Minuteman Missile Tour in South Dakota FULL
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2016
- First we check out the Ballistic missile site Delta-09 then go in for the tour at the Launch Control Facility, Delta-01. The guide was GREAT, I believe his name is Dale. It is certainly some dark stuff.
" And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?
When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.
Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night."
-Revelation
@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That dark blue pole you saw (the one that almost looks like a furnace) is part of an abandoned security system that has been replaced by the tall white pole over near where you saw the missile in the hole.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.
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.
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. :)
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!
Mike Jones memories...I worked EMT 86-89 F.E.Warren WY. Fun times
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.
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.
Really freaking cool! Thanks for your input!
Thanks for your service! Did get you a degree or masters degree while underground at the silo site?
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
Chuck, I was a Flight Security Controller at DELTA ONE in 1975-76....Mainly worked the 66th Missile Squadron
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.
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.
Bill N thanks for sharing and your service
Did you have a chance to return yet?
Bill👍 my father worked on Boeing Defense side of stuff from 60- 70
What do you think putin will do as far as a first strike if pressured.
@@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
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 UA-cam 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.
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.
Most of us understand, can't blame u for not getting any photos at a place like this!
gotta honor your promises. No photos, no notes and no talking.
What do you think Putin will do as far as a first strike if pressured ?
@@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.
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.
This place is in better shape than most of the coast guard buildings I've worked in.
It's a far step up from USMC lodging.
Is it still ah ...useable?
@@eyemem5080 No.
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.
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
As I was at Malmstrom AFB, Montana in the 70s.
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.
your assignment must been boring
I will definitely take this tour the next time I get up north. Thank you for posting this!
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.
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.
I don't have anything else to say, but I second the thought, in saying thank you, for your service.
I was there from 82 to 83
Also cold as all get out during the winter I was in 44th Transportation Mobile Maintenance
Thank you for your bullshit full of shit fake service.
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.
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.
@@jeffbarnett1207 I guess you know Cope!!
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 :-)
What years? I was in the 68th 79-83. Delta was better then the trip to Alpha.
Thank God for that... Thank God for MAD and thank you!
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.
67th SMS 63-67, Juliet was the pits to get to in winter.
Thank you for your service sir and God Bless!
The tour guide has me laughing so hard! His passion for his job is so cool lol
Agreed. Makes a big difference.
That was freak'n amazing....thanks for posting it!
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!
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....
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 ;)
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.
I will love to Know more about it Sir
Did you have in direct contact with the core? Or see it
Thank you to all who served!!
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.
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.
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
Amazing. 80 feet down isn't enough. One close shot and the crater will be far deeper.
@@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.
@@Questicl3s Interesting. I guess some soils are more protective of they couldn't dig very deeply in some?
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).
Very nice tour, thanks for uploading!
Daniel Brown thanks for this video it was fascinating :)
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.
Wonderful tour and history lesson! Thank you so much for sharing this!
Dude thank you so much for posting this. The friggin coolest video!
Great video, thanks for posting it. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍🏻
This is VERY cool. Thanks Daniel for posting.
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.
Thanks man
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.
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
That was really cool I was glued to it, thanks!
I don’t have to fly from Australia now to take the tour, thank you for saving me the trip 👍👍👍👍 That was great.
Make the trip anyway. Seeing it in person is best.
12:55 "Government furniture"
"It gets worse"
😂😂😂😂
Thank you for sharing this. I enjoyed the video.
Awesome video! Thanks for posting this...it was great!!
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.
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.
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
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.
I was an electronics tech on the Minuteman Missile from 1988 - 1991. Really cool to see the places i spent all that time.
EMT at FE Warren 85-89. Fun times
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.
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.
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.
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!
What a badass field trip this would make.
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.
Especially if they launched while we were there lol
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.
For real
Thank you very much for uploading this :-) Very interesting!
No problem bro.
Thank you for the great video!
Great questions too.
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!
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
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 ?
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.
I've drove by the bunkers in Minot, never would think they would be that close to a major highway.
Security forces have designated personnel that patrol the base.
Very interesting, thanks for this.
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.
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!
Great video, thanks and props to Dale the tour guide!!
I did top side maintenance in Montana on these lf's (launch facilities)
way back in 1981
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..."
Please don't ever comment on anything again.
Awesome video , thanks for sharing
Pretty cool. Thanks for posting.
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.
I asked first, he was a cool dude! Make sure you get your tickets early in the morning, they sell out very fast!
