@5:01 when you say "I have no idea what this stuff is...." You are standing onto of the LEB (Launcher Equipment Building). There is an entire room full of support equipment under your feet. That dark blue pole you saw (the one that almost looks like a furnace) is part of an abandoned security system that has been replaced by the tall white pole over near where you saw the missile in the hole. Also, those large, light blue plates that you were standing on are removable, and allow you to use a crane to lift out the backup electric generator and the HVAC unit that keep the site's equipment cooled.
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
Yep, you've been there. I served when they still used the four "Banjo's" outer zone security setup. I must of rum a gazillion SIT-7's because of tumbleweeds or the occasional prairie dog tripping the whole thing off. We all knew the deal but had to go run the SAM anyway. Hopefully this new setup was better.
@guytypeperson7 жыл бұрын
Meh, it's motion based. So wildlife still sets it off. You also have to keep the grass cut down or when the wind blows that will trigger it too. Even today there are still plenty of bored SP's driving around the missile field, responding to no-existant threats. Some things never change. :)
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
No-existing threats? The hell you say. Came up against a couple mean prairie dogs in my day, and I'd never turn my back on no tumbleweed. Life can be rough on the missile beat, boy - you'd better recognize. Hmm. I thought you'd been there now I'm not so sure. . . . . ;-) Salute!
@jimbutke7 жыл бұрын
Mike Jones memories...I worked EMT 86-89 F.E.Warren WY. Fun times
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jim. I was in charge of OMB at Grand Forks which included EMT, MMT, CTT. You guys had tough jobs with little thanks. I give that to you sir.
@chuck27767 жыл бұрын
I was a facility manager for the 67th missile squadron LCC Foxtrot. Pulled 2 alerts at Delta. Weird to see a bed I have slept in is now a museum.
@richgg25 жыл бұрын
Really freaking cool! Thanks for your input!
@TM-bn8pv5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your service! Did get you a degree or masters degree while underground at the silo site?
@ProtruckR5 жыл бұрын
You know the truly scarry thing Mr Facility Manager You and so many People like you kept us Bloody safe. So thank you for this. I was born in beginning of the 1970 and remember My uncle working in canada on Maga old AirRaid Howeler in Central Park White Rock B.C. Canada on 49th parallel course of the United States . Back to why i am worried scared shitless as june 2019 is because when cold war was over The usa and Russia knew each other was Removing the deadly weapons ☆ This was the time the 2 world superpowers could learn understanding a time to put diffreces aside work toward what the world was under the impression of common Good Between the two superpowers of cold war. ☆ Sadly Dangerous Groups are in control you can see Places like china have grown SO F ARRAGANT THEY WILL SOON TAKE ON THE REAL SUPERPOWER OF 2019 Causing disaster this world has deep down feared would happen in cold war. THE CHINESE ARE DANGEROUSLY ARRAGANT Humanity now has no idea how true this is. PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE When a Ruling so called super power Says to the world they can wipe from there own History Real True Horrific crimes against Humanity and say this on World News Case missed this historical moment in world history turn your time capsule to june 1 to 4 2019 watch what the Communist CHINESE government say how Historical events can enter the Trash Heap. This was said by the Communist CHINESE government like this ☆ Institute Dec. 2, 2011 · The problem with China envy. ... In this case, the future resides in China, which he says china is superior to anyone or Government on earth humanity is being thrown onto the trash heap of history in the 21st century. ... Stern sees the Chinese government's allegedly keen ... ☆ Now Humanity is in Deep Deep shit if china is not rapidly delt with
@jimwest65715 жыл бұрын
Chuck, I was a Flight Security Controller at DELTA ONE in 1975-76....Mainly worked the 66th Missile Squadron
@TimBlackyBlack5 жыл бұрын
Chuck 277 The sad part of ALL of this is this. Had the USA not provided Russia with War machinery, equipment and ammunition during WW2 before we were dragged into the conflict with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Russia possibly would have fallen to the Germans. The same goes for China being Overrun and Occupied by Japan in WW2. We ( The USA ) helped Both of these countries regain their freedom. Now they're the top 2 Biggest threats to the USA. Thanks for your service..Tim B.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
I was on the first missile launch crew to accept D-1 from Boeing Co in early July 1963. The interior of the capsule has been 'modernized' very much since those days. We had NO TV or other entertainment devices - only USAF radios (HF, UHF and VHF). One day I hope to return and see Delta 1 again. I retired after 20 years in the Air Force, 19 of them in the Minuteman missile weapon system. I am very happy that NPS has preserved this LCF and Delta 9 as national historic sites because that is what they are. I am now 77 years old and just gave an oral interview to an NPS contractor hired to document the history of Delta 1.
@thatreddude87964 жыл бұрын
Bill N thanks for sharing and your service
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
Did you have a chance to return yet?
@sisaacs60712 жыл бұрын
Bill👍 my father worked on Boeing Defense side of stuff from 60- 70
@robertevans80242 жыл бұрын
What do you think putin will do as far as a first strike if pressured.
@smitbar11 Жыл бұрын
@@robertevans8024 Hide, there are enough of these left without the submarines and B52's to fuck him and his cronies over, these cannot be stopped after launch and his defence systems stand no chance against these
@TheMrTTT5 жыл бұрын
Tour guide did a nice job despite the minor inaccuracies noted in comments. I was a Missile Systems Specialist (316) at Whiteman 351st Wing 1975-1978 working MInuteman II like the one shown. Somehow I was able to work on Combat Targeting, SSMT, and EMT teams. Great training and great experience. These videos on KZfaq really surprise me because this weapon system, though upgraded, is still in use. Had I snapped a single photo inside one of these sites back then I'd still be breaking rocks. It's why I nave zero photos of my military work.
@junker154 жыл бұрын
My first duty assignment was 2154th Comm (back in 1989 when USAF had an Air Force Communications Command). I managed to visit all 15 LCFs before they deactivated the whole thing and I was sent to work on small computers. (I worked on that rack in the LCF directly to the right of the deputy's enable panel. I can still name all the components on the rack despite not having touched it since like 1991. ;o) And yes, like you, I have no photos. Especially if I was doing this today, I'd simply leave my camera at home. They can't exfiltrate what I don't have.
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
Most of us understand, can't blame u for not getting any photos at a place like this!
@jamallabarge26653 жыл бұрын
gotta honor your promises. No photos, no notes and no talking.
@robertevans80242 жыл бұрын
What do you think Putin will do as far as a first strike if pressured ?
