page_title: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
section_title: Intercontinental ballistic missile facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base / History / Intercontinental ballistic missile facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial image of 564th Missile Squadron SM-65D Atlas Missile launchers in Wyoming, United States Français&#160;: Image aérienne des sites de lancements des missiles Atlas SM-65D du 564th Missile Squadron, Wyoming, États-Unis
context_page_description: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles west of Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is one of three strategic-missile bases in the U.S. It was named in honor of Francis E. Warren in 1930. Warren AFB is home of the 90th Missile Wing, assigned to the Twentieth Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command. The 90 MW operates the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM. It is also the home of Twentieth Air Force, which commands all U.S. Air Force ICBMs.
  Warren AFB is the oldest continuously active military installation within the Air Force, established in 1867 by the United States Army as Fort David Allen Russell. The facility came under control of the United States Army Air Forces on 1 June 1947, and then of the United States Air Force on 18 September 1947.
  The 90th Missile Wing is commanded by Colonel Peter Bonetti. Twentieth Air Force, co-located at Warren AFB, has been under the command of Major General Fred B. Stoss since January 2018. Warren AFB is a census-designated place and had a resident population of 3,072 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: 389th Strategic Missile Wing
  SM-65 AtlasD/E, 1960–1965
  564th Strategic Missile Squadron (6 missiles)
  564-A, 10.6 mi NW of Federal WY 41°22′44″N 104°58′25″W
  564-B, 10.6 mi NW of Federal WY 41°22′43″N 104°58′07″W
  565th Strategic Missile Squadron (9 missiles)
  565-A, 15.1 mi NW of Hillsdale WY 41°23′32″N 104°38′30″W
  565-B, 8.2 mi WNW of Carpenter WY 41°05′22″N 104°30′42″W
  565-C, 4.8 mi W of Granite Canon WY 41°05′08″N 105°08′45″W
  566th Strategic Missile Squadron (9 missiles)
  566–1, 6.5 mi SSE of Chugwater, WY 41°40′07″N 104°46′37″W
  566–2, 8.8 mi SW of LaGrange, WY 41°33′39″N 104°17′56″W
  566–3, 2.5 mi N of Pine Bluffs, WY 41°13′05″N 104°03′56″W
  566–4, 2.2 mi SW of Kimball, NE 41°12′36″N 103°41′09″W
  566–5, 5.1 mi N of Grover, CO 40°56′44″N 104°12′57″W
  566–6, 3.2 mi WNW of Briggsdale, CO 40°38′56″N 104°23′04″W
  566–7, 6.7 mi NNE of Nunn, CO 40°47′17″N 104°43′10″W
  566–8, 1.9 mi W of Greeley, CO 40°25′46″N 104°51′42″W
  566–9, 8.8 mi NW of Fort Collins, CO 40°40′43″N 105°12′13″W
  Due to the remoteness of the locations where they were constructed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Warren Atlas sites have not been redeveloped since their closure in 1965. The 564th SMS A/B Warren I site is completely abandoned. The public road "Atlas Road" ends at a fence with a "No Trespassing" sign about 2 or 3 miles (4.8 km) from the actual site, and the road past the gate appears to be well cracked and vegetation is growing out of the unmaintained surface. The site itself, which is in private ownership, when viewed from aerial images looks as if it has been abandoned for decades, The above ground launchers and support structures left as they were when inactivated nearly 50 years ago. Roofs of some structures still exist, others do not. The access roads are very deteriorated as well, with large areas of vegetation growing though the cracks in the surface.
  The other Atlas-D sites for the 565th SMS are all intact, sites A and C appear to be unused although both are in private hands. Site B has large numbers of abandoned vehicles on it, although again, all of the facilities appear to be still intact. The Atlas-E sites appear to be intact, all in private hands, and other than being overgrown, appear to have been left to the elements and time since 1965.
  90th Missile Wing
  LGM-30B Minuteman I, 1964–1974
  LGM-30G Minuteman III, 1973–present
  Missile Alert Facilities (MAF) (each controlling 10 missiles) are as follows:
  319th Missile Squadron
  320th Missile Squadron
  321st Missile Squadron
  LGM-118A Peacekeeper, 1987–2005.
  With the deployment of the LGM-118A, 50 former Minuteman III silos were converted. 400th Strategic Missile Squadron Flights P through T were reassigned to the Peacekeeper for operational duty.
  P-01, 18.0 mi N of Hillsdale WY, 41°28′20″N 104°28′04″W
  Q-01, 15.4 mi SxSW of Chugwater WY 41°32′35″N 104°54′10″W
  R-01, 16.4 mi NW of Meriden WY, 41°44′17″N 104°30′00″W
  S-01, 4.8 mi SE of Yoder WY, 41°52′23″N 104°13′20″W
  T-01, 9.1 mi ExSE of Wheatland WY, 41°59′51″N 104°47′30″W
  Complete list of 90th MW Minuteman/Peacekeeper missile Sites
  Since their closure in the early 2000s (decade), the Peacekeeper Missile Alert Facilities all have been turned over to the GSA for disposition. All appear to be intact and in government hands. The locked gates and fences surround abandoned buildings which appear in good condition. The 50 launch silos (Launch Facilities) have all been imploded, then graded. Other than a road leading to the former site, most of which are still fenced and are still government owned, nothing more than natural vegetation is there in aerial imagery.
caption: SM-65D Atlas missile site Warren I, northwest of Warren AFB
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