Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Facility (N-7)
USA /
South Dakota /
Fruitdale /
World
/ USA
/ South Dakota
/ Fruitdale
World / United States / South Dakota
military, Minuteman, historical layer / disappeared object, missile silo
The former LF for a LGM-30F Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Nicknamed "Crazy Bald Head" by its crews, N-7 was manned by elements of the 68th Strategic Missile Squadron, 44th Missile Wing, formerly based at Ellsworth AFB outside Rapid City, South Dakota. Though it originally housed an LGM-30A Minuteman I ICBM in 1963, these were replaced with the Minuteman II between 1971 and 1973. It stood at the ready until the Air Force began retiring the LGM-30F from service starting in December of 1991 and wrapping up in April of 1994, in line with international arms-reduction treaties. The vacant Launch Facilities were left to be imploded and filled in.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Missile_Squadron
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°41'12"N 103°41'32"W
- Lima Flight 8.6 km
- Kilo Flight 27 km
- November Flight 28 km
- Fort Meade, South Dakota 34 km
- Oscar Flight 44 km
- Mike Flight 49 km
- Hotel Flight 60 km
- Golf Flight 60 km
- Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA/KRCA) 72 km
- Foxtrot Flight 73 km
- Rocky Point Recreation Area 3.3 km
- Belle Fourche Reservoir 6 km
- Black Hills RoundUp Complex 13 km
- Belle Fourche Country Club 14 km
- Belle Fourche Municipal Airport (KEFC) 14 km
- Newell Golf Course 19 km
- Vale, South Dakota 24 km
- Newell Lake 29 km
- Castle Rock Butte 41 km
- Haystack Butte 46 km