90th Missile Wing LGM-30 Minuteman Missile Launch Sites

This is a list of the LGM-30 Minuteman missile Missile Alert Facilities and Launch Facilities of the 90th Missile Wing, assigned to Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyoming.

The 90th Missile Wing initially had 200 LGM-30B Minuteman I missiles deployed in 1963. These were all replaced with LGM-30G Minuteman III beginning in 1973. All of Warren's Minuteman III missiles were reduced from three warheads to a single warhead.

Overview

The Missile Alert Facility (MAF) consists of a buried and hardened Launch Control Facility (LCC) and an above-ground Launch Control Support Building (LCSB). MAFs were formerly known as Launch Control Facilities (LCFs) but terminology was changed in 1992 with the inactivation of Strategic Air Command (SAC). In addition, a MAF has a landing pad for helicopters; a large radio tower; a large "top hat" HF antenna; a vehicle garage for security vehicles; recreational facilities, and one or two sewage lagoons. The entire site, except for the helicopter pad and sewage lagoons are secured with a fence and security personnel. About a dozen airmen and officers are assigned to a MAF.

The underground LCC Launch Control Center (LCC) contains the command and control equipment for missile operations. It is staffed by the two launch officers who have primary control and responsibility for the 10 underground and hardened Launch Facilities (LF)s within its flight which contains the operational missile. Each of the five LCCs also has the ability to command and monitor all 50 LFs within the squadron. The LF is unmanned, except when maintenance and security personnel are needed.

A squadron is comprised of five flights; flights are denoted by a letter of the alphabet with the facilities controlled by the flight being designated by a number, 1 through 11, with #1 being the MAF.

319th Missile Squadron

Activated on 1 October 1963

• A-01 (MAF) 10.7 mi SW of Albin WY; 33.3 mi ExNE of Warren AFB, 41°19′44″N 104°15′56″W

A-02 5.0 mi W of Albin WY, 41°25′03″N 104°11′41″W

A-03 2.3 mi SxSE of Albin WY, 41°23′17″N 104°04′42″W

A-04 8.0 mi SxSW of Albin WY, 41°19′04″N 104°10′20″W

A-05 8.0 mi S of Albin WY, 41°18′11″N 104°04′45″W

A-06 14.5 mi SxSW of Albin WY, 41°14′33″N 104°15′07″W

A-07 19.9 mi SxSW of Albin WY, 41°10′25″N 104°18′05″W

A-08 20.6 mi SW of Albin WY, 41°12′55″N 104°23′22″W

A-09 15.7 mi SW of Albin WY 41°17′24″N 104°20′52″W

A-10 13.7 mi WxSW of Albin WY 41°21′36″N 104°21′00″W

A-11 9.7 mi W of Albin WY, 41°25′10″N 104°17′04″W

• B-01 (MAF) 12.2 mi SE of LaGrange WY, 41°30′41″N 103°59′41″W

• C-01 (MAF) 3.7 mi ExNE of Harrisburg NE, 41°34′50″N 103°40′25″W

• D-01 (MAF) 10.3 mi NxNE of Bushnell NE, 41°21′41″N 103°47′39″W

• E-01 (MAF) 7.1 mi SE of Pine Bluffs WY, 41°06′09″N 103°59′00″W

320th Missile Squadron

• F-01 (MAF) 8.9 mi N of Dix NE, 41°21′49″N 103°29′20″W

• G-01 (MAF) 7.7 mi NW of Sidney NE, 41°12′31″N 103°05′48″W

• H-01 (MAF) 7.3 mi E of Gurley NE, 41°19′30″N 102°49′46″W

• I-01 (MAF) 9.3 mi SW of Sunol NE, 41°02′44″N 102°51′57″W

• J-01 (MAF) 4.6 mi W of Peetz CO, 40°57′38″N 103°11′56″W

321st Missile Squadron

• K-01 (MAF) 10.6 mi WxSW of Potter NE, 41°08′13″N 103°29′18″W

• L-01 (MAF) 21.9 mi N of Stoneham CO, 40°55′17″N 103°41′30″W

• M-01 (MAF) 15.1 mi WxNW of Sterling CO, 40°42′15″N 103°28′35″W

• N-01 (MAF) 1.7 mi N of Raymer CO, 40°37′54″N 103°50′11″W

• O-01 (MAF) 11.8 mi E of Grover CO, 40°53′05″N 104°00′01″W

400th Missile Squadron

Activated on 1 July 1964 with LGM-30B Minuteman Is. With the deployment of the LGM-118A Peacekeeper in 1987, the squadron's 50 Minuteman silos (Flights P through T) were converted to the Peacekeeper for operational duty. The Peacekeepers were retired between October 2002 and September 2005, and the squadron was formally inactivated on 19 September.

• P-01 (MAF) 18.0 mi N of Hillsdale WY, 41°28′20″N 104°28′04″W

• Q-01 (MAF) 15.4 mi SxSW of Chugwater WY 41°32′35″N 104°54′10″W

• R-01 (MAF) 16.4 mi NW of Meriden WY, 41°44′17″N 104°30′00″W

• S-01 (MAF) 4.8 mi SE of Yoder WY, 41°52′23″N 104°13′20″W

• T-01 (MAF) 9.1 mi ExSE of Wheatland WY, 41°59′51″N 104°47′30″W

References

• Warren AFB Minuteman Site Coordinates