HAWK sites in the U.S.?
I do not believe that were any HAWK units deployed as a part of the continental US Air Defense – in Pittsburg or anywhere else – except possibly Florida. HAWK was assinged to many reserve/national guard units throughout the US but, were never a part of the active defense scheme. They were in reserve, supposedly ready for deployment wherever in the world they were needed. I have recently talked with several who had careers in HAWK and they know of no permanent HAWK Air Defense sites in the US. Doyle Piland Donald E. Bender added Doyle, I’m glad that you addressed this issue. I have also never heard of any Hawk units deployed here in the states, except for the Miami-Homestead Defense and sites in the Florida Keys. There were PLANS to deploy Hawks at 41 tactical sites along the Gulf Coast by 1961, which were only parly realized when some sites were installed in Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis. There were some other temporary sites as well. Hawk missile sites were typically equippe
