The Suffolk County Air Force Base Missile Annex (SAGE codename "BED")[1] is a Formerly Used Defense Site (NY29799F12240/C02NY0714[2]) on Long Island (40°49′54″N 72°40′59″W / 40.8317708°N 72.6831837°W / 40.8317708; -72.6831837) that was a CIM-10 Bomarc missile complex during the Cold War, 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Suffolk County Air Force Base.
The annex included a Launch Area with 56 Mode II Launcher Shelters in 2 flights (e.g., 2 compressor buildings were available to simultaneously get 2 missiles to the "Standby" stage prior to "Fire-up".)
[6] The Missile Support Area included offices[citation needed] of the Base Commander (Col Fred G. Hook, Jr. in 1959), an OOAMA representative, and the Commander of the 6th Air Defense Missile Squadron; while Boeing Airplane Company support was from an office 5 mi (8.0 km) north in Riverhead, New York.
[6] Military police operated from a Security Control and Identification building at the SSW entrance to the annex from Old Country Road.
The console controlled missile warm-up (e.g., 2 minutes for IM-99A rocket fuel while 30 seconds was needed for IM-99B:[7] arming of the igniter & activation of gyros, seeker, fuze, etc.)