Deactivated Titan I ICBM Launch Site (850-C)
USA /
South Dakota /
Sturgis /
World
/ USA
/ South Dakota
/ Sturgis
World / United States / South Dakota
military, historical layer / disappeared object, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
One of three Titan I missile complexes controlled by the 850th Strategic Missile Squadron, 44th Missile Wing. The 850th was activated on June 22, 1960 at nearby Ellsworth AFB, receiving its first missile on June 22, 1962. Each complex was comprised of three underground silos and a adjacent underground command bunker. The Titan's time at Ellsworth was short, as it and other 1st generation ICBMs were supplanted by the Minuteman family. Per Defense Secretary McNamara's order in November 1964 to accelerate the phase-out of Atlas and Titan Is' from service, the first missile was removed on January 4, 1965 and the last on February 1st of that year. Its duty complete, the 850th was inactivated on May 25, 1965
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/850th_Strategic_Missile_Squadron
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°23'50"N 103°18'48"W
- Fort Meade, South Dakota 14 km
- Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA/KRCA) 29 km
- Hotel Flight 34 km
- Lima Flight 36 km
- Golf Flight 55 km
- Kilo Flight 65 km
- November Flight 69 km
- Oscar Flight 71 km
- Foxtrot Flight 81 km
- Mike Flight 93 km
- Missile Launch Silo 0.1 km
- Missile Launch Silo 0.1 km
- Radar Silo 0.1 km
- Missile Launch Silo 0.2 km
- Bridge 8.4 km
- Bridge 10 km
- Bridge 11 km
- Bridge 19 km
- Ashland Heights Cell Site 22 km
- Electrical substation 22 km