Fort Greely Missile Defense Command Base

 military, missile, early warning radar

Fort Greely is a United States Military launch site for anti-ballistic missiles and was formerly the home of the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC). In 2002, the United States government began work on the missile defense installation at Fort Greely, planning to deploy a total of 25 to 30 anti-ballistic missiles by 2010. Concurrently, the Missile Defense Command took command of Fort Greely, relinquishing direct Army control.

Fort Greely consists of Allen Army Airfield and the GMD missile defense complex. The area is bordered by the Donnelly Training Area. www.crtc.army.mil/localinfo.htm

Today’s Donnelly Training Area was formerly part of Ft. Greely, an Arctic training and testing installation south of Delta Junction. Ft. Greely’s predecessor was Allen Army Airfield, a World War II airfield built in 1942 to support the Lend-Lease operation along the Northwest Staging Route. After the war, the Army began to use the installation and surrounding lands for much-needed Arctic testing and training. In 1955, the airfield and 678,000 acres of training lands became part of the new post of Ft. Greely. As the home of the Northern Warfare Training Center and the Army’s Cold Regions Test Center, Ft. Greely continued to support Arctic training and testing missions. With the closure of Ft. Greely in 2001, the training lands were transferred to the control of Ft. Wainwright and are presently known as the Donnelly Training Area. The DTA is no longer affiliated with the re-established Ft. Greely, which is now a small area under assigned to the Space and Missile Defense Command.

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In 2006, the base and surrounding Donnelly Training Area land had a population of 756 residents.

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