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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

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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

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1933 - 1970
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hess, Roise and Company, contractor
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Lyon, Robert, photographer
Lauber, John F, historian
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