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Nike Missile Offutt Defense Area Nebraska

(OF-10) Council Bluffs, Iowa OF-10 IFC - OF-10 Launch Area
(OF-60) Cedar Creek, Nebraska OF-60 IFC - OF-60 Launch Area

Along with site OF-10 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, site OF-60 at Cedar Creek provided a Nike Hercules defense for Omaha's Offutt AFB, which was the Headquarters of the Strategic Air Command. Offutt also hosted SAC bombers, and Atlas missiles were deployed around the area in the early 1960s. The U.S. Army Air Defense Command operated the site from 1960 to 1966.