@TheMrTTT2 жыл бұрын
@@robertevans8024 Unsure Robert. About the only thing I'm sure of is that there 5 false or inaccurate news reports for every accurate one; and I can't tell which is which. Putin has KGB DNA so he has disinformation in his very way of thinking. I've seen nothing to indicate he wants to end the world. It all comes down to how much he wants to leave a legacy of a larger map of Russia and how much provocation and humiliation he'll accept from US / NATO. One certainty is that he must always be given a way out that preserves his pride else he may be very dangerous indeed. I have zero confidence that anyone opposing him today is competent in dealing with him. That's the real danger that concerns me.
@tjsean03087 жыл бұрын
This place is in better shape than most of the coast guard buildings I've worked in.
@Sartan205 жыл бұрын
It's a far step up from USMC lodging.
@eyemem50803 жыл бұрын
Is it still ah ...useable?
@doctorpanigrahi99753 жыл бұрын
@@eyemem5080 No.
@nohandleforme....3 жыл бұрын
I like this tour guide. He has a great personality and he did top-notch job of explaining everything. I'm an Air Force veteran myself, so I am glad to see us represented in such a professional manner.
@williamball23926 жыл бұрын
This is a really good tour. I was a Security Police/Security Specialist 1990-2000. I was stationed at F E Warren 1993-1997 as Response Force 4. Lots of Convoys, sitting at Missile Sights and staying at Missle Alert Facilities. One of the hardest bases I was at but also one of the best experience in my life. The USAF/SP Program taught me the true meaning of team work and comradery. The lessons I learned from my ten years of service I still apply in civilian life today especially the lessons learned at FEW. Thanks for posting this. Brings back memories even though it is in South Dakota it looks all the same.
@jamesbutke14382 жыл бұрын
I was EMT @ Warren ‘85-89. You guys were happy to see us come out & fix the security system! Babysitting an LF is prob the most boring duty on the planet
@johnscannell41898 ай бұрын
As I was at Malmstrom AFB, Montana in the 70s.
@williamball23927 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at FE Warren AFB for 3.5 years (1992-1996) as a SP on Response Force 4. The tour guide was pretty good on his knowledge of how things were done. This brings back memories.
@LK-pc4sq2 жыл бұрын
your assignment must been boring
@MrMike05536 жыл бұрын
I was a Minuteman II ICBM crew member at the 44th Missile Wing from 1978 - 1981. My squadron was the 67th, to the north and west of the 66th (which D-01 was a part of), but I pulled more than a few alerts in the 66th, including several at this very site.
@rwampler15 жыл бұрын
MrMike0553 Thank You Sir for your service, I find the videos amazing, just amazing the technology back so many years. I would love to visit this site.
@dereks20425 жыл бұрын
I don't have anything else to say, but I second the thought, in saying thank you, for your service.
@michaelbrown11335 жыл бұрын
I was there from 82 to 83
@michaelbrown11335 жыл бұрын
Also cold as all get out during the winter I was in 44th Transportation Mobile Maintenance
@freefight77505 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your bullshit full of shit fake service.
@utube63427 жыл бұрын
I pulled many a tour at D-01 down in the hole. Great memories... good food, good bed, TV, lots of practice, but thankfully, we never had to turn keys :-)
@Pooyuck7 жыл бұрын
What years? I was in the 68th 79-83. Delta was better then the trip to Alpha.
@jed-henrywitkowski64707 жыл бұрын
Thank God for that... Thank God for MAD and thank you!
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
I was on the first crew - July 63 - no TV or radios but I did 4 years on MCC and retired with 19 years in Minuteman system. Still love to go back and look at videos. People today have no clue about the cold war or what the motto 'Peace is Our Profession" really meant.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
67th SMS 63-67, Juliet was the pits to get to in winter.
@ManofSteele7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service sir and God Bless!
@bowler845 жыл бұрын
As an AF plumber up at Grand Forks AFB, we often went out to these sites to work. I've been down in these capsules many times, in fact even underneath those suspended platforms since that's where the water and sewage holding tanks were. A difference I see here from the ND sites is that just as you got off the elevator, to your right was a much larger capsule that contained the electrical and other mechanical equipment. Also had to work under those suspended platforms, too. Only about 3 feet of space under there. Out at the actual LF's, there were sump pumps at the bottom of the silos that we had to work on since if they broke and the silo began to fill with ground water it could cause problems. I've actually touched the side of one of those live Minuteman III birds while in its tube. Kinda gave me the heebyjeebies knowing the destructive power they held. We had to authenticate with codes to gain access to the sites and we did that using a headset we brought along that we plugged into a port on the site of the blast door. We communicated with the launch officers back at the LCF who knew beforehand who was to come out to work on the sites. Gaining access at the LCFs was just by radio to the security teams in that room he showed. They would then open the gate for us to drive in. Once we were allowed in we could work on the site on top. If we needed to go below, we had codes we had to read off to the officers below. Once authentication was successful, we had to burn the little pieces of paper and crush up the ashes in an ash tray.
@jeffbarnett12075 жыл бұрын
Too funny! I had to repair those damn headsets. They were garbage, and it didn't help that most of you guys treated them like crap! lol Also did all the other comms at the LCF and LF. Whiteman AFB '86-'90.
@rogerda19552 жыл бұрын
@@jeffbarnett1207 I guess you know Cope!!
@richiebeardmusic7 жыл бұрын
Hi Daniel, I was at Ellsworth, AFB 44th Missile Squadron in the early 80's. I was Security Police and I worked as an ART/SRT Leader (Armed Response and Security Response Team). I lived, ate slept and worked (played a lot of cards) in the missile field (Delta Flight included). Your guide was right, we hated that armored truck (Peace Keeper). It was Hot in the summer and cold in the winter and the whole thing was one big blind spot when driving. You are correct Daniel it is most certainly some dark stuff but I assure you that the people that I worked with in the Missile Field where not much different than you, they where good solid everyday people with a special job. Most of the guys I worked with had two years of college or more. Thanks for the post, it brings back wonderful memories of the wonderful people that I served with. It was a great time in my life. Take care Daniel.
@danielbrowniel7 жыл бұрын
Thanks man
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
Great post man. Thanks for your service. I retired in 81 so I missed your being on my security team. Many folks posting here will never understand what the situation was at that time.
