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Anthony E. Lorino and a Nike Ajax missile at Fort Bliss, TX 1963.
Courtesy of Leslie Lorino
New Colors Launched. A new flag pole, donated by the Hunter Manufacturing Co., Emile, was dedicated at the Bristol township NIKE base Saturday in the open house program. Robert W. Bracken American Legion Post 382, of Bristol, donated the flag. Running up the colors are First Lt. Douglas G. Waters, right, commanding officer of Battery D, 506th AAA Missile Battalion; Lt. Charles Steinman, left; Sgt. 1/c Frank Pisanek, next to left, and M/Sgt. William DeShong. (Courier and Times Staff photo) Bristol Daily Courier - Monday, May 21, 1956
Captain Harry Pell, (right), former commander of Bristol's Nike-Ajax site, wishes the new Pennsylvania National Guard commander, Captain Grellet C. Tochterman, good luck during change of command ceremonies at the base Saturday [April 30, 1960] morning. Capt. Pell and his men of "D" Battery, Third Missile Battalion, 60th Artillery, U.S. Army, were replaced by full-tim professional guardsmen of "B" Battery, Second Missile Battalion, 166th Artillery, PNG. Guardsmen will operate the air defense site on the same basis as the regular troops. Bristol Daily Courier - Monday, May 2, 1960
View of the underground missile magazines at the PH-15 Launch area with armed Nike Ajax missiles in storage. Courtesy of Bob Kramer
Looking down into the "pit" at the PH-15 Launch area. An armed Nike Ajax missile sits on the elevator while another sits on the rail. Courtesy of Bob Kramer
Missile assembly behind the earthen berms in the fueling and assembly area at the PH-15 Launch Area. Note the Guardsman beside the crane holding a book. This is the "reader" as everything is literally done word-for-word, by-the-book for safety and standardization. Courtesy of Bob Kramer
Pictured from L to R: ?, ?, Capt. Grellet Tochterman, General Charles B. Duff, Lt. William Lanahan, S.SG Jake Rinier. Jake is "rf'ing a missile." This is done after the missile is assembled but
before its fueled and joined to the booster to be sure the missile will take commands from the missile tracking radar. Once the missile is "rf'd," fueled, and joined to the booster, it is then taken to the pit. Another test is when the missile is in the pit as a ready round, its functionality is checked monthly by erecting it and sending commands to it from the missile
track radar. This check is called "command calibration". Courtesy of Bob Kramer
Thousands of people accepted the invitation to visit the Bristol township NIKE base, Ford road, near Route 413, Saturday. An Army bus conveyed the visitors on a tour of both the launcher and the control areas, where they saw the supersonic guided missiles, and equipment never before released to public view. (Courier and Times Staff photo) Bristol Daily Courier - Monday, May 21, 1956
First Lt. Charles A. Steinman, launcher platoon leader of the Bristol NIKE base, directs the view of visitors to a missile set in ready-to-launch position for the occasion. The open house, held Saturday for Armed Forces Day, attracted the biggest crowd of visitors that ever entered the base. They were served lemonade, iced tea and cakes in the base mess hall. (Courier and Times Staff photo) Bristol Daily Courier - Monday, May 21, 1957
Soldiers of Battery D, 506th Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion from the Bristol NIKE base, formed the color guard and firing squad yesterday for the Bristol Memorial Day parade. (Courier and Times Staff photo) Bristol Daily Courier - Monday, May 31, 1957
During the playing of the Star Spangled Banner at the Bristol Township Little League opening ceremonies on Saturday, everyone was at attention including a dog (arrow). The color guard from the Nike Base assisted with the ceremonies. Bristol Daily Courier - Monday, May 1957
Battery B station reassignment and integration into CONUS Air Defense documents. Click the image to view a PDF. Courtesy of Bob Kramer
Lineage & Honors - 166th PARNG documents. Click the image to view a PDF. Courtesy of Bob Kramer
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