9. ICBM Whiteman 351 / 508 field

Minuteman ICBM complex; 351 Missile Grp. / 508 Msl Sqn. One of the Minuteman command facilities 1963-1995
- 351 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/351st_Missile_Wing.PNG
-- 508 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/508th_Missile_Squadron.PNG

351st MG operating Minuteman 1 ICBMs at Whiteman AFB; activated August 9, 1963. Its components were 508, 509 and 510 Strategic Msl Sqns. The wing supervised missile training ops and coordinated construction of SM-30B Minuteman I missile facilities from 1963-1964. The first missile arriving 1964 and 508th SMS became combat ready. The last flight of 15 missiles was accepted 1964, making the 510th operational with a total of 150 operational missiles.
351st converted to LGM-30F Minuteman 2 in 1966 and 1967 and remained operational until its 1995 deactivation as a result of the Start treaty.

-- 509th SMS patch: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/509th_Missile_Squadron.PNG
-- 510th SMS patch: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/510th_Missile_Squadron.PNG

508th Missile Alert Facilities (A-E flights, each controlling 10 missiles) are located as follows:
A-01 3.5 mi SE of Blackburn MO, 39°04′05″N 093°26′20″W
B-01 38.1 mi ExNE of Houstonia MO, 38°55′38″N 093°12′41″W
C-01 5.6 mi SxSW of Pilot Grove MO, 38°47′59″N 092°57′05″W
D-01 6.1 mi SE of Syracuse MO, 38°36′45″N 092°47′15″W
E-01 7.3 mi WxSW of Florence MO, 38°33′46″N 093°06′33″W

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