Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Control Facility (C-1)

USA / South Dakota / Philip / 222nd Street
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The former LCF for Charlie Flight, comprised of 10 LGM-30F Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Nicknamed "Thermonuclear Warfare" by its crews, C-1 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 oversaw a flight of LGM-30A Minuteman I ICBMs in 1963, these were replaced with the Minuteman II between 1971 and 1973. It stood at the ready supporting the flight 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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base
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Coordinates:   44°11'1"N   101°42'8"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago