Deactivated Minuteman III ICBM Launch Facility (K-8)
USA /
North Dakota /
Sharon /
World
/ USA
/ North Dakota
/ Sharon
World / United States / North Dakota
military, Minuteman, historical layer / disappeared object, missile silo
The former LF for a LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Nicknamed "Fruit of Acedia" by its crews, Kilo-Eight was manned by elements of the 448th Strategic Missile Squadron, 321st Missile Wing, formerly based at Grand Forks AFB outside Grand Forks, North Dakota. Activated in July, 1965, the unit was fully operational by December, 1966 with Flights K-O under its control. Though initially equipped with the LGM-30F Minuteman II ICBM, the squadron began transitioning to the Minuteman III in December 1971 and was finished by March 1973. It stood at the ready until 1995 when the Air Force selected the 321st for deactivation per arms-reduction treaties. The vacant Launch Facilities were left to be imploded and filled in.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/448th_Missile_Squadron
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 47°45'41"N 97°49'26"W
- Kilo Flight 19 km
- Lima Flight 26 km
- November Flight 42 km
- Mike Flight 55 km
- India Flight 65 km
- Golf Flight 68 km
- Foxtrot Flight 87 km
- Charlie Flight 103 km
- Delta Flight 121 km
- Bravo Flight 138 km
- Jim Larsgaard Farmstead 2.4 km
- lake 9 km
- Kloten, North Dakota 19 km
- Johnson Hill 24 km
- McVille Country Club 26 km
- McVille Municipal Airport 27 km
- Jessie, North Dakota 40 km
- Tolna, North Dakota 47 km
- Sibley Lake 48 km
- Stump Lake 48 km