We would like to thank our loyal fellow members of the Nike Historical Society for your continued support over the years.
We will be closing the Society, including the store, as of March 31, 2024.
We have acquired a large repository of Nike technical information.
The web site will continue to be available.
It has been our pleasure to keep the legacy of the Nike missile's contribution of the successful conclusion to the Cold War.
the Board of Directors
Nike Historical Society
C A L E N D A R Y E A R
TOTAL FIRST FIRING 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 LAST FIRING
NIKE I - AJAX
DUMMY 17 9-24-46 3 5 9 9-27-48
POWERED 743 10-8-46 6 7 17 3 26 14 84 155 149 90 69 71 27 16 7 2 10-28-66
NIKE B - HERCULES 440 1-13-55 20 27 67 81 94 57 22 8 26 12 9 13 4 8-9-67
ZEUS - NIKE X
WSMR 72 8-26-59 3 10 21 20 18 12-9-63
PT. MUGU 19 9-9-61 6 13 12-19-62
SPRINT
MAT/PROP TEST 6 11-6-63 1 3 2 6-9-65
FLIGHT TEST 42 11-17-65 1 5 9 11 11 5 8-12-70
TOTAL 1339 9 12 26 3 26 14 84 155 149 110 96 138 108 113 74 49 41 45 15 12 20 13 11 11 5
RESIDENT PERSONNEL AT START OF YEAR
PEAK DATE
BTL TECH 10 15 17 18 22 26 34 40 41 53 56 68 68 64 47 36 26 15 72 7/64
DFTG 1 3 4 4 6 9 13 17 12 16 42 33 17 10 6 3 53 10/64
STAFF (Incl. Sec. & Shop) 6 10 10 12 13 7 7 7 6 10 13 14 17 19 17 11 10 7
WECo 18 15 18 16 21 32 97 300 390 420 456 547 492 377 263 175 119 604 9/64
MMCo 100 115 145 180 220 290 355 312 291 201 52 26 21 24 - - - 390 4/60
DAC 3 8 74 75 61 51 37 79 12/65
NMSU 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 4 5 4 4 - - 8 7/65
GE 1 3 3 9 10 8 6 3 - - 11 7/64
DESIGN SERV. (C&D) 2 5 7 13 12 13 10 1 1 15 3/65
SRU 2 4 10 19 8 4 - - - 21 10/64
LFS 3 2 4 4 - - - -
SYLVANIA 32 21 - - - - - 69 4/64
OTHER (Services - Plant - etc.) 4 63 95 110 117 109 77 58 44
TOTAL 16 143 159 197 236 279 370 509 678 769 731 766 889 857 693 475 327 226 960 7/64
GOV'T & MILITARY (Resident with contractor) 14 20 37 44 20 16 30 47 11/66
RWB-6/69
Revised-8/70