Nuclear Weapon Storage at West Fort Hood (Gray AFB)

Nuclear Weapon Storage at West Fort Hood (Gray AFB)
Killeen, Texas (TX), US
During the beginning of the cold war, Killeen Base was one of the Air Force's storage-and-assembly bases for nuclear weapons. Gray Air Force Base near the AEC's Killeen Base (Site Baker), one of three National Stockpile Sites where nuclear weapons were stored at the time. (look North west for nuclear waste storage site) The airfield, which is approximately the size of an average Air Force installation, actually belonged to the Air Force from 1947 to 1952. From 1952 to 1969, the airfield and facilities were run by the Army under the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It became an actual part of Ft Hood in 1969. Great topo map of nuke storage site at the globalsecurity.org link.
During the beginning of the cold war, Killeen Base was one of the Air Force's storage-and-assembly bases for nuclear weapons. Gray Air Force Base near the AEC's Killeen Base (Site Baker), one of three National Stockpile Sites where nuclear weapons were stored at the time. (look North west for nuclear waste storage site) The airfield, which is approximately the size of an average Air Force installation, actually belonged to the Air Force from 1947 to 1952. From 1952 to 1969, the airfield and facilities were run by the Army under the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It became an actual part of Ft Hood in 1969. Great topo map of nuke storage site at the globalsecurity.org link.
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Links: www.globalsecurity.org
By: kjfitz

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@ 2019-10-31 14:51:47
Awesome my grandfather Tony Jaber(95 years old) told me about this site over dinner last night. he was stationed there in 1951 after joining the airforce after his service in the army during WW2.. was such a secret place that even the people living in Killeen didn't know of its existence.

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