6 Jun
2012
6 Jun
'12
5:51 p.m.
On 2012 Jun 6, at 6:01 AM, Mike Loewen wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Thanks for finding that, wish the data were organised in one table
though. Going through the pages it looks like most of the sites were
deactivated by 1969.
What I always wondered about those SAGE consoles used in the
movies is how the props people wrested them out of the Air Force
so early. SAGE had barely become fully functional when they got
them (from your pages Fox obtained them in 1966; from the MITRE
site SAGE was fully functional in 1964). Sure, some of the
production was some years older, but not very.
According to Radomes:
http://www.radomes.org/museum/sagedocs.html
...the first SAGE site to be decommissioned was Beale AFB in
August of 1963. The equipment from Beale was a likely candidate to
end up at either Fox or Vectrex.
Decommissioning dates:
Beale AFB, CA 08/01/63
Minot AFB, ND 08/15/63
Larson AFB, WA 09/01/63
Grand Forks AFB, ND 12/01/63
K.I.Sawyer AFB, MI 12/15/63