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An extreme long shot of a Minuteman Missile launch silo located at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. From AIRMAN Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Tyler Lee of the 341st Maintenance Squadron Malmstrom AFB, Montana remove a myriad of yellow electronic test cables and equipment from the Minuteman Missile launch silo. From AIRMAN Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Jason Gill of the 341st Maintenance Squadron Malmstrom AFB, Montana works inside a Minuteman Missile launch silo. From AIRMAN Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Kith Cornwall of the 341st Maintenance Squadron Malmstrom AFB, Montana wears protective clothing and a breathing apparatus as he works inside a Minuteman Missile launch silo. From AIRMAN Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

Security Policeman, AIRMAN 1ST Class Thomas Lockwood, Missile Squadron, steps back as the visiting Russian Strategic Rocket Forces delegates enter the gate onto Launch Facility I-06 near Cascade, Montana. While on-site, the SRF visitors were able to go underground and see the Minuteman III missile in its launch tube

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Kith Cornwall of the 341st Maintenance Squadron Malmstrom AFB, Montana wears protective clothing and a breathing apparatus as he takes measurements at a Minuteman Missile launch silo. From AIRMAN Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

The final stage of the last Air Force Minuteman II missile exits its launch tube and disappears into the transporter/erector vehicle that is hoisting it out and will carry it back to the main base. The missile was removed from Launch Facility K-11, one of Malmstrom's nearly 200 launch facilities, by members of the 341 Missile Maintenance Squadron

A US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN from the 341st Missile Maintenance Group (MMG) waits outside by a tractor after the trailer (left) overturned during a Nuclear Accident Response Exercise (NARE) at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT)

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Myrtle Beach, S.C., examines the tail section of a Scud missile shot down in the desert by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm

A crowd of spectators stands along the fence outside a Minuteman Missile launch silo at Malmstorm AFB, Montana to watch a 110-ton door blast from the missile tube and slam into 7,000 sandbags - a "doorstop" of sorts. From AIRMAN Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

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Base: Malmstrom Air Force Base

State: Montana (MT)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Greg Kobashigawa

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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