@easynotme6 жыл бұрын
I was in the 28 MMS RV shop from 77 to 82 in that time I must have worked on close to 100 of the RV's got to go out to vandenburg 2 times for fot's I still have my Black Hills Bandet jacket some where
@Questicl3s5 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at FE Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyoming from 2010-2012. I was a Missile Chef in the 319th Squadron which I was stationed out in the missile field for 5 days on and 2-3 days off (5 days in field and 2-3 days not in field). I remember one time the elevator was broken so I had to climb down 80 feet of ladder carrying food down to the missile crew. I created a pulley system so I would lower the food down 20 feet, unhook my ropes and climb down, then had to create the pulley system again to drop the food another 20 and then climb down. I did this 4 times before reached the bottom which took about 30-40 minutes; as it was difficult creating a pulley system as there was no direct ways to drop the food straight down. I handed to food to one of the missileers, and climbed all the way back up. I got back into the kitchen and realized I had forgotten their silverware.... It was a long day! #legday It's amazing to see that nothing has really changed since then inside the capsules. There's actually two capsules now instead of one just for the missileers. The other capsule housed a big generator, air filtration systems, a huge stockpile of MRE's, and a 800 HP v-8 diesel engine (from the Catapiller D11 Dozers) which you HAD to wear ear protection since the noise bounced off concrete and metal with nothing to absorb the sound besides your ears. There was tubes that helped bring the exhaust up topside so you breathe in fresh air, not exhaust.
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
Wow yeah I've ridden boats off the coast fishing many a time, their diesels are loud, I can't imagine the sound echoing down there... Lol
@fredharvey27202 жыл бұрын
Amazing. 80 feet down isn't enough. One close shot and the crater will be far deeper.
@Questicl3s2 жыл бұрын
@@fredharvey2720 It was all dependent on the soil. Some missile sites are much deeper because the soil isn't as dense as others. The one I was at had very rocky soil where as some of the other missile sites had sandy soil.
@fredharvey27202 жыл бұрын
@@Questicl3s Interesting. I guess some soils are more protective of they couldn't dig very deeply in some?
@mra29574 жыл бұрын
You said “I have no idea what this stuff is”. The low building with the cages is called the Soft Support Building. It contained the diesel generator, the refrigeration system for the silo and the electrical distribution for the site and the missile silo. I was a Power Production Specialist stationed at Ellsworth AFB from 79 to 82 and worked on all the generators at these Launch Facilities. Thanks for the Great memories....
@chillinator7 жыл бұрын
As a former Missile Crew Commander, I would have corrected him on a few things - but the general gist of what he said is correct. Seeing the old LCF brought back some memories ;) One thing that you can't experience in a de-commissioned capsule is how noisy they were. There was a motor-generator under the floor that was like sleeping on a John Deere tractor (some LCF's were much worse than others), and all of the equipment racks had high volume cooling air coming through them producing a pretty loud hiss/whoosh that was non-stop. Add to that the printers, warnings, radio chatter, etc, and it was pretty loud. Some of us used to wear earplugs - you could still hear all the comms and it made life in the "walk-in closet" much more tolerable ;)
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
I was also an MCC for four years. Yes there was some noise but I guess it was more apparent to you than me, especially the motor generator - very quiet.
@Babumoshai..5 жыл бұрын
I will love to Know more about it Sir
@abk42020205 жыл бұрын
Did you have in direct contact with the core? Or see it
@JAutry5 жыл бұрын
Thank you to all who served!!
@uzaiyaro4 жыл бұрын
So basically it sounds like sleeping in a datacenter. Some of them are highly secure with many layers of security, but my god the noise. The last DC I was at had six floors, a room the size of a bedroom full of batteries, and that was to give the generators time to start. Dry sump with external oil heating, and guaranteed to be online and at full power within 45 seconds, with a bare minimum two weeks onsite fuel supply with guaranteed supply afterwards. Even though this particular DC had the quietest cooling system ever installed in Australia, because the DC is in the middle of a major city, it was still loud enough that conversations were difficult. You knew when the generators were running! Extremely sensitive fire systems, too. I remember a memorable story of a guy who set the halon system off, because he had gone out for a smoke break and the smell of smoke on his breath set the system off. If the halon system goes off, you've got about 20 seconds to make yourself very scarce as the entire DC is completely sealed, and all of the oxygen is removed within a few seconds. You weren't even allowed to unbox stuff on the floor, the fibres from the cardboard box were too much of a risk for either fire or triggering the fire system. There's really an extreme amount of engineering and high security shenanigans that goes into keeping the internet running. I'll stop rambling on now (unless you want me to?) because a datacenter still isn't as cool as a missile silo.
@bruce_adams7 жыл бұрын
I will definitely take this tour the next time I get up north. Thank you for posting this!
@dangisoldi155 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Daniel. Both my parents were Security Forces in the Air Force for the missile fields. My Dad started off as a Missile man but then went into being a cop. Never knew what those places looked like till I saw your video. I may take them to this museum. They’d get a kick out of it!
@luc00074 жыл бұрын
The tour guide has me laughing so hard! His passion for his job is so cool lol
@erichanhauser31902 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Makes a big difference.
@NateCraven3183 жыл бұрын
I remember talking to my dad when we got to the site for our tour. I said that I kind of wanted to see what a launch would look like. He said to me, "Son, if you see one of those launch, everyone only has about 30 minutes to live." Left me second guessing, like "Jesus, Peace Through Deterrence does work..."
@quinnof43903 жыл бұрын
Please don't ever comment on anything again.
@glennvansanford45532 жыл бұрын
I was an electronics tech on the Minuteman Missile from 1988 - 1991. Really cool to see the places i spent all that time.
@jamesbutke14382 жыл бұрын
EMT at FE Warren 85-89. Fun times
@DanknDerpyGamer3 жыл бұрын
12:55 "Government furniture" "It gets worse" 😂😂😂😂
@HauntSlider5 жыл бұрын
I was a part of the 44SMW (89-92) and stayed at Delta 1 many a time. It looks just like it did. Brought back some memories that's for sure.
@Josh-le6lu7 жыл бұрын
What a badass field trip this would make.
@TheOriginalJphyper7 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was. I went on this tour as part of a class field trip back in 6th grade. That was about 17 years ago. I've wanted to go back, but 9/11 happened, and since the air force base itself was (and still is) active, all civilian access to the area was banned. They didn't reopen them again until after I had already graduated. After that, life happened.
@Chris-jv7im7 жыл бұрын
Especially if they launched while we were there lol
@richardhartman52346 жыл бұрын
It is even more badass to go down into the equipment around the silo. Even better, going to the bottom of the silo in a workcage. Did that from 1969 to 1975.
@silliestputty3 жыл бұрын
For real
@pjneslo89797 жыл бұрын
I was at Ellsworth 93-97, worked in the WSA starting in May 93 , then the Missile side closed as did the WSA. Even though I was supposed to go into the missile field as a security specialist , I never did. Instead all the remaining SP's like myself were constantly deployed to Cuba , Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE.. I miss Ellsworth, had a great time there.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
Ellsworth 62-69 and 71-73. I also miss it PJ. Black Hills was a great area for recreating - of course that was before Sturgis grew to a madhouse and pretty much ruined the area for a month every year.
