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Launch Complexes 21-22

Systems

• Goose/Bull Goose
• Mace A
• Mace B

Other Programs

• None

Cost: $1,199,603

Launch Complex Highlights

• 1956 - Construction started by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• 26 February 1957 - Air Force accepted Launch Complex 21/22 (soft pads)
• Van parking behind the sandbag revetment was used to launch the missiles. A periscope behind the revetment provided a visual check of the pad
• 1958 - The blockhouse, underground utility room and underground cable trenches from the blockhouse to utility room and on to the Pads completed
• 13 March 1957 to 5 December 1958 - Total of 5 dummy and 15 live Bull Goose launched
• 13 March 1957 - First dummy Bull Goose launched from Launch Complex 22
• 5 December 1958 Last dummy Bull Goose launched from Launch Complex 21
• Total of 5 dummy Bull Goose were launched, 2 from Launch Complexes 21 and 3 and from Launch Complex 22
• 27 June 1957 to 28 November 1958 - Total of 13 live Bull Goose launched from Pad 22 (soft pad)
• Two live Bull Goose were launched from Launch Complex 21
• 1959 to 1960 - Launch Complex 21 rebuilt. Facilities included two hardened launch pads, new control building next to the pads and support facilities. Control building was the launch control center for the Mace
• 12 February 1960 - Pad 21-1 (southern cell) and 21-2 northern cell (hard pads)completed for Mace
• 29 October 1959 to 24 June 1960 - Total of 7 Mace A launched from Pad 22. No Mace was launched from Launch Complex 21 soft pad
• 11 July 1960 - First Mace A launched from Pad 21-1 (hard site)
• 21 October 1960 - First Mace A launched from Pad 21-2
• 7 March 1961 - First Mace B launched from Pad 21-1 (hard site)
• 16 March 1961 - First Mace B launched from Pad 21-2
• A total of 44 Mace A and Mace B winged cruise missile launched from Launch Complexes 21 and 22
• 8 November 1962 - Last Mace A launched from Pad 21-1
• 17 July 1963 - Last Mace B launched from Pad 21-1
• 1964 - Complex vacated
• 2 November 1970 - Reassigned to U.S. Army for use as a Dragon missile range. Two launchers were proposed. Army dropped the idea and returned complex to Air Force on 23 July 1971
• Early 1970's - Launch complex deactivated
• Blockhouse served as a storage building for the Delta program equipment. Later as a storage/armory for the U.S. Coast Guard
• Computer Science Raytheon utilized the Control Building for storage

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• Launch Complex 21 (front)

• Launch Complex 21 (rear)

• Launch Complex 22