Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

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The automatic flight control system trainer was developed by the Boeing Company for maintenance training on the automatic flight control system of the E-3A Sentry aircraft. Systems represented on the trainer include the yaw dumping for rudder control, the roll autopilot for aileron control, and the pitch autopilot for elevator/stabilizer control

The flight director/radio navigation system trainer built by the Boeing Company for maintenance training on the flight director associated navigational systems of the E-3A Sentry aircraft. Systems represented on the trainer include the flight director, the automatic direction finder, VHF, NAV, marker beacon, radio altimeter and tactical air navigation

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Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the flight. This facility also provided accommodations for the Air Force personnel assigned to Delta Flight.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N791

Survey number: HAER SD-50-A

Building/structure dates: 1961-1963 Initial Construction

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