BOMARC (BOEING
MICHIGAN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH CENTER) THE 26TH MISSILE SQUADRON HAD A BOMARC
MISSILE SITE LOCATED AT OTIS AIR FORCE BASE MASSACHUSETTS. THE BOMARC WAS A SURFACE-LAUNCHED PILOTLESS
INTERCEPTOR MISSILE DESIGNED TO DESTROY ENEMY AIRCRAFT.
IT WAS GUIDED FROM THE GROUND UNTIL NEAR ITS TARGET WHEN AN INTERNAL TARGET SEEKER
TOOK OVER. SOME BOMARC MISSILES WERE ARMED
WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS.
[USAF photograph provided courtesy of
Jesse E. Pruden]