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Launch of Minuteman laser-guided missile 30

A portion of a Minuteman laser guided missile 30 is loaded on a transport vehicle

Technicians, using a forklift, prepare to move a piece of a Minuteman laser-guided missile 30

Launch of a Minuteman laser-guided missile-30 during the crimson sunset

Technicians work on the warhead of an LGM-30F Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile

Technicians work on the warheads of an LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

A view of the LGM-30G Minuteman III missile being launched

Two missile maintenance crewmen perform an electrical check on an LGM-30F Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its silo

Two missile maintenance crewmen perform an electrical check on an LGM-30F Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its silo

A technician works on a Minuteman laser-guided missile 30 rocket motor

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Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Afsc

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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23/11/1981
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SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

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Sergeant Stephen J. Tkach III, a loadmaster with the 4th Military Airlift Squadron, directs the winching of an M-270 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) onto a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The loading of the MLRS onto the plane represents the first time that such artillery equipment has been placed aboard a Starlifter. The MLRS is assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, XVIII Airborne Corps

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