Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 373-5 Site
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The Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 373-5 Site is a historic military installation in White County, Arkansas. It is located on private property just northeast of the junction of Arkansas Highways 35 and
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, west of Searcy. The site has only a few surface-level features remaining, including its access road (off Highway 36) and a helicopter landing pad. Most of the site's surviving features are below ground, including a three-level command complex, but are discernible by the mounding of earth over their remains. The site housed a Titan II missile, and was in service from 1962 until 1986. Its control equipment was then removed, and many of its surface-level features (including the launch portal and main personnel access portal) were demolished and covered with mounded earth. When operational, the site was operated by the
373d Strategic Missile Squadron The 373d Strategic Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was first established during World War II. After a series of inactivations and reactivations, the squadron was last assigned to the 308th Strategic Missile Wi ...
of the United States Air Force. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.


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Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-5 Site The Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-5 Site is a historic military installation in rural Faulkner County, Arkansas. It is located roughly midway between Greenbrier and Conway, on the east side of United States Route 65 about north of its jun ...
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Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-7 Site The Damascus Titan missile explosion (also called the Damascus accident) was a 1980 U.S. nuclear weapons incident involving a Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The incident occurred on September 18–19, 1980, at Missile Co ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Arkansas


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Installations of the United States Air Force in Arkansas Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in White County, Arkansas 1963 establishments in Arkansas 1986 disestablishments in Arkansas Military installations established in 1963 Installations of Strategic Air Command {{WhiteCountyAR-NRHP-stub