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The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is an American national historic site established in 1999 near Wall, South Dakota, to illustrate the history and significance of the Cold War, the nuclear arms race, and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) development.
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.
The 321st Strategic Missile Wing was the sixth, and last United States Air Force LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM wing. In 1962, the Air Force announced that the Grand Forks AFB would be first to deploy the new LGM-30F Minuteman II missile (The previous deployments were all Minuteman I).
44th Missile Wing LGM-30 Minuteman Missile Launch Sites Inactivated 1994 when Minuteman II phased out of inventory. All retired between 3 December 1991 and April 1994, with destruction of silos and alert facilities finishing in 1996. 90th Missile Wing; 400th Missile Squadron (Converted to LGM-118A Peacekeeper in 1987. Inactivated 2005.
Typical Minuteman Missile Alert Facility Abandoned Missile Alert Facility. The B/CDB capsules were upgraded to REACT-B in the mid-1990s and used only at the 321st Missile Wing at Grand Forks AFB, ND and the 564th Missile Squadron (the "odd squad") of the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB, MT until both were shut down. (19 August 1998 for the ...
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
A fourth squadron, the 564th, a former SM-65D Atlas unit, stood up on 1 April 1966 with the LGM-30F Minuteman II. Beginning in 1967, all Minuteman I A and B models were replaced by the Minuteman II. The upgrade was completed by June 1969. In 1975, the 564th SMS switched from the Minuteman II to the LGM-30G Minuteman III model.