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| Marin Headlands map "On September 28 2013, I hiked from the Marin Headlands
Visitors Center to the Miwok trail
and left on the Wolf Ridge trail to Hill 88, About 2.5 Miles."
This was the Integrated Fire Control Area (IFC) for Nike Site SF-88. There were many hikers and mountain bikers.
It was a beautiful Saturday morning.
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| Site entrance SF-88 IFC Entrance to Site from Wolf Ridge trail. The fences are in good condition
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| Site entrance west view View from Guard Shack looking west to the Pacific. Note the many hikers.
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Free Tour Kids
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| Guard Shack Guard Shack. Note the Golf ball radar on the ridge in the distance.
This was the Air Force Radar Station at Mt. Tamalpias that was part of the Nike radar network. (Mill Valley AFS)
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Guard Shack
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| SF-88 Unit sign "Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM) insignia on left,
51st. ADA Artillery emblem on right. At this time, graffiti vandals have not defaced this sign."
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Unit sign and insignia
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| Radar antenna pedestals Radar Pedestals for Tracking and Lopar Acquisition Radars.
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| Hi Par Bldg. "Front of Hi Par Bldg. This was the long range radar,
made by G.E. 200 mile range, L band 26 KW into a 34.8 DB gain antenna. This system was difficult to Jam."
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| Hi Par bldg east side East Side View of Hi Par bldg.
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HIPAR Bldg
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| Conduit ducts for radar Conduit ducts for power and control
cables to radar antennas. These go between the van building and the antennas
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| Radar Van bldg "Radar pad in the foreground, Van building that
housed the Battery Control van and the Radar Control Vans. "
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IFC_Van Bldg
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| Missile tracking radar pad Located on the south edge of the IFC site.
This antenna needed an unobstructed view of the missiles at both launch areas.
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| Generator Building "This building housed 3 separate 150 KW diesel generators.
Combat operations were always on generator power, as commercial power is not reliable."
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Generator Bldg
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| Generator Bldg interior Interior of generator building note cable ducts on floor now filled with dirt.
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Gen Bldg e
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| Generator Bldg rear Rear of generator building. This is the exhaust area for the diesel generators.
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| Crew Ready Room Located behind the generator building to the east.
This building housed the crew during breaks and meals.
R.F. test set mast is behind the building and just to the right in the distance is the peak of Mt. Diablo.
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Ready Room a
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| Crew Ready Room Ready Room view looking west towards the generator building.
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Ready room L
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| Crew Ready Room front Ready Room front view.
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Ready Room b
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| Crew Ready Room inside Interior of Ready Room.
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Ready Room c
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| Ready Room Latrine "Ready Room Latrine. Commode on left, shower on right."
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| Ready Room G.G. view "View from Ready Room Window, mouth of S.F. Bay with Golden Gate Bridge tower."
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| Ready Room Ocean Beach "View from Ready Room Window, with view
of Ocean Beach S.F. and Santa Cruz Peninsula. "
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| RF Test Set view of site "View looking west of SF-88 IFC. Generator Bldg.
on left, Van Bldg. in middle, Hi Par Bldg on right. Ready Room in front. "
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| RF Test Set Mast The RF Test Set was used to align the tracking radars.
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Test Set
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| Hi Par Bldg and Radar Pads View west from the Generator Bldg. Guard Shack is in the distance.
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IFC_HIPAR
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| Radar Pedestal Hi Par Bldg. Radar Pedestal and Hi Par Bldg on left. Golf Ball
on Distant Ridge is Mt. Tamalpias. The Former Mill Valley AFS site and Army Air Defense Command Post
is now an active FAA site.
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| Hi Par Tower Base Pad Concrete footing for the Hi Par Tower Base.
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| SF-88 Launcher from IFC "View of SF-88 Launcher Area taken two miles away from
the SF-88 IFC area, Through an 18x zoom lens."
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| SF view from SF-88 IFC View of San Francisco from SF-88 IFC area with
18x lens. City view and Golden Gate.
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