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Artwork: "Minuteman ICBM Being Loaded Into a C-141, Vandenberg AFB"Artist: Winston Taylor

Artwork: "Minuteman ICBM Being Loaded Into a C-141, Vandenberg AFB"Art...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Airmen make final checks after assembling a reentry vehicle mating sling to be used for the removal of a Titan II reentry vehicle at site No. 570-5. They are assigned to the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron

Airmen make final checks after assembling a reentry vehicle mating sli...

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: SSGT Dean M. Fox Release Status:... More

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile support building under construction

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile support bui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield F. Jones Release St... More

The Boeing version, right, and the Martin Marietta version of the small intercontinental ballistic missile hard mobile launcher (HML) are parked side-by-side during mobility testing at the Yuma Proving Grounds

The Boeing version, right, and the Martin Marietta version of the smal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield F. Jones Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

An artist's concept of a Soviet SS-18 follow-on intercontinental ballistic missile

An artist's concept of a Soviet SS-18 follow-on intercontinental balli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Trident II (D-5X3) intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during the third developmental test flight of the system. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) and all subsequent submarines in its class. Note: Fourth view in a series of six

A Trident II (D-5X3) intercontinental ballistic missile is launched du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A Trident II (D-5X4) intercontinental ballistic missile clears the launch pad during the fourth developmental test flight of the system. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) and all subsequent submarines in its class. Note: Fifth view in a series of seven

A Trident II (D-5X4) intercontinental ballistic missile clears the lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A Trident II (D-5X4) intercontinental ballistic missile clears the launch pad during the fourth developmental test flight of the system. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) and all subsequent submarines in its class. Note: Sixth view in a series of seven

A Trident II (D-5X4) intercontinental ballistic missile clears the lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Workers survey the remains of a Titan II missile silo of the 308th Strategic Missile Wing, which has been deactivated. The circular field of debris is left in place for a Soviet verification team

Workers survey the remains of a Titan II missile silo of the 308th Str...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Mark Clagg Release Status: ... More

A Minuteman II missile and American flags in front of the Strategic Air Command's Headquarters building at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A Minuteman II missile and American flags in front of the Strategic Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile is test fired

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile is test fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: CHIEF MASTER SGT. Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An officer secures himself into the Model 1101 missile crew member chair, developed by AMI Industries, as he sits at the control panel inside a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silo

An officer secures himself into the Model 1101 missile crew member cha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana(MT) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

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

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron ser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron takes notes at radio maintenance station No. 2 aboard 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

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron tak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, is observed by other oficers as he works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory Trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Steward Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

At 7:59 am PDT the second of two unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles is successfully launched

At 7:59 am PDT the second of two unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinenta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeremy Moore Release Status:... More

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is successfully launched at 5:17 am PDT. This is the first of two launches for the day

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is success...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gary R. Coppage Release Sta... More

Missile Maintenance Technicians from the 90th MXS/LSS stand at the opening of Minuteman III Silo, Alpha-7. Pictured are: SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Laboarde (on diveboard), STAFF SGT. Jason Bruns & STAFF SGT. Monte Reeder (in work cage)

Missile Maintenance Technicians from the 90th MXS/LSS stand at the ope...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Wagers Rele... More

A reconfigured Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg AFB at 8:39 p.m. 23 June 1997. The missile, part of the Multi-Service Launch System developed by Lockheed-Martin Astronautics, deployed a payload of nine target objects in space to test sensors carried aloft by a second Minuteman II that was launched from the Kwajalein Missile Range in the south Pacific Ocean approximately 20 minutes later. It carried sensors using existing National Missile Defense technology to identify and track the nine target objects released by the Vandenberg missile. A side effect from the launch resulted in what is termed as a "twilight phenomenon," a multicolored light...

A reconfigured Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile was lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A reconfigured Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg AFB at 8:39 p.m. 23 June 1997. The m... More

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up at USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jeremy Lock, Aerial Photographer assigned to the 30th Communications Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. SRA Lock is tasked to photograph Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and Space Vehicle launches as well as other activities that affect the base populous

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up at USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Je...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Pamela Taubman, USAF Release... More

As Vandenberg Air Force Base launched another Minuteman III for the National Missile Defense (NMD) Program four Greenpeace activists were apprehended as their Zodiac inflatable boat washed ashore on one of the base's beaches. Two of the activists were treated for hypothermia and then taken into custody by the Kern County Sheriff's Department, for charges of trespassing on Federal Property and violation of the Endangered Species Act

As Vandenberg Air Force Base launched another Minuteman III for the Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Force Space Command Scen... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Kessler takes cover behind concrete barriers during a training exercise by the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG) to recapture a missile launch facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of Malmstroms 341st Space Wing, located throughout central Montana. The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise they are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm...

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Kessler takes cover ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Kessler takes cover behind concrete barriers during a training exercise by the... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo peeks out from cover while participating in a training exercise by the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG) to recapture a missile launch facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise SRA Caliendo is wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo peeks out from c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 2, 2020. ICBM test launches demonstrat... More

President Gerald R. Ford Delivering Remarks in front of the Minuteman Statue during a Bicentennial Ceremony at Lexington Green

President Gerald R. Ford Delivering Remarks in front of the Minuteman ...

Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs Public domain photograph of US government, White House, Office of President of the United States of America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An LGM-30B Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test

An LGM-30B Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile is launched ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

A Minuteman III launch - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

A Minuteman III launch - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: F. Franz Release Status: Release... More

AN interior view of the vertical lift door at the missile assembly building, part of the Missile X (MX) advanced intercontinental ballistic missile facility

AN interior view of the vertical lift door at the missile assembly bui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA John A. Pagano Release Statu... More

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

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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to... More

Minuteman transporter-erector is raised to the 45 degree angle position

Minuteman transporter-erector is raised to the 45 degree angle positio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to... More

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

Technicians, using a forklift, prepare to move a piece of a Minuteman ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to... More

Personnel of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron direct the arrival of a Titan II first stage at the Southern Pacific Railyard. This is the first Titan II missile to be removed from duