檢視較大的地圖 The above Google satellite image shows the base of ROC Army 602nd Aviation Brigade in Hsinshe Township, Taichung County. As of the writing, the high-resolution image is not yet available on…
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Airstrip in Hukou (湖口)?
檢視較大的地圖 This image from Google Maps shows the troop review ground at the base of ROC Army 542nd Armored Brigade in Hukou Township (湖口鄉), Hsinchu County. I am not sure about the…
Satellite Imagery of Former Dalin Missile Base/Airfield (大林飛彈基地衛星照片)
檢視較大的地圖 This is the former Nike-Hercules surface-to-air missile base located in Dalin Township, Chiayi County (嘉義縣大林鎮). It was constructed on an abandoned airfield built by the Japanese during the colonial period. In…
Satellite Images of Bakuai Airfield (八塊機場衛星照片)
What you see here is not an ordinary highway overpass. This overpass, across the eastern end of Taiwan’s Freeway No. 2, is an integral part of the runway of the now abandoned…
Satellite Images of Lungkang Army Airfield (龍岡機場衛星照片)
This Google Street View photo was taken at the gate of now abandoned Lungkang (龍岡) Army Airfield. The brick building behind the trees on the left used to be a hangar when…
Shu Lin Kou Air Station (Updated)
For several years, I have been trying pinpoint the location of former Shu Lin Kou Air Station, a military installation responsible for gathering sensitive intelligence from the 1950s into 1970s. But the…
P-3在台灣
美國在1966年夏天將兩架P-3A運交位於新竹空軍基地的第34中隊，同年9月27日，CORONA衛星在台灣上空拍下了其中一架的「倩影」，也就是上圖中全身漆黑的那一架飛機。相對於它的左下方，還有一架C-123。 當CORONA衛星在1969年拍攝下圖的時候，P-3A早已一去不復回，剛好C-123也不在，所以34中隊的停機坪顯得空蕩蕩的。
CORONA Satellite Images of Taiwan SAM Sites (CORONA眼中的台灣防空飛彈陣地) Part 4
Shihu (西湖) Nike-Hercules site (+24° 34′ 6.16″, +120° 43′ 48.79″) The site had taken shape in 1966 but it is unknown whether it was operational at the time: You can see missiles…
CORONA Satellite Images of Taiwan SAM Sites (CORONA眼中的台灣防空飛彈陣地) Part 3
Linkou (林口) HAWK site (+25° 6′ 15.75″, +121° 17′ 52.99″) It appeared that construction of this site had begun in 1966: By the time this 1969 image was taken, it’s ready for…
CORONA Satellite Images of Taiwan SAM Sites (CORONA眼中的台灣防空飛彈陣地) Part 2
Linkou (林口) Nike-Hercules/HAWK site (+25° 3′ 25.30″, +121° 20′ 34.67″) Former B Battery of the 2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery, U.S. Army. When this image was taken in 1966, the 2nd Missile…