Malmstrom AFB 564th Missile Squadron Deactivation Photos

Romeo 00 Launch Control Facility

Romeo-00 Launch Control Facility - 2014

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Below you will find a number of photographs of the Launch Control Facilities and Launch Facilities attached to the 564th SMS at Malmstrom AFB.

The Air Force first started to remove the Minuteman III missiles attached to the 564th in 2007. They completed that task in 2008. In March 2014 the Air Force had a contractor come in and pulled the Launcher Closure Door off of each of the 50 Launch Facilities. The Launcher Closure Door was buried just in front of the launch tube.

They pulled off the ventilation caps of the Launch Support Building, and placed a large concrete cap over each of the ventilation shafts and buried those shafts. The contractor followed suit by filling the Launch Tube with gravel and dirt. The site was graded, and by 2015 the contractor had poured a concrete foundation over each of the 50 Launch Facilities.

In 2015, the author returned to the deactivated sites of the 564th, and found that the contractors had also demolished the building structures of each of the Launch Control Facilities. They left the concrete foundation at each LCF, and poured a 2 feet tall concrete cap where the elevator shaft to the Launch Control Center was located.

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Papa-00 Launch Control Facility

Papa-00 Launch Control Facility - 2014

Quebec-00 Launch Control Facility

Quebec-00 Launch Control Facility - 2014

Romeo 00 Launch Control Facility

Romeo-00 Launch Control Facility - 2014

Sierra 00 Launch Control Facility

Sierra-00 Launch Control Facility - 2014

Tango 00 Launch Control Facility

Tango-00 Launch Control Facility - 2014

Tango 00 Launch Control Facility

Tango-00 Launch Control Facility - 2014

T41 Launcher Closure Door

T41 Launcher Closure Door - 2014

T41 Launch Support BuildingVent Shafts

T41 Launch Support Bldg Vent Shafts - 2014

T47 Launcher Closure Door

T47 Launcher Closure Door - 2014

T47 Launch Facility

T47 Launch Facility - 2014

T48 Launch Facility

T48 Launch Facility - 2014

P10 Launch Facility

P10 Launch Facility - 2014

P10 Launch Facility

P10 Launch Facility - 2014

P10 Launch Facility Pylon Anchors

P10 Launch Facility Pylon Anchors

Q16 Launch Facility

Q-16 Launch Facility - 2014

Q16 Launch Facility

Q-16 Launch Facility - 2014

Papa-00 Launch Control Facility 2015

Papa-00 LCF Concrete Cap For Elevator Shaft

Papa-00 Launch Control Facility 2015

Papa-00 Launch Control Facility - 2015

Papa-00 Launch Control Facility 2015

Romeo-00 LCF Concrete Cap For Elevator Shaft

Sierra-00 Launch Control Facility 2015

Sierra-00 Launch Control Facility - 2015

R21 Launch Facility 2015

R-21 Launch Facility With Cement Cap - 2015

S36 Launch Facility 2015

S-36 Launch Facility With Cement Cap - 2015

R27 Launch Facility Sylvania Plaque 2015

R-27 Launch Facility Sylvania Plaque - 2015

R27 Launch Facility Sylvania Plaque 2015

R-27 Launch Facility Sylvania Plaque - 2015

Tango-00 Launch Control Facility 2015

Tango-00 LCF Concrete Cap For Elevator Shaft

Tango-00 Launch Control Facility 2015

Tango-00 LCF Concrete Cap For Elevator Shaft