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Golf Flight

USA / Missouri / Lowry City /
 military, Minuteman, historical layer / disappeared object, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
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Once an arrangement of 10 LGM-30F Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Facilities and a single Launch Control Facility, Golf was one of five missile flights manned by the 509th Missile Squadron, 351st Missile Wing. The 351st MW was activated on August 9, 1963 at Whiteman Air Force Base located near Knob Noster, Missouri and remained stationed there until its deactivation on July 31, 1995. Its inactivation coincided with the adoption of the START I treaty, which saw the destruction of Whiteman's launch facilities.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base
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Coordinates:   38°5'3"N   93°48'21"W

Comments

  • brentoli
    I'm guessing it is training areas for Whiteman AFB?
  • deljorl (guest)
    All of these are the missile silos of the land-based Minuteman nuclear missiles
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