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google7-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The former launch complex now has the designation Environmental site ME500.<sup id="cite_ref-nmdc_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmdc-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parts of the former base were redeveloped as <a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_International_Airport" title="Presque Isle International Airport">Presque Isle International Airport</a>, making Presque Isle a civilian airfield again. As of 2020 it offers scheduled jet passenger service to <a href="/wiki/Newark_Liberty_International_Airport" title="Newark Liberty International Airport">Newark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Dulles_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Dulles International Airport">Washington-Dulles</a>, in addition to serving as a cargo airport. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northern_Maine_Community_College" title="Northern Maine Community College">Northern Maine Community College</a> was founded in 1961 on the former air base grounds. The Skyway Industrial Park was created in the vicinity of the airport. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holloman_Air_Force_Base#Missile_testing_sites" title="Holloman Air Force Base">Holloman Air Force Base § Missile testing sites</a> (Snark testing sites)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cape_Canaveral_and_Merritt_Island_launch_sites" title="List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites">List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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