Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Control Facility (D-1)
USA /
Missouri /
Tipton /
World
/ USA
/ Missouri
/ Tipton
World / United States / Missouri
Minuteman, missile silo
The deactivated Launch Control Facility for "Flight Delta"(nicknamed "Tip Over") , comprised of 10 Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. These missiles were manned by the 508th Strategic Missile Squadron, under the 351st Strategic Missile Wing (activated February 1 1963, deactivated July 31 1995).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/508th_Missile_Squadron
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°36'45"N 92°47'15"W
- Delta Flight 25 km
- Charlie Flight 54 km
- Alpha Flight 98 km
- Golf Flight 110 km
- November Flight 122 km
- Juliet Flight 134 km
- Hotel Flight 144 km
- Kilo Flight 153 km
- Mike Flight 960 km
- Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG/KVBG) 2509 km
- Manito Lake 3.1 km
- Manito Lake Conservation Area 3.9 km
- Tipton Country Club 4.3 km
- Fortuna, Missouri 5.1 km
- Tipton Correctional Center 6.2 km
- Latham, Missouri 11 km
- California Speedway 14 km
- California Country Club 18 km
- Prairie Home Conservation Area 25 km
- Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area 41 km