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As with all sites in the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, both had seen limited modification since they were built in the 1960s. The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act (S. 459; 113th Congress) added about 29 acres (12 ha) of land to the park in 2013, tripling its size to include a visitor facility.
The site is operated by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The two facilities are the last of the 321st Missile Wing , a cluster of intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites that were spread over a 6,500-square-mile (17,000 km 2 ) area around the Grand Forks Air Force Base .
In November 1962, the 455th Strategic Missile Wing was the fourth United States Air Force LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM wing, the third with the LGM-30B Minuteman I. In 1962 and 1963 150 missiles were deployed to silos controlled by three squadrons of 455th in North Dakota.
Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site - State Historical Society of North Dakota; Historic American Engineering Record documentation filed under Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND: HAER No. ND-12, "Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero", 13 photos, 45 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
The 351st Strategic Missile Wing was the third United States Air Force LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM wing, the second with the LGM-30B Minuteman I.After the announcement on 14 June 1961, there were second thoughts about the choice as original plans called for launchers to be spread into the Lake of the Ozarks region.
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During the site visits a health assessment team collected water, soil, air and surface samples from each of the missile launch facilities. At Malmstrom, of the 300 surface swipe samples, 21 ...