@@danielbrowniel You can book a couple months ahead online.
Very interesting video dude. Nice one.
I live in SD and had no idea there was a museum for this in the state. Thanks for sharing!
Very cool. Thanks for the video!
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.
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.
Awesome video and an eerie insight to the darkness back then. This place is definitely on my list of places to visit this year while in Sturgis!!!! Don't know why I haven't done it sooner.
Did u go to Sturgis? Didn't get COVID I hope.... Lol
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.
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).
Whew I bet it was cold sometimes!!
This tour guide is so funny lmao
Thx for sharing we visited this location 11 years ago but our time window did not permit the tour. Video was great thank you.
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.
Wow very nice.
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.
Chrysler is among the worst car designers in the world.
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!)
@@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.
@@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!
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.
I bet you had something!
Awesome tour! That battleship game on the table was cool!
Very good documentary!! Thanks!!!
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"
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.
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.
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.
Interesting video thanks
Wow.
Very interesting video.
Thank you.
Thank you for your service
bearing down on that missile hearing that child calling her mum was a strangely poignant.
I caught that too.
I thougt the same, who takes there children to this place..Go to disney world instead!
@@AlonsoGonzalez ...This is way better than Disney!!!
@@AlonsoGonzalez it's a great history lesson!
Intresting Video thanks for shareing..
Very cool. Thanks!
Thank you for the video and that is a great tour guide made your own video better with him.
He was a cool dude
@@danielbrowniel Thanks Dan, I did enjoy giving your tour, and I still enjoy watching your video!
I actually learned something from this video. Thank you.
"But how would you get in with zombies chasing you?"
"Liberal application of high explosives!"
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There is no problem that can't be solved by the skilled application of high explosives.
Great Vid thanks !
My grandfather design the ball bearing slides that move those missiles around pretty cool
William Valitus has that patent to prove. look it up
I think it was meant to move the sheild or lid on top of the missile.
Nobody:
The noise his camera makes when it zooms in: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
nobody:
me: ok
It's a Canon G7x
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Thanks for the Tour Viideo , Very interesting stuff !
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....
thanks for being positive and civilized
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.
Yes it was FJB
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,
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.
Like the "Tipsies" of Titan sites....
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 . . .
Thank you Tamburello_1994 and Josef Venport for your service!
What was the infamous night in Little Rock?
jed-henry Witkowski 18 Sept 1980
Really good tour guide. Even though hes done it 100s of times, hes still enthusiastic (or good at appearing so).
It was my 2nd week!
Great tour. Thanks
I was assigned to the 91st MSS, Minot, N.D. from 76 thru 78 as a Security Policeman. Great times!!!
Wow. Cold AF too I bet lol
And I'm damn happy to have them.
What a decent tour guide *lol* That Zombie stuff made me laugh hard. XD
Half the fun of giving the tour is questions from the visitors!
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!
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.
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!)
This guy is pretty cool at doing the tour . Was good Info good to watch tnx for the upload.
thanks
I use to work on these but in Missouri back in the early 80s. Seeing this brought back a lot of memories.
Any of them by Fort Leonardwood?
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.
Whiteman AFB at Knobknoster, Mo had 150 Minuteman sites.
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.
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.
Fascinating video, thanks for sharing! Shame we never had these in the UK.. Must say it looks a bit claustrophobic in there with the blast door closed.
enjoyed your video!
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
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.
MALMSTROM? Can you tell us anything about 10 flights going offline in the presence of a UFO over the site?
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!
Daniel Folger there's the Titan Missile Museum and even Ukraine has silos for tour.
Im working as an fsc in the 490th this very moment
@@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!
1997-2000: Malmstrom AFB. 564th MS Alpha Flt. Security Police
THIS brought back the memories!😊
'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.
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!
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.
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.
On a lighter note, where you involved with Barney the Cold War Tourist event?
whereisbarney.com/tabloid_nuke_tour/barney_980915.html
Worked the Delta Flight area, among others, while stationed at Ellsworth AFB from 1982 to 1988 with the 44th Missile Security Squadron.
Would really like to get a chance to visit the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site one day.
Thanks for sharing
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.
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.
This is tour guide Lasky, the guard at Walleyworld! (John Candy)
"We're de-commissioned. The moose out front should have told you."
Great Tour, very interesting 👍🏼
I took a tour at an identical silo at Whiteman AFB. Badass.