Minuteman Missle
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Section II — Life on the South Dakota Plains: Before, During, and After Minuteman

Chapter 2:
U.S. Air Force, Strategic Air Command, and Ellsworth Air Force Base (1940s—90s) (continued)
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Plate 18. Location of Minuteman II missile sites in the United States, highlighting South Dakota and the Delta Flight (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Engineering Record, Reproduction Number HAER SD-50-sheet 2) (click on image for an enlargement in a new window)

transporter erector
Plate 19. Transporter Erector at Ellsworth Air Force Base ("Site Activation Chronology, Minuteman Project, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, July 1963-October 1963," K243.012-40, in USAF Collection, AFHRA)

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Plate 20. Pride hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base (Courtesy of Ellsworth Air Force Base, Base Historian's Office)
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