@LanceRomero314 жыл бұрын
PJ Neslo did u know Cheryl Gallegos she was a missile launch officer in those days that was my aunt I toured this in 1992 when it was active
@jchors29475 жыл бұрын
There are 450 active sites just like this one left in the United States (Part of the START II Nuclear Arms ReductionTreaty). The Air Force bases (Warren, Minot, and Malmstrom) have Missile Wings in charge of these ICBM complexes. Each base has fifteen Missile Alert Facilities (MAF's), underground launch control facilities that oversee 10 Minuteman III ICBM's each, for a total of 150 missiles per base (450 total). What continues to amaze me is that every single ICBM launch facility and MAF in the United States is located OUTSIDE of a military base. They are 'hidden in plain sight'. In other words, they are located next to farms and open acerage (usually along a maintained dirt road). That means, depending on it's proximity to public roads, you can walk up to within 40 yards of an active, nuclear tipped ICBM silo. A chain link fence, like the one you see in this video, is all that is stopping you from standing atop the silo itself. There are no armed personnel guarding them. Of course, there's cameras and sensors that will prompt a heavily-armed Air Force Security Support Squadron response within minutes of you trespassing, so don't get any ideas!
@Leesboringlife5 жыл бұрын
Malmstrom actually has 150 launchers and 15 launch control facilities (Wing 1) plus another 50 launchers and 5 launch control facilities (wing 6). At least they did I'm the 1990s when I served there I'm facilities maintenance
@TimBlackyBlack4 жыл бұрын
J Chors I assume what you wrote is true since I have no first hand knowledge about any if this. However, as you're well aware, we do have enough Submarines, with enough Fire Power to End this Planet !! Nobody knows where they are ?
@billn99104 жыл бұрын
There is also a lot of in-built security in how the sites are constructed. For example the B-Plug (personnel entry to the silo) was designed to last no less than 30 minutes for forced entry. On top of the B-Plug was the Entry hatch that had a similar penetration time. The silo door over the missile is a solid 8 tons.
@t.r.44964 жыл бұрын
I've drove by the bunkers in Minot, never would think they would be that close to a major highway.
@kevinwhite29904 жыл бұрын
Security forces have designated personnel that patrol the base.
@juandenz20087 жыл бұрын
That tour was really interesting ! I have to say though, I think some of those jobs would have been a constant struggle against boredom. I know in recent years there have been some morale problems. Not trolling or saying the job is not critical, but I can understand some of the challenges the crews must face.
@billkrause45853 жыл бұрын
I was Stationed at 44th SQ at Ellsworth from 1967 thru 1971 prior to being transferred to 91st SQ at Minot from 1971 thru 1975. I was part of a Minuteman Missile Maintenance Team. I worked at their 150 Missile Launch Sites and 15 Launch Control Centers, I was a Missile Technician sometime riding in a three truck convoy to sites or by helicopter spending maybe 2 or 3 days at a time out at the missile sites and at nights being bunkered down to rest in personnel section of the Launch Control Centers. I had a Top Secret Cryto Clearance. During this period of time I had married a local Sioux Indian girl and had two wonderful children by her, we lived in Base Housing. After 8 years in the Air Force, I was immediately hired by a Global Chemical Company doing all shift work for 37 year in Pennsylvania before retiring. So you might say, I worked on equipment that delivers a hydrogen bomb, then to working on equipment to produce and delivered hydrogen product via pipeline to a Steel Mill. I last worked on a Hydrogen Fuel Cell, and had taught a lot of people at the facility over the years. As was suggested to me, I go by H2GUY1 prior to my retirement ... I think I deserve it.
@jamesbarnard97102 жыл бұрын
Ah, another MIMS hood! Did you have MMI or II? Malmstrom was in the process of Force Mod and posturing the 564th SMS with II's. Thanks for your service!
@chrisw4822 жыл бұрын
I was based at Ellsworth in the late 80's. Used to be the workcage guy that traversed inside the launchtube to take the bolts out of the missile to mostly change the guidance and control section that went bad a lot. I think I visited 76 of the 150 silos while I was stationed there. Haven't made it back to see it. Would be nothing worse than having to drive two hours from the base in the winter, get to the site and have to shovel for 1-2 hours before we could even work. I still have a warhead safing pin. Thanks for the video.
@nonoyobeezewax95277 жыл бұрын
That was freak'n amazing....thanks for posting it!
@MrCountrycuz7 жыл бұрын
I did top side maintenance in Montana on these lf's (launch facilities) way back in 1981
@divap16944 жыл бұрын
My dad served in that silo. I was very young my dad was on duty in that silo one christmas day. One of the top commanders authorized families to come and spend chrismas with the servicemen workig that day and we got to take tour.
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
Wow very nice.
@d1stable5 жыл бұрын
My grandfather design the ball bearing slides that move those missiles around pretty cool
@d1stable5 жыл бұрын
William Valitus has that patent to prove. look it up
@d1stable5 жыл бұрын
I think it was meant to move the sheild or lid on top of the missile.
@alpha51omega385 жыл бұрын
Superb relic of the Cold War. Wish more were saved for 'museum' status. I was there in S.Dakota at Delta 9 in late Sept, 2002 with Donald Rumsfeld for the dedication of this site. Original 'national park' office given them was a small corner room down the road at Badlands NP office. Great feelings to be walking through those connecting tunnels again.
@adamferguson87815 жыл бұрын
I don’t have to fly from Australia now to take the tour, thank you for saving me the trip 👍👍👍👍 That was great.
@billn99104 жыл бұрын
Make the trip anyway. Seeing it in person is best.
@ManofSteele3 жыл бұрын
Found out today that my supervisor at work actually worked on this site and I believe served in the Air Force with Dale in the video
@turboslag7 жыл бұрын
As a Brit it was really good to see this, it's on my bucket list the next time I'm in the USA on vacation! I'm not sure if we had any silo launched missiles here as part of our cooperation with the US.
@M8rray2 жыл бұрын
I bet you had something!
@cfromcass4 жыл бұрын
I did Security for 5 yrs FE Warren AFB. Our sites (200) covered Wyoming, Colorado & Nebraska. I served in the 400th. We had the Peacekeepers (50 MX).
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
Whew I bet it was cold sometimes!!
