July 9, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Hi folks
I am looking for the sites in Turkey of the Jupiter Missile. There were ten in Italy which I have located but I am struggling to find the sites in Turkey, can anyone help?
Thanks
By: REF - 9th July 2009 at 23:44
Thanks alot for your help guys, That link is really good.
By: zoot horn rollo - 9th July 2009 at 21:01
I’d try asking over on the modern military forum as I know SOC has a lot of modern missiles sites plotted – he may know of the more historic locations
By: A225HVY - 9th July 2009 at 19:40
Interesting
http://www.hlswilliwaw.com/Turkey/html/JupiterMissiles-Home.htm
From Wikipedia
One squadron totaling 15 missiles was deployed at 5 sites near İzmir, Turkey from 1961 to 1963. They were operated by U.S. Air Force personnel. The first flight of three Jupiter missiles were turned over to the Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force) in late October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. U.S. Air Force personnel controlled arming of the nuclear warheads. The actual deployment locations of the Jupiter MRBM missiles within Turkey are still secret more than 40 years later. According to some that took part in the Turkish missile deployment in 1961, one of the five sites was in the mountains near Manisa, and another site was in the mountains near Akhisar. The central deployment base was Cigli Air Force
By: J Boyle - 9th July 2009 at 19:30
Having worked with the Turkish armed forces, I wouldn’t be too surprised if information on military bases isn’t a bit harder to come by than that for the U.S. or U.K.
I might be wrong, but….:D