Moriarty AFS, NM (LP-51 / P-51)

October 2004 photos & SiteRep contributed by Tim Tyler

Coords: 35-01.83N/105-49.0W (fence, by ops blockhouse)

Arrival time: 1450MDT/2050 Zulu

Mileage: 77139 Trip Odometer: 215.2

Status: Mostly intact. New chain-link fence blocking paved road leading right into site, but no Keep Out/NT signs or any signs indicating who owns the site, so I wandered around the property on foot for about 45 minutes. Seems to be used by county or state highway dept to store misc stuff – concrete barriers, old signs, etc. but no indications that they visit the grounds frequently. Many bldgs intact but stripped/trashed, only foundations of other buildings remain.

Departure Time: 1542MDT/2142Zulu

Interior photos are of the Ops Blockhouse

Recent undated photos contributed by Jim Peterson. Posted 17 Feb 04.


Gate shack foundation.


Mess hall floor.


Site "Main" Street.


Site of Barracks #3.

Summer 2001 photos and notes contributed by Tom Page


The LRR Operations building (left) and the diesel-power plant (right) at the former Moriarty AFS, as viewed from the access road near the site entrance. [looking northeast]


A close-up view of the LRR Operations building, as viewed from the road that goes east from the main access road. In the site`s operational days, the height-finder radar tower would have been seen in this view behind the Ops building. [looking southeast]


Heating plant, located across the road, northwest of the Ops building. [looking west-northwest]


The diesel-power plant. [looking south]
The radio transmitter building located at the north end of the site. [looking north-northeast]


Interior of the radio transmitter buildingthough the east wall. [looking northwest]


View from the radio transmitter building. [looking south-southeast]


Unknown foundation on the east side of the station. [looking northeast]


Building foundation on the east side of the station. [looking southeast]


Family-housing area located to the south of, and adjacent to, the main site. [looking south]


Another view of the family-housing area, looking back at the main site. The radio (GATR) building can be seen in the distance. [looking north]


Foundations of the old AN/FPS-3 / AN/FPS-20 search radar tower, located to the southeast of the diesel-power plant and east of the LRR Ops building. [looking southwest]


Another view of the foundations of the old search radar tower. [looking north]


Foundations of an old temperate radar tower (possibly for the AN/FPS-5?) just to the north of the search radar tower. [The AN/FPS-6 height-finder radar tower was on the west side of the search radar tower and south of the diesel power plant; a cable trough led to the spot, but no foundations were extant.] [looking northwest]