@SaMaknae7 жыл бұрын
This tour guide is so funny lmao
@TherealElliot7 жыл бұрын
Daniel Brown thanks for this video it was fascinating :)
@buckeyeguy713 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, MT in the early 90’s. Apparently, the Air Force used the same plans for all their Minuteman Launch Control Facilities in the US because this is exactly how it looked where I was at. I worked as Security Police at one of these facilitIes for over 2 years. The coldest I ever experienced there was -48 with a wind chill of -87. At the beginning of the video you can see one of the Peacekeeper light armored vehicles in the background. The Air Force contracted Chrysler to build them. They were very uncomfortable, had no air conditioning, and were notorious for being underpowered and prone to the engine overheating. Those were the days.
@humansvd32692 жыл бұрын
Chrysler is among the worst car designers in the world.
@jamesbarnard97102 жыл бұрын
New Year's Day 1969 it was -52deg F in Great Falls, and NO wind! Fortunately, I didn't have to go on a dispatch that day! But there were days when "30-30 and 30" did apply. (Thirty below, thirty knot wind and exposed flesh freezes in 30 seconds!) I was a Targeting Team Chief from April 1966 to June 1968, and a Field Supervisor from then until January 23, 1969. All sorts of fun "out in the field". Did they give you guys something besides the M-2 Carbines with a 10-round magazine that our SSP troops were issued? (Never saw an AR-15 or M-16. They were all pipelined to 'Nam!)
@buckeyeguy712 жыл бұрын
@@jamesbarnard9710 We were issued M-16’s with 30 round magazines. I remember that in Germany, every fifth round was a tracer. I can’t remember if that also applied at Malmstrom. It amazes me just how much the Air Force has evolved from when you served, to when I served, to now. I recently watched a video here showing what Air Force basic training is like. They seem to have adopted a more “infantry” type training since I was in. It’s nice to hear a similar story from someone who has experienced the unreal cold of Montana.
@jamesbarnard97102 жыл бұрын
@@buckeyeguy71 See above comment on my small arms experience. One time, I was tasked with taking a message-generator out to one of the sites. As I was to be alone in the vehicle, and it was at night, I was required to be armed. Went to the CP and picked up my weapon...a snub-nose .38. I made a show of loading it, strapping on the holster, and picking up the device. Got in the pickup truck, drove out the gate, pulled over, took off the snubbie, and strapped on my Model 19 which I had loaded with .357 Magnum hollowpoints, and threw the snubbie under the front seat! In the type of holster, unless someone looked really close, they wouldn't have known the difference. If, as we had been briefed, there were five enemy agents known to be in Montana, the least I would have been facing would have been someone armed with a scoped rifle in .30-06 or .300 Weatherby! I learned to shoot from some Marine reserve gunnies, when their units came to use the Army's range when my Dad was on 2-weeks active duty, while I was a teen-ager! First gun I ever owned was an M-1 rifle! Don't know what kind of small arms training USAF gives their officers nowadays, but anything would be better than what we got in the '60's in CONUS. Keep 'em green!
@Zeus-kj7nn7 жыл бұрын
bearing down on that missile hearing that child calling her mum was a strangely poignant.
@anthonydavenport71315 жыл бұрын
I caught that too.
@AlonsoGonzalez5 жыл бұрын
I thougt the same, who takes there children to this place..Go to disney world instead!
@tylerjackson41685 жыл бұрын
@@AlonsoGonzalez ...This is way better than Disney!!!
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
@@AlonsoGonzalez it's a great history lesson!
@trevoranderson71827 жыл бұрын
"But how would you get in with zombies chasing you?" "Liberal application of high explosives!"
@jrgalindo40744 жыл бұрын
Corona🦇
@sabre22b4 жыл бұрын
There is no problem that can't be solved by the skilled application of high explosives.
@IndpndntPtriot Жыл бұрын
I was SP/SF from 92-13 but was core LE so I never went to the fields. One of my best bros was a missile cop though and I sent this to him. His only notes though were that cops wouldn't keep it that clean/organized and that they posted out in a Huey. But he was at FE Warren. Ellsworth might have posted by vehicle. Absolutely true though about the layout being exactly the same. He said that looked exactly like the sites he was at.
@chasehunter37415 жыл бұрын
Nobody: The noise his camera makes when it zooms in: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
@yamahonkawazuki4 жыл бұрын
nobody: me: ok
@danielbrowniel4 жыл бұрын
It's a Canon G7x
@eyemem50803 жыл бұрын
@@yamahonkawazuki i
@Bbendfender7 жыл бұрын
At 3:16 someone says "these missiles were just to destroy other missiles". I really don't think so. If we reached a point to launch our ICBMs, our enemies ICBMs would have already been launched more than likely. We wouldn't waste a missile on an empty silo. Our ICBMs would most likely be targeted for cities, infrastructure, military bases and more strategic targets. "In 45 minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number 1"
@danielbrowniel7 жыл бұрын
I said that, I meant it in a general sense of things. I'm basing the idea off a series of hypothetical nuclear target maps I have in a book called Strategic Relocation. On those maps, for every military base or power plant targeted there are like 10 targeted silo locations. Another reason for me to believe this is all these places are built to withstand enormous blast and there are far more than would seem necessary almost as though it was known not all the weapons would fulfill their mission.
@Bbendfender7 жыл бұрын
Mighty good. I am a former Titan II crew dog. We never knew our targets. In the case of the Titan II, we had a choice of 3 targets. Periodically, we would get a coded message to change to a different target.I also saw a YT video recently that showed possible targets of our enemies. I was surprised to see how many enemy missiles were targeted to hit our Minuteman III sites. Hopefully, these MM missiles would be well on their way to their targets by the time enemy ICBMs got over here.. Some scary but fun times on missile crew duty.
@billn99104 жыл бұрын
Pretty much true but if we were preemptively launching first we may have tried to take down some of their silos. Targeting could be changed quickly.
@erickahlstedt29295 жыл бұрын
This is VERY cool. Thanks Daniel for posting.
@shughes57254 жыл бұрын
I was a missile maintenance officer with the 44SMW from 1978-1981. D-09 was used for training, and I had many dispatches there as a Combat Targeting Team Team Chief and instructor. Also spent a lot of time at D-01. Very strange going back there so many years later with two of my sons. I used to be able to run up and down the 30 foot access ladder all day. Not going to happen, now that I'm 65!
@pdmce74074 жыл бұрын
That's interesting, because from '81 to '84 (and beyond?) it was B-07, just off the first exit before Wall, which was used for training.
@jamesbarnard97102 жыл бұрын
Did you still use T-van's like we did at Malmstrom for MMI in the late '60's? Still shooting RMAV's with those Swiss-made theodolites. (They told us at missile school that the Russians used the same ones, but used another part as well! What a whacky world! And the Swiss made money from both sides!)
@hamstihamtaro1593 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for uploading this :-) Very interesting!
@danielbrowniel3 жыл бұрын
No problem bro.
