Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD
Summary
Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the flight. This facility also provided accommodations for the Air Force personnel assigned to Delta Flight.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N791
Survey number: HAER SD-50-A
Building/structure dates: 1961-1963 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hess, Roise and Company, contractor
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Lyon, Robert, photographer
Lauber, John F, historian
Location
Interior, 43.72694, -101.98404
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html