Minuteman Launch Facility T-08 (Tango-08 LF), Wheatland Wyoming
Longitude: -104.913889
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: 8714
Installation Location Code: GJAA
Current Site Use: Former Minuteman / Peacekeeper launch facility; missile removed; site included in Peacekeeper deactivation and New START-era silo-elimination documentation; current parcel 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 fenced, posted, or private property.
Launch Facility T-08 was an unmanned missile silo assigned to T-01 Missile Alert Facility and Tango Flight in the F.E. Warren missile field. The public Peacekeeper field listing identifies it as Francis E. Warren AF Missile Site T-08, PIN 8714, ILC GJAA.
T-08 began as part of the F.E. Warren Minuteman force, later served in the Minuteman III field, and then became one of the launch facilities converted for the LGM-118A Peacekeeper under the 400th Missile Squadron. It is no longer an active missile facility. The Peacekeeper mission at F.E. Warren ended on 2005-09-19.
T-08 sat in open rural Platte County country west-southwest of the T-01 control site and southwest of Wheatland.
As a Launch Facility, T-08 was normally unmanned. Missile crews served at the associated T-01 Missile Alert Facility / Launch Control Center, while maintenance, communications, and security teams visited the launch facility as needed. Public exterior photos from 2013 show general views and the silo area.
T-08 was part of the F.E. Warren Minuteman network, later converted from Minuteman III use to Peacekeeper use as one of the 50 former Minuteman silos adapted for the LGM-118A program. Public Air Force histories state that 50 Peacekeepers were in service at F.E. Warren by 1988 and that the Peacekeeper missiles were deactivated on 2005-09-19.
T-08 is a decommissioned former Minuteman / Peacekeeper launch facility. The missile is gone, and the site was part of the broader New START-era 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-08 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-8, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, was listed in the 2013 silo-elimination environmental assessment bibliography.
- 2011-02-05 New START entered into force.
- 2013-07-13 Public photographs of T-08 were published in the AirForceBase.net Peacekeeper field photo set.
- 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.
- 2018-02-04 New START required covered silo-elimination work to be completed by this date.
Read about the Peacekeeper Missile at F.E. Warren AFB
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