OA-32 (double) | BellowsAFS/ Waimanalo
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[{Page, T} A Bellows Field web site with a Nike
site oriented
picture ]
C - [{Turner, D}Kamehame] Ridge (US ARMY; abandoned)
Hike ]
L - SE corner Bellows AFS ((P) Bellows AFS; PACAF communications facility,
DOD recreation facility)
[{Murdock, S} (Nov '99)
... clearly shown on the Comprehensive Plan Base Layout of
Bellows Air Force Station, dated 30 Sep 1981 and revised through 30 Oct
1991. It is just inside the main gate, south of the closed airfield and
right on the beach. I scanned part of this layout plan and it is
attached (note that north is to the left). The launcher is a double (2
rows of 12 launchers), aboveground bermed style. Location is 21-20-52N,
157-42-28W. A separate fenced area west of the launcher compound has
four rectangular buildings; two plain and two with a stubby T shape. I
believe these are part of the Nike complex; the plain ones are
administrative buildings and the T shape are barracks/mess hall
buildings (note similar arrangement at OA-63, below).] |
OA-63 (double) | Ewa/ Makakilo
| C - 2.3 NNW Ewa, Palehua Rd (US Army; abandoned)
[{Page, T},
GoogleMap IFC Site, OA-63C-1: ,
GoogleMap IFC Site, OA-63C-2: ]
L - 2.3 NW Ewa (US Army; abandoned)
[{Page, T}
GoogleMap (Launch Site, OA-63L:) ]
[{Powell, N}
A detachment of the 55th Space Weather Squadron (my old
unit) is using part of the site for a solar observatory. If you look
in a Honolulu phone directory under US Air Force, you will see a
listing for Palehua solar observatory - that's the site. Its above
Makakilo at the end of Palehua road. There's another site down the
hill which appears abandoned. I think the observatory occupies an
administrative area. Three of the original buildings are in use: An
administration/ops building, this is used by the radio telescope
operators (they operate radio telescopes which monitor the sun at 8
discrete frequencies from 200 MHz to 15 GHz), command & administration
sections, and main computer software development center, another
building appears to be an old mess hall and is used by maintenance,
the last building is used for facilities maintenance and is houses
the emergency generator. There are some old circular concrete pads
around the site which probably had some sort of tracking radar on
them at one time. The optical telescope occupies a new building
built for that purpose. Its my understanding the site will be
shutdown and abandoned some time in the 2002-3 time frame.]
Sorry about the length - I'm a sucker for telescopes-
Ed Thelen
[{Murdock, S} (Nov '99)
Control Site 5: 21-23-11N, 158-06-17W. Buildings shown are a Sentry
Box, EM Barracks & Messhall, Administration Building, Flag Pole,
Generator Building, HIPAR Building and Antenna, TTR Tower, MTR Tower,
ACR Tower, TRR Tower, and Inter-Connecting Corridor.
Control Site 6: 21-22-39N, 158-06-42W, 4.23 acres. Buildings shown are
an 18 Man Barracks & Messhall, Administration Building, Sentry Box, Flag
Pole, Engine Generator & Frequency Charger Bldg, Inter-Connecting
Corridor, and Concrete Pads for TTR, MTR, ACR, and RCT. A separate
small parcel (.86 acre) north of this site has a concrete base for Bore
Sight Mast.
Administrative Area Launcher Sites 5 & 6: 21-22-06N, 158-06-31W.
Buildings shown are two Administration Buildings, two 22 Men Bks &
Messhall buildings (similar to OA-32L mentioned above), Sentry Shed, and
Flagpole.
Launcher Site 5 & 6: 21-21-50N, 158-06-44W. Buildings include two
Sentry Sheds, two Towers [security watch towers], Missile Assembly and
Test Bldg, Warhead Bldg, Generator Bldg, and the same launcher layout as
OA-32L.
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| OA-84 | Waialua /Dillingham
| C - 5 SW Waialua, Peacock Flat Access Road (USAF training site)
L - 3 WSW Waialua, Dillingham Field ( Dillingham Airport; site abandoned)
[{Doubleman, P} Sept 2005 - To get to the site (OA-84), go to the
airstrip and drive down the access road that is on the mountain side of the runway. A short way
down, you will cross a taxiway that goes toward the mountain. Follow the taxiway to a gate. From
there, you'll have to walk past the gate and turn almost immediately to your right into the
underbrush. You'll go into the exclusion area. No fences. It is totally overgrown with brush.
The stream that used to run through the launching area is filled with debris and now floods it.
Darn... I used to catch some fine tilapia from that stream. The water is only ankle deep at
it's deepest though. The berms are still there as well as some guard rails that used to define
the stream. The panel rooms are still in the berms. You could open the doors. Couldn't see
any buildings, but didn't spend too much time because it was raining. I used to spend a lot of
time at that gate where the picture is taken. ]
[{Page, T} found this
web page. (last image)
The web master (Stephen) says "It's on Oahu just south of Dillingham Airfield.
... If you look REAL close in the center of the picture you can see the
airfield along the beach. ... The site is now being used by a bunch of folks
to try to repopulate Hawaiian native plant species. Most of the buildings
have been converted into greenhouses or mist rooms or some such things..." ]
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