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Minuteman Photo Gallery

Minuteman Photo Gallery

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  02841 : Minuteman III on display at Grand Forks AFB (2001).
  • (185 x 303 = 11k) (367 x 600 = 25k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  00422 : <$ Minuteman launch facility D-32 just off N.D. Highway 1 approximately one mile south of Langdon, N.D. (1999).
  • Minuteman missiles were maintained in these unattended underground silos scattered across the North Dakota countryside. The missiles were to be launched via remote command from an underground control room at one of the launch control facilities (see photos 00410, 00524).
  • From Joe Frazel: The picture is after the outer zone security upgrade. The white pole took the place of four blue antennas. You can still see the round concrete pillars that held the antennas. The one is right in front of the light blue/green exhaust vent, about 3' high.
  • (460 x 295 = 22k) (913 x 585 = 77k)
  
  
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  00106 : Cutaway diagram showing Minuteman missile, silo, and related launch facilities.
  • (545 x 384 = 78k)
  
  
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  02828 : Launch facility H-25 undergoing deactivation (photo 1) (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 20k) (768 x 512 = 63k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02831 : Launch facility H-25 undergoing deactivation (photo 2) (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 24k) (768 x 512 = 78k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02835 : Launch facility F-10 undergoing deactivation (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 27k) (768 x 512 = 87k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02826 : Launch doors after removal from silo during deactivation of launch facility F-10 (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 29k) (768 x 512 = 90k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  02844 : Former launch facility after deactivation complete (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 22k) (768 x 512 = 65k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  00410 : <$ Abandoned launch control facility D-0 ("delta-zero") located just off N.D. Highway 1 approximately one mile south of the Safeguard MSR complex (1999).
  • Photo taken from the northwest on N.D. Highway 1.
  • An elevator in this building was used by the two launch control officers to descend to the launch control capsule 70 feet underground.
  • Each missile launch control facility controlled multiple missiles (see 00422).
  • From Joe Frazel: D-0 was called Dodge City. Inside the main building, there was a telegraph wire along one wall and a stuffed jackalope on another. The walls down the elevator shaft were painted brown for dirt, and someone glued fools gold on the walls. It was a cool control center.
  • The LCF has been abandoned as part of the deactivation of the Minuteman units at Grand Forks AFB (see 01719).
  • (460 x 293 = 28k) (904 x 575 = 88k)
  
  
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  00412 : LCF described in 00410, photo from the west on N.D. Highway 1 (1999).
  • (600 X 279 = 23k) (904 x 420 = 46k)
  
  
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  00411 : LCF described in 00410, photo from the southwest on N.D. Highway 1 (1999).
  • (500 x 293 = 26k) (906 x 531 = 66k)
  
  
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  00524 : <$ Abandoned launch control facility B-0 ("bravo-zero") just off N.D. Highway 5 approximately one mile east of Langdon, N.D. (1999).
  • From Joe Frazel: Bravo flight had LF-13. That was a magnet for halloween and peace protestors. There were stories that one year a group of protestors got on site and placed a bunch of fake tombstones.
  • See 00410 for complete description of launch control facility.
  • (450 x 295 = 26k) (904 x 592 = 92k)
  
  
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  02619 : Abandoned LCF B-0 (winter view) (2000).
  • (576 x 436 = 76k)
  
  
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  02827 : Closeup of abandoned launch control facility B-0 (2001).
  • (455 x 295 = 23k) (745 x 483 = 53k)
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
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  01719 : Inactivation timeline for Minuteman units based at Grand Forks AFB.
  • (883 x 445 = 41k)