Wing
Security Controller summary; and Bond, AF-117, 8. The 91st Strategic
Missile Wing maintains a distinct, control communications network linking all
15 underground Launch Control Centers (each manned by two Missile Combat Crew
Commanders, or capsule crew) with Wing
Security Control, and by extension, SAC/HQ, Offutt AFB, NE. The network
provided a secure communications channel and means to monitor the real-time
status and security of all 150 missiles. The MCCCs would communicate directly
with the Flight Security Controller, aboveground in the Launch Control
Facility, who provided the security requirements for the 10 Launch Facilities
(missile silos) encircling the LCF. The Launch Support Building was separate
from the silo and housed electrical distribution equipment, a back-up
generator, and brine chiller to maintain temperature and humidity-controlled
air for the launch equipment in the silo. Bruce Ecker’s spherical panoramic
image of a 1963 Launch Support Building at Ellsworth, AFB is available from: http://nonplused.org/panos/minuteman/html/delta09_support.html.