@sabre22b4 жыл бұрын
I always find it enjoyable when visitors provide interesting and funny comments throughout the tour. So kind of them. Stow it. I especially like it when they interrupt the expert when he is talking.
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
Lol were you being sarcastic?? Edit .. nevermind I saw your 'stow it' remark. I can't agree more!! Unless the guide specifically invites people to speak anytime, STFU!! It's rude to everyone.
@jamesbutke14382 жыл бұрын
I might have a few stories to interject, possibly a correction, but not because I’m a smartass…worked on all those systems for four years!
@harrisonblackwood71977 жыл бұрын
Funny how they turned one of these into a tour lol. I served as a FSC in Malmstrom in the 60's and was part of the security group in the 12th missile flight there.
@NeverTalkToCops17 жыл бұрын
MALMSTROM? Can you tell us anything about 10 flights going offline in the presence of a UFO over the site?
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
Hey buddy! We chews some of the same dirt! I served as a FSC / ART member in the '80's at Malmstrom as well. 12th (mainly GOLF) and 564th (mainly TANGO) They were probably still rocking 1's and II's in your day, no? The 12th(10th, 490th) was Minuteman II's and they had III's at the 564th when I was there. I hear they disbanded the 564th, and converted the rest to III's. Times have changed. Nations first ace in the hole in dinky-ass Great Falls. Why not Minot? Freezin the reason! 341th!
@ashphillips47536 жыл бұрын
Daniel Folger there's the Titan Missile Museum and even Ukraine has silos for tour.
@piercingtheheavens363 жыл бұрын
Im working as an fsc in the 490th this very moment
@jamesbarnard97102 жыл бұрын
@@NeverTalkToCops1 It wasn't "10 flights". It was 10 missiles in Echo-flight and several in Oscar-flight later. Don't know much except in March 1966, a guard for a maintenance team on an Echo-flight LF saw a light of some sort overhead. Simultaneously, all the G&C's in the flight shut down! That news was all over the base. I never heard about some birds in Oscar-flight doing the same thing! The following night, I had my Combat Targeting Team out to restart one of the Echo birds. On the way back in, we were called on the radio and asked if we had seen anything in Belt Canyon while we were driving up Belt Hill. Never saw a thing, although a civilian and a sheriff's deputy apparently saw something in Belt Canyon. Boeing tried to simulate the situation about 100 times inputting spikes into a similar test system and only got the shutdown sequence about 3 times. Beats me. I've never seen a UFO or UAP as they now call them. But those birds in Echo and Oscar sure had something that knocked them off Strategic Alert! There have been several books published about it, but no conclusions that I know about!
@betterdeal115 жыл бұрын
The three sites were Wall, Hermosa and Sturgis South Dakota. I was the first man hired at Hermosa and dug the outhouse holes. My badge number was 7 when I left badges were in 5000-6000. This was late 1959 and 1960 The labor foreman John Huddlestone hired 100 a day and fired 90 that is how he built his crew. I started with him and later joined the ironworkers much better pay.If I get to Rapid City I would love to visit the old site
@MrCountrycuz7 жыл бұрын
The Banjos have been removed from this site. These were four radar assemblies that were around the silo to detect any form of movement within that perimeter. I would perform corrosion control on them,
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
Hated those things. Tumbleweeds and whatever else would trip the SIT-7 and off we'd go. A big blue banjo is what it was. Looked for too many SED's around those . . . . . . . Oh, the memories.
@NFlight7 жыл бұрын
Like the "Tipsies" of Titan sites....
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
Captain Learjet A bit before my time they were phasing them out . . .I did serve with the FM on duty on the infamous night in Little Rock . . .
@jed-henrywitkowski64707 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tamburello_1994 and Josef Venport for your service! What was the infamous night in Little Rock?
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
jed-henry Witkowski 18 Sept 1980
@RustyShackleford665 жыл бұрын
Really good tour guide. Even though hes done it 100s of times, hes still enthusiastic (or good at appearing so).
@yevgenyarkadovichpopov41355 жыл бұрын
It was my 2nd week!
@chickenbiscuitguitar7 жыл бұрын
1997-2000: Malmstrom AFB. 564th MS Alpha Flt. Security Police THIS brought back the memories!😊
@rancidcrabtree.7 жыл бұрын
'91-'01 in the 341st Maintenance. Facilities maintainer... aka "Buttcrack". Best job I had in the AF. You cops didn't have it so nice as I recall... manpower shortages and all.
@chickenbiscuitguitar7 жыл бұрын
564th MS SP had to share Flight Areas with 12 th MS. Same deal with 490th MS and 10th MS. I was in the 564th but had to post out WITH the 12th at times because of the shortage. And of course they made me feel like the black sheep. LOL!
@rancidcrabtree.7 жыл бұрын
Was caught up in the whole make FMT/PMT troops into FMs nightmare and was assigned to the 10th. Operations Group sucked compared to Logistics Group... HUGE difference in culture. I retrained at 18 years because I new I would be stuck in Operations until retirement. I remember our cops pulling back-to-back dispatches fairly often because of deployment demands to the Middle East despite regulations appearing to place Missile Field security as a high priority. The Chefs were in a similar situation as I recall. Wasn't surprised by the news stories a few years ago about culture problems coming to a head amongst Combat Crew Officers.
@chickenbiscuitguitar7 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was quite a mess! Found out Obama got rid of the 564th. But you know, yeah it sucked, but man did I have a blast though! Was kinda heartbroken to find out the 564th no longer existed. Oh well.
@rancidcrabtree.7 жыл бұрын
On a lighter note, where you involved with Barney the Cold War Tourist event? whereisbarney.com/tabloid_nuke_tour/barney_980915.html
@gregoryrothenberger49003 жыл бұрын
WOW, thank you for the video, old as it might be, I just stumbled on it now.......brings back memories, 90-94 Minot ND 741st Missile Squadron...I was the electronic tech not the mechanical tech, so many times i was called to the LCF to fix shit....so long ago, would not have changed a damn thing. Great memories from my time in the service.
@Ebolter17 жыл бұрын
Awesome video , thanks for sharing
@clarkclark98324 жыл бұрын
This is tour guide Lasky, the guard at Walleyworld! (John Candy)
@zulu02193 жыл бұрын
"We're de-commissioned. The moose out front should have told you."
@omegaman.15957 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for posting it. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍🏻
@harrykidd93985 жыл бұрын
I was assigned to the 91st MSS, Minot, N.D. from 76 thru 78 as a Security Policeman. Great times!!!
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
Wow. Cold AF too I bet lol
@Digi207 жыл бұрын
Very nice tour, thanks for uploading!
