This massive missile base protected the US against the Soviet Union | ABANDONED 

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I too lived at Eaker AFB but I was a kid then. My dad was stationed there. This would have been about 1985-1988/89 then we were sent to England. Once I was old enough, I joined the Air Force myself and served as a Security Forces form 1999-2011. After all my travels I moved back to Arkansas and live about 30 miles from Eaker AFB. I still go there on occasion to see my old house I lived in. Much of the housing area is used for low-income families and retirees. All of the houses form behind the street I lived on all the way back to what was the new base housing area has been left to the elements since the bases closure. It's sad what has happened to the base. There was a dormitory that was located next to the base pool that was finally torn down about a year ago. It had been cordoned off after one side of the entire building collapsed exposing all the rooms of all three floors. They are slowly in the process of tearing down other dormitories there now is well. But it is slow due to budgets.

I retired after 21 years of active and reserved duty. Norton AFB is closed but my other bases are still operational. I was stationed at McGuire from 95 to 98 and I never knew this BOMARC base was there. Had I known I might have been tempted to go take a look. I did some exploring around Lakehurst Naval Air Station where the Hindenburg crashed, but sadly they don't have a memorial there.

I assume radar/radio guided. Easy to counter today. I am thinking Hawk is the same. Current inventory.

@@rogersmith7396 Hawks are infrared heat seeking missiles, Nike missiles are guided missiles.

@@independent5564 Homing all the way killers. I am thinking radar directed. I guess they are becoming obsolete.

BOMARC

When I was in high school, my friends and I used to throw parties at an old NIKE site on Washburn Maine… Washburn or mapleton I forget exact. Also loring AF base is up there which has been closed for awhile. pHISH used to have huge concerts on the runway. The runway was massive for b52’s I believe

they are wearing alot of winter clothing so im guessing up near canada

@@Bluecolord Its located in New Jersey. I've been the these bomarc silos before and their previous video was also done on a different part of the base. No where near canada

@@Bluecolord it gets cold in the USA too yknow 🤣

@@ASMRJAMESY yes?

​@@Bluecolord people wear that in kentucky too... and even sometimes georgia... so 🤷‍♂️

1972ish.

how much is spent, then left to rot,. thats our money sitting out there.

To protect our nation from communists

Definitely we can see where Honeywell got a huge boost with the military contracts..probably what made them the money to be what they are today.

Bambi's Dad probably fell in through those openings in the floor, and doubtful He ever got out. Maybe they should have called the Dept. Of Natural Resouces for help...anonymously even to either get Him help or be "harvested" so He just didn't die down there and rot away for nothing.

I found myself in the zone one time at night. Creepy place at night.

Bruce Gordon on his channel talks about shooting down a BOMARC with his F106. Training.

Which site?

@@brandonstafford4054 I don't know. It was 60 years ago. I'm still looking.

@@jepolch Manchester, CT?

@@downlowsyndrome3163 My cousins lived in Enfield, CT. I thought I saw the missiles somewhere between Springfield, MA and Enfield.

@@jepolch East Windsor, CT would be my bet.

Can you please tell me where this place is?

Thanks for the info Joe!

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You don't fuck about with a deer. Especially a male with a rack like that. It's not like in Disney.

It’s still on an active military base.

Cool ! Most of these sites are completely demolished unfortunately....

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath There was an unfinished site at Paine Field, Everett, WA. It was demolished and an office park ("The BOMARC Center") was built on the site. One was scheduled to be built at the Portland Airport in Portland, OR but was never funded.

It caught fire, it didn’t explode

Where is this place?

@@shanelewis617 It's in NJ near Lakehurst NAS and McGuire-Ft Dix. Right off 539.

@@claytondonnell1543 THANKS, THAT'S TO BAD! I'M from New York but I'm in Bakersfield California now! TO far away! I'm not going anywhere near there! Thanks for telling me where it is though!

O epic! Most have been demolished by now!😔

Since when is that a deterrent for Bob et al?

Oooo still a dream to explore some locations in Alaska😍

I wish I was still there. I could host and adventure or two. I know where a pretty remote dredge is, some abandoned military stuff etc. but the family moved out 3 years ago so no more reason to go up there… sorry…

No joke. Leave a board or something for it can climb out.

Yes, they very easily could have made an anonymous call to the New Jersey department of wildlife, Fish & Wildlife Service, etc. & Provided location info on that trapped deer. Failure to do a simple step like that ruins this video for me.

Yeah I always try to rescue animals on explores but this time it was not possible. Only way was to put it into sleep and lift it out with ropes.

We have deer like NYC has rats. The deer population is far bigger now than in the early 19th century. Deer adapt well to humans. We killed off all their predators and leave food for them everywhere. Really a nuisance here. There is something like 150,000 kills in a 3 day season in MO. and KS. It does'nt even make a dent in the population. They are carrying new diseases as well as Lyme. Sort of like mad cow disease I think.

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He went to live on a farm upstate.

It's a dream to go there one day! Send me an email at info@bobthissen.com