![]() ![]() The 455th SMW was inactivated.īetween April 1970 and December 1971 the Minuteman I ICBMs were replaced with the LGM-30G Minuteman III. The senior 91st SMW had organizational roots dating from World War II and had been deployed from Glasgow AFB to Southeast Asia, where it had been flying combat missions with the B-52 Stratofortress during the Vietnam War. On 25 June 1968 the 91st Bombardment Wing was reassigned to Minot AFB from Glasgow AFB, Montana which was closed and assumed control of the three Minuteman squadrons of the 455th. In 19 150 missiles were deployed to silos controlled by three squadrons of 455th in North Dakota. 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. This is a list of the LGM-30 Minuteman missile Missile Alert Facilities and Launch Facilities of the 91st Missile Wing, 20th Air Force, assigned to Minot AFB, North Dakota. ![]() Q-01 was part of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing/Missile Wing, initially as a Minuteman site (1962-1986) but then as one of rive Peacekeeper Missile control centers in the 400th Missile Squadron., (1986-2005). ![]() Delve into the daily lives of missileers, topside personnel, missile technology, the Cold War and the deactivation of this missile system. Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility State Historic Site, once open, will offer the visitor the opportunity to see a military installation that was “hidden in plain sight” and controlled one of the most destructive nuclear weapons ever built by the United States. This site is significant as the only accessible Peacekeeper Missile Alert Facility left in the world and will strive to preserve and interpret the Cold War history of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, fostering an understanding of the mission and duties of the personnel and crews assigned to work there. Wyoming State Parks is preparing the Q-01 Missile Alert Facility (Launch Control Facility) as the newest state historic site. Learn more by visiting: .us/index.php/places-to-go/quebec-01 Q-01 was part of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing/Missile Wing, initially as a Minuteman site (1962-1986) but then as one of five Peacekeeper Missile Control Centers in the 400th Missile Squadron (1986-2005). Delve into the daily lives of missileers, topside personnel, missile technology, the Cold War, and the deactivation of this missile system. Quebec-01 Missile Alert Facility State Historic Site offers the opportunity to see a military installation that was “hidden in plain sight” and controlled one of the most destructive nuclear weapons ever built by the United States. The site strives to preserve and interpret the Cold War history of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, fostering an understanding of the mission and duties of the personnel assigned to work there. Quebec-1 is significant as the only accessible Peacekeeper Missile Alert Facility left in the world. ![]() Wyoming State Parks opened the Q-01 Missile Alert Facility (Launch Control Facility) as the newest state historic site. ![]()
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