@Scoobz1877 жыл бұрын
What a decent tour guide *lol* That Zombie stuff made me laugh hard. XD
@yevgenyarkadovichpopov41355 жыл бұрын
Half the fun of giving the tour is questions from the visitors!
@galaxyman2007dtl5 жыл бұрын
Great upload, Daniel. People of all colors and cultures need to see this...and understand...the world was a much different place once...it's still not perfect...but...a little safer now.
@cheaptick Жыл бұрын
Yes it was FJB
@jenniferwilcox97595 жыл бұрын
Thank you for finding this video. I served as a Delta LCC Crew Commander in in the early 90's until they deactivated the 44th Strategic Missile Wing (SMW) which was changed to the 44th MW before being shut down. Go 66th Strategic Missile Squadron (where Delta Launch Facility was located).
@decflynn2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating too see the inside of a launch facility. When you’ve watched Cold War films such as Wargames, it’s really interesting too see the reality behind it. If I was in the US, that is definitely a tour/visit I would be making.
@farmerfarmerer38477 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this.Good guide to let you video him - some people don't like it. This place is going on my bucket list.
@danielbrowniel7 жыл бұрын
I asked first, he was a cool dude! Make sure you get your tickets early in the morning, they sell out very fast!
@emjayay5 жыл бұрын
@@danielbrowniel You can book a couple months ahead online.
@KathrynStrunk-oq7im2 ай бұрын
My Grandpa is 90 years old.He was in the navy and he helped build the minute.Man missile and he's seen to atomic bomb explosions
@michaelmace9244 жыл бұрын
24:01 I was about to say, "Damn if that doesn't look like a Domino's pizza box" until I thought to myself "Dumbass, that's the Fcukin point!"
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@jeffdavis79127 жыл бұрын
I use to work on these but in Missouri back in the early 80s. Seeing this brought back a lot of memories.
@ramairgto727 жыл бұрын
Any of them by Fort Leonardwood?
@wiskyvet7 жыл бұрын
My sister's house was very close to one in between Clinton and Calhoun. Very inconspicuous when you're a young teenager. Glad it never went off.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
Whiteman AFB at Knobknoster, Mo had 150 Minuteman sites.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
I forgot to mention that at Whiteman AFB, one of the Launch Control Centers was right on base. I think it is also a museum now but somebody would have to verify that.
@davidk25956 жыл бұрын
A friend who used to work at Whiteman took me on a tour of the launch control center on Whiteman AFB a couple years ago.
@IsraelMejiaJr6 жыл бұрын
Dude thank you so much for posting this. The friggin coolest video!
@MZ-bl6wg4 жыл бұрын
That was really cool I was glued to it, thanks!
@mesquiteguy1217 жыл бұрын
I worked in North Dakota 322 MSS.
@zookeeper4667 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service
@mesquiteguy1217 жыл бұрын
Thank You. Correction. 321st MSS. The 322nd was our camper teams. The difference between this place and the sites. I worked at. Was the 2 man response teams drove Ford Broncos. While the roving Fire Teams drove the Peacekeeper.
@joerobertson70477 жыл бұрын
I was 5th Bombwing 5th CES/CEF in Minot. Thank you for your service.
@mesquiteguy1217 жыл бұрын
Thank You Joe. And You Too.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
Thanks to both of you. USAF 1961-1981, Bunker Hill, Ellsworth, March, Grand Forks, Offutt AFBs.
@JBBrickman7 жыл бұрын
Underground part of tour starts at 22:51 if anyone wanted to skip the above ground guard and security buildings and get straight to the bunker.
@ToddB9877 жыл бұрын
Boy does this bring back memories. I was stationed in Grand Forks ND. I was Security policeman for the 842 MSS Squadron. I spend 2 years there watching after these things in the ground. The LCF's weren't half bad, as long as you had a good cook assigned to you.
@Broker2056 жыл бұрын
Wonderful tour and history lesson! Thank you so much for sharing this!
@dickgriffen27017 жыл бұрын
My wife & I had the tour several years ago. Tour guide was the only living person to ever had hands on experience launching a SAM (in test). Very interesting and worth the time.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
SAM?? Surface to Air Missile. Or do you mean a OT (Operational Test) of a Minuteman from Vandenberg AFB. Sorry but there have been over 200 Minuteman launches and I am sure he did not do them all. I participated in one myself.
@DrakoWarkan7 жыл бұрын
I would love to go see this and take my kids and grad kids. I worked on this ICBM missile system at Whiteman AFB (351SMW) from 1978-1986
@Leesboringlife5 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at malmstrom AFB 1992-95 working on the support equipment for them. Missile Facility specialist. 341st fmms. Brings back memories
@TheMrTTT5 жыл бұрын
@LloydBonafide1 All Minuteman missiles not disarmed for maintenance are in launch mode.
@TheMrTTT5 жыл бұрын
@LloydBonafide1 Once the launch command is issued the missile goes. The time from launch sequence start to Missile Away is 58 seconds.
@billn99104 жыл бұрын
There is also another Minuteman museum run by the state in Cooperstown, North Dakota. It is Minuteman III and the capsule is huge compared to the one at Delta.
@mrgeengenes7 жыл бұрын
I remember the old movie Damnation Alley with George Peppar. and when they launched all missles.
@willaimwinchell18132 жыл бұрын
I have been to that site many times, they never had cameras on them. The flat concrete area with the metal doors, is where the chiller and comes were located. That armored car is called a peace keeper.
@nestof60427 жыл бұрын
mouth breather!!
@danielbrowniel7 жыл бұрын
Sorry man, I need to get into shape!
@nestof60427 жыл бұрын
Lol ...i did enjoy the video
@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo5 жыл бұрын
some people breath out of their mouth, ill never understand why people are so bothered by such little things, the universe is so large, and yet you can only focus on what is 10 feet infront of you, shows how childish your personality is. it shows you know, how you are, how you be.
@MrMrsJr5 жыл бұрын
@@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo Mouth breather detected
@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo5 жыл бұрын
@@MrMrsJr if you say so
@shcaskey7 жыл бұрын
Certainly deactivated. There are still active sites in North Dakota and Montana. To approach an active site would illicit a swift unwanted response.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
Also 150 MInuteman at Cheyenne, Wy area.
@morgangrey40205 жыл бұрын
Just hope it's not antifa......they will get seriously offended quickly....lol
@unwantedscrub7 жыл бұрын
I took a tour at an identical silo at Whiteman AFB. Badass.
@vbello74964 жыл бұрын
We were almost station there instead they sent us to Whiteman another minutemen (full of conrfields) in Knob noster, MO 1971 -1973.
