Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Facility (L-2)
| military, Minuteman, missile silo
USA /
South Dakota /
Newell /
Nine Mile Road
World
/ USA
/ South Dakota
/ Newell
World / United States / South Dakota
military, Minuteman, missile silo
The former LF for a LGM-30F Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Nicknamed "Prairie Tumor" by its crews, L-2 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
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Coordinates: 44°36'53"N 103°20'42"W
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