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The Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site was a Project Nike Missile Master installation started in late 1959 after the United States Army had purchased 44 acres (18 ha).† Adjacent to the Arlington Heights Air Force Station the Arlington Heights Army Installation opened on October 28 1960 as the 8th of 10 Army Air Defense Command Posts (AADCP) to have a Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System installed for Nike-Hercules command and control.