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Minuteman Launch Facility T-02 (Tango-02 LF), Wheatland Wyoming

Latitude: 42.105000
Longitude: -104.664722

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Site Type: Missile Launch Facility - Silo
A LF consists of a launcher and an associated launch facility support building (LFSB). All facilities are enclosed within a security fence. The sites average about 1.6 acres in size and holds one missile.

Missile Type: LGM-30B Minuteman I; LGM-30G Minuteman III; LGM-118A Peacekeeper

Parent Base: F.E. Warren AFB

Missile Wing: 90th Missile Wing; 90th Strategic Missile Wing during SAC era

Missile Squadron: 400th Missile Squadron (former Peacekeeper-converted field)

Permanent Installation Number: 8710

Installation Location Code: GHZU

Missile Activated: June, 1965


Missile Deactivated September 19, 2005


Current Site Use: Former Minuteman / Peacekeeper launch facility; missile removed; site included in New START-era Peacekeeper silo-elimination planning; present parcel-level reuse not verified.

Site Ownership: Former U.S. Air Force missile-field property; post-disposal parcel ownership not verified.

Accessible: No public access confirmed; view only from public roads where legal; do not enter the property without current owner permission.

How the Peacekeeper Missile Worked

Map showing location of Minuteman Launch Facility T-02, Wyoming
Map 1: Showing location of Minuteman Launch Facility T-02, Wyoming

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Map 2: Showing Street level location of Minuteman Launch Facility T-02, Wyoming

T-02 was an unmanned Launch Facility / missile silo assigned to T-01 Missile Alert Facility and Tango Flight in the F.E. Warren missile field. It belonged to the 90th Strategic Missile Wing during the SAC era and later to the 90th Missile Wing. Its Peacekeeper-era squadron was the 400th Missile Squadron. T-02 is no longer an active missile facility. The Peacekeeper mission at F.E. Warren ended on 2005-09-19, and the former Peacekeeper launch facilities were later included in New START-era silo-elimination planning.

T-02 occupied open rural land east of Wheatland, Wyoming. No public access was confirmed; the site should be treated as private or restricted property unless current land records or posted access information show otherwise.

Like the other Tango Flight launch facilities, T-02 was a launch facility rather than a crewed command post. Missile crews served at T-01, while maintenance, communications, and security teams visited T-02 as needed. Public exterior photos from 2013 show general views, the silo area, and site lighting, but no unique preserved feature, public interpretation, or unusual reuse was identified.

T-02 began as a Minuteman launch facility in the F.E. Warren missile field and later passed through the Minuteman III-to-Peacekeeper conversion that affected 50 former Minuteman silos assigned to the 400th Missile Squadron. Official Air Force history states that the Peacekeeper became operational at F.E. Warren in 1986, that 50 missiles were in service there by 1988, and that the missiles were placed in hardened underground silos previously used by Minuteman ICBMs.

T-02 is a decommissioned former Minuteman / Peacekeeper launch facility. The missile is gone, and the site was part of the broader New START disposal framework for former Peacekeeper launch facilities at F.E. Warren. Parcel-level current ownership and reuse were not verified.

For the full Tango Flight narrative, see T-01 Missile Alert Facility / Launch Control Center

Chronology

  • 1963 The 90th Strategic Missile Wing was activated at F.E. Warren during the Minuteman buildup.
  • 1965-06 The F.E. Warren Minuteman force was in the fully operational era; T-02 belonged to the Tango Flight launch-facility network.
  • 1975 Minuteman III replaced Minuteman I at F.E. Warren.
  • 1986 The Peacekeeper became operational at F.E. Warren.
  • 1988 Fifty Peacekeeper missiles were in service at F.E. Warren.
  • 2005-09-19 The Peacekeeper mission at F.E. Warren ended.
  • 2007-06 A Tank Closure Report for Launch Facility Tango-2, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, was listed in the 2013 silo-elimination environmental assessment bibliography.
  • 2011-02-05 New START entered into force.
  • 2013 The Final Environmental Assessment for Minuteman III and Peacekeeper Silo Elimination addressed former Peacekeeper launch facilities and associated missile alert facilities at F.E. Warren.
  • 2013-08-02 Public photographs of T-02 were published in the AirForceBase.net Peacekeeper field photo set.
  • 2018-02-04 New START required covered silo-elimination work to be completed by this date.

Current Google Satellite Image of Minuteman Launch Facility T-02, Wyoming
Aerial View 1: Current Google Satellite Image of Minuteman Launch Facility T-02, Wyoming Source: Google Maps - Click to View
Map Showing Tango Flight Missile Silos & MAF Locations
Map 3: Map Showing Tango Flight Missile Silos & MAF Locations Red Marker Shows Tango-02 LF Location, Black Show MAF Location, Grey Shows the other Silos in the Flight

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