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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Air Force finishes deactivation of missile sites


Malmstrom Air Force Base
The full deactivation of the 50 missile launch facilities of Malmstrom Air Force Base's 564th Missile Squadron was completed in late August after nearly two years of work, Malmstrom officials said.

Malmstrom's 341st Maintenance Group worked more than 29,000 man-hours to pull all the major equipment and components from the 50 launch facilities, or silos, as well as the five missile alert facilities that controlled them.

Top military officials determined in early 2006 that it was no longer strategically necessary to keep 500 intercontinental ballistic missiles on alert nationwide.

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