Minot Air Force Base Airmen train in the Launch Control Center trainer on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 26, 2023. The above-ground capsule training unit are where Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch officers learn learn to operate LCCs that are usually 40-60 feet below the earth's surface and at the heart of America's intercontinental ballistic missile force. (U.S. Air Force Alexander Nottingham) More