Editing Fort Slocum (section)

===Late 1940s===
Following World War II, Fort Slocum was briefly considered as a nuclear research center; what became [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] was chosen instead.<ref name=FWiki1/> From 1946 to 1949, Fort Slocum housed Headquarters [[First Air Force]].  It was renamed '''Slocum Air Force Base''' in June 1949; this only lasted for a year before being turned back into an Army post in June 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airforcebase.net/usaf/joeslist.html|title=Joe McCusker's Air Force Base List|access-date=10 April 2016|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200104/http://www.airforcebase.net/usaf/joeslist.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1955 to 1960, Fort Slocum housed part of [[Nike Ajax]] air-defense missile battery NY-15.<ref name=NY-15-1>{{cite web|url=http://alpha.fdu.edu/~bender/NY15.html|title=Nike Battery NY-15, Fort Slocum, NY|access-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806033130/http://alpha.fdu.edu/~bender/NY15.html|archive-date=6 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The missiles were stored on launch rails and in underground bunkers on nearby [[Hart Island (New York)|Hart Island]], with the [[radar]] and control base situated on Davids' Island.<ref name=NY-15-1/><ref name="Hart Island Nike Base History"/> In July 1960, after only five years of operation, Nike Battery NY-15 was closed.