Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Facility (C-4)
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South Dakota /
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221st Avenue
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World / United States / South Dakota
military, Minuteman, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
The former LF for a LGM-30F Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Nicknamed "Darrell's Roadside Rest" by its crews, C-4 was manned by elements of the 66th 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/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°4'55"N 101°41'13"W
- Echo Flight 5.5 km
- Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Control Facility (E-1) 24 km
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 31 km
- Preserved Minuteman II ICBM Launch Control Facility (D-1) 32 km
- Sewage Lagoons 32 km
- Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Facility (B-4) 39 km
- Delta Flight 40 km
- Bravo Flight 61 km
- Big Foot´s Village 118 km
- Cavalry Camp 118 km
- Wanblee, South Dakota 57 km
- Badlands National Park 71 km
- Kyle, South Dakota 82 km
- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation 83 km
- Allen, South Dakota 91 km
- Rockyford, South Dakota 93 km
- Porcupine, South Dakota 104 km
- Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge 108 km
- Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota 115 km
- Wounded Knee, South Dakota 118 km