60 to 54 hours, and then in August 1945 to 40 hours while the number of employees was reduced to 3,000. By 1949, personnel numbered 1,189. The depot was reactivated in August 1950 to supply munitions for the Korean War. During this period, employment peaked in January 1954 with 2,946 civilians. Air Force presence During the Vietnam War, a portion of the NAD was turned over to the U.S. Air Force. This became a radar bomb scoring detachment that helped train pilots in electronic bombing techniques that were used in southeast Asia. Closure and transfer Closure of the site was ordered in December 1958 to be concluded no later than June 1966. , the land was occupied by Central Community College, which uses some of the former buildings, Hastings East Industrial Park (HEIP), a golf course, the Greenlief Training Facility for national guardsmen and reservists, and the United States Department of Agriculture Meat Animal Research Center, which was granted part of the site in 1964. Other naval munititions plants Three smaller inland naval munitions plants were located at Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane in Burns City, Indiana, McAlester Naval Depot in McAlester, Oklahoma and the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. See also Lake Denmark Naval Ammunition Depot, New Jersey, which blew up in July 1926. List of accidents and incidents involving transport or storage of ammunition References External links "The Naval Ammunition Depot" – Adams County (Nebraska) Historical Society Naval Ammunition Depot - Virtual Driving Tour Building Bombs on the Plains NAD facility map Hastings Depot Ammunition Depot Buildings and structures in Hastings, Nebraska Military installations in Nebraska Disasters in Nebraska Military installations closed in 1966 Closed installations of the United States Navy