Stony Brook Air Force Station

Stony Brook Air Force Station
Part of Air Force Logistics Command
Strategic Air Command
Ludlow, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°11′56.51″N 72°30′33.62″W / 42.1990306°N 72.5093389°W / 42.1990306; -72.5093389.
Site history
Built 1952-1954
Built by U.S. Air Force
In use 1954-1973
Garrison information
Garrison Ludlow, Massachusetts

Stony Brook Air Force Station is a former Air Force Station that operated from the 1950s until 1972. It is located in Ludlow, Massachusetts, adjacent to Westover Joint Air Reserve Base. Between 1954 and 1962 Stony Brook AFS was an Operational Storage Site for Air Materiel Command (AMC-OSS), one of five in the United States, and the nuclear weapons storage and maintenance facility for Westover Air Force Base alert aircraft. In July 1962 it was transferred to the operational control of the Strategic Air Command (SAC).

Reuse

Today, the site is the home of the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC), Hampden County Jail and other local businesses.

Units Based There

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