News>AFSPC Milestone: Inactivation of the 321st Missile Group at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota.
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A maintainer looks over a Minuteman III in a silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., in 1989. The last Minuteman III was removed from here in 1998. (U.S. Air Force photo)
9/28/2012 - Peterson AFB, Colo. -- The Air Force Space Command is celebrating its 30th Anniversary! Here is a significant milestone from the command's history ...
After more than three decades on alert under North Dakota soil, the last of 150 missiles assigned to the 321st Missile Group was removed in June 1998 with the Missile Group inactivation on 30 Sep 1998.
Departure of the last Minuteman III and inactivation of the base was part of the ICBM drawdown.