@svensweden7 жыл бұрын
I was an FSC for Grand Forks, & again at Minot. Ahhhh the memories... :)
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
Why not Minot? FREEZIN THE REASON!!
@davidpuissegur12637 жыл бұрын
GFAFB 74-79. 319 MMS Worked on the warhead of the Minuteman III . Even my freezer is warmer than GFAFB in Jan. or Feb. ! This videos seem to really bring out the old VETS from the Northern Tier Bases.
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
David Puissegur I salute you! Minot get all the "glory" but wasn't like GF's or MAFB was in better off. Montana, N. Dakota; COLD. I could sit hours and pick your brain . . .
@davidpuissegur12637 жыл бұрын
When were you there in the great white north serving Uncle Sam?
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
David Puissegur I arrived at Malmstrom in Oct of '86
@Guywithcrazyideas7 жыл бұрын
I actually learned something from this video. Thank you.
@terifarley47705 жыл бұрын
Single warhead minuteman II was designed to destroy base complexes, not other missiles. Its a megaton warhead for underground or above ground large military targets. The Peacekeaper and Minuteman III were designed to attack enemy ICBM sites with smaller MIRVs
@ralphbailey82345 жыл бұрын
Wow what a great video ! Thanks for sharing..what also was awesome was all the people who left comments .....well most of them ! Was interesting to hear from all that served in protecting our country and what it was like...thank you all for your service and your comments....
@danielbrowniel4 жыл бұрын
thanks for being positive and civilized
@dizzlethechef7 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thanks for this.
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
341st Strategic Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB, Montana. The nations FIRST ace in the hole. Keep that in mind - People of Ellsworth AFB. ;-)
@MrCountrycuz7 жыл бұрын
Malmstrom AFB 1980-1982 member of smart team and civil engineering corrosion control on LF's topside.
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
Represent! 342nd MSS FSC / ART leader 1986-1990.
@moparedtn7 жыл бұрын
Never sounds like enough, but I'll say it anyways: Thank you both for your service. It is appreciated. God bless you both.
@Tamburello_19947 жыл бұрын
moparedtn Totally my pleasure.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
You are correct sir. Malmstrom was first - Oct 1962- as it was the first to be started by the Cuban Crisis in Oct 62 forced USAF and Boeing to expedite the construction. What first came up at Malmstrom later proved to be eyewash for the Ruskies but Malmstrom was always designed to be the first operational wing. What's the beef?
@HomeGuitarMods3 жыл бұрын
I live in SD and had no idea there was a museum for this in the state. Thanks for sharing!
@davemorgan17 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. I enjoyed the video.
@SemperFighting7 жыл бұрын
And I'm damn happy to have them.
@MrThirstysuperior7 жыл бұрын
Interesting video thanks
@neilfraser12354 жыл бұрын
The tour guide reminds of John Candy as the security guard at Wally World. "Sorry folks the missile base is closed. The moose out front should have told you."
@hammer39214 жыл бұрын
Neil Fraser I thought the same thing 🤣
@djentmaster334 жыл бұрын
Came here to see if anyone else said this and I'm not disappointed
@motofam402critzer23 жыл бұрын
Imagine cleaning the silo and the missiles launching
@jamesbarnard97102 жыл бұрын
No, couldn't happen! When maintenance teams were on site, we inserted a safety lockout key into IIRC, the programmer rack that made it impossible for the site safe-and-arm to go armed. When we checked in, the Deputy Combat Crew Commander briefed us that if we were called to do an emergency backout, to remove the key and evacuate 1000 feet downwind (or was it 1000 yards upwind). Didn't tell us to put our fingers in our ears, however! ;-)
@chrisw4822 жыл бұрын
@@jamesbarnard9710 What happened to me once while cleaning the bottom of the tube after R&R the G&C section the LCC ran a nozzle test where they moved during the test. I froze and haven't ever been so scared. I thought I was gone. In reality had they ignited i would have felt nothing.
@jamesbarnard97102 жыл бұрын
@@chrisw482 I was a Targeting & Alignment team chief at Malmstrom in the late 60's, mainly working Minuteman I (Model T missile). When the missile went through self-test, the first stage nozzles were moved by the nozzle control unit. They made a distinctive whine, and after awhile you got used to the sound. However, on one bird, when the NCU's were activated, it sounded like somebody grinding gears. I called Job Control and told them they were going to have to change the missile! They told me I didn't know what I was talking about, and they'd have to call the duty Tech Analyst, who happened to be a friend of mine. I got him on the phone, and explained the situation. He replied that since he was trained on Minuteman II, I knew more about it than he did. Job Control then scheduled an MMT team to come out and they ran three good and three bad downstage tests, said the hell with it, and the bird was finally changed out! Another interesting experience, being underneath a missile was when I had a summer job in 1962, at Cape Canaveral, working as a missile checkout engineer intern with the Navy on the Polaris submarine launched missiles. The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln SSBN-603 was in port to load up five A-1E (exercise warheads, just the reentry vehicles) for a training mission. I was allowed to go on board just to get familiarized with things. They had the hatch near the bottom of one of their launch tubes open, so they could change the hydraulics package on the missile without removing it from the launch tube. I was allowed to crawl partway inside and look up. The four nozzles were about 6-inches from my face! There wasn't any real danger, but the thought did cross my mind about what if... :-D
@joekillip65055 жыл бұрын
Growing up in that time it was funny that while talking with people in orrivile they didnt realise it was loaded with atomic bombs it made me realize how unaware people are of whats around them and they have no clue of what to do or were to go . i still look for shelter signs in every town i travel threw and keep track of over passes and distance as a force of habit people i work with think im a human weather channel
@kbanghart3 жыл бұрын
Unaware, and also don't care maybe
@ironmike20106 жыл бұрын
Hm, I think this missile needs help, here, I’ll mark it on your map.
@wramsey26564 жыл бұрын
Thx for sharing we visited this location 11 years ago but our time window did not permit the tour. Video was great thank you.
@aspjake1232 жыл бұрын
Guide dude is very knowledgeable!
@count0nz7 жыл бұрын
Intresting Video thanks for shareing..
@MrCountrycuz7 жыл бұрын
Also a US Marshal would come around and hang out at the Launch Control Facility and play pool with the guys.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
That only happened when a nuclear warhead was to be moved in the area. US Marshals were always used to escort the nucs because they had control over civilian whereas military cops did not.
@billn99107 жыл бұрын
I happened to be at Grand Forks AFB on the day that an incident happened which resulted in the use of US Marshals on all movements of nuclear weapons in the Minuteman field. To long to go into here but it involved an old drunk stopping a convoy with a nuclear weapon all by himself. The local cops were far away and the military cops had no jurisdiction.