Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Control Facility (F-1)
| military, Minuteman, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
USA /
South Dakota /
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/ USA
/ South Dakota
/ Bison
World / United States / South Dakota
military, Minuteman, historical layer / disappeared object, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
The former LCF for Foxtrot Flight, comprised of 10 LGM-30F Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Nicknamed "Contra Connection" by its crews, F-1 was manned by elements of the 67th 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°59'48"N 102°45'42"W
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- Golf Flight 25 km
- Hotel Flight 50 km
- Oscar Flight 53 km
- Lima Flight 76 km
- November Flight 78 km
- Fort Meade, South Dakota 86 km
- Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA/KRCA) 96 km
- Mike Flight 101 km
- Kilo Flight 107 km
- Mud Butte Cell Site 8.4 km
- Mud Butte Cell Site 9 km
- Mud Butte 9 km
- Plum Draw Cemetery 18 km
- Bridge 24 km
- Fairpoint Cemetery 28 km
- Bridge 57 km