The frame of a ground launched cruise missile (GLCM) transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) is cut in half by a worker using a circular saw. Forty-one GLCMs and their launch canisters and seven TELs are being disposed of at the base in the first round of reductions mandated by the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
State: Arizona (AZ)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jose Lopez Jr.
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
18/10/1988
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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