Recent Photos of Hastings AFS, NE

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13 October 2019 photos by Tom Page

The radar site's main gate (at the southwest corner), with the former search radar tower to the right of the gate shack (looking northeast)

The radar site as seen from the west fence -- operations beuilding (center); one of the former height-finder radar towers (left) looking east-northeast)

The radar site as seen from the road to the west, looking across a corn field (looking east)

The radar site as seen from the park on the north side; the former search radar tower is on the left in the distance, one of the former height-finder radar towers is in the center, and the former operations building is in the distant center (looking south-southeast)

Same view as above, only a close-up of the two remaining radar towers (looking south-southeast)

One final view of the former height-finder radar tower and the operations building (looking southeast)

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2008 photos below, source: http://www.maxrealty.info/commercial/commercial_listings.htm

RADAR SITE INDUSTRIAL PARK,

251 S. Maxon Road, Hastings, NE, NE

Guard shack

Operations

AN/FPS-67B search radar tower

AN/FPS-67B search radar tower - interior

AN/FPS-6 height-finder radar tower

AN/FPS-6 height-finder radar tower - interior

2000 photos below contributed by Jack Kerr

Jack writes: 6/10/2000 My wife, three grandchildren and I had visited family in Indiana and Eastern Nebraska. I planned our route home through central Nebraska on US 6, hoping to see the site at Hastings.

My wife was driving when we came to the old Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot. The eastern end of the depot is now a University of Nebraska extension farm. The western end is a large industrial park with some farm land. I was hoping if we found the roadside park shown on the map, we would be able to locate the radar site. Large buildings in the industrial park had me worried that the towers might be gone.

All of a sudden, there it was, a tower! And here was the roadside park. We turned into the park and from its southern boundary we could see the second, shorter tower, power plant, get shack and another larger building. Took picture from the park which would have been the site`s northern boundary. Took more pictures from a pasture which would be the site`s eastern boundary.

We drove west on US 6 to the first road south (forgot its name). Driving slowly south a short distance we found the access road that led to a gate shack which was locked. Took pictures of the west side of the site from a cornfield. There was some old junk vehicles setting by the towers and old roofing shingles piled by the gate shack. Saw no indicationof who now owns the site, or what it might be used for. On the way back to the highway, we saw two post along the access road. This had to have been the posts that held the sign for the site.

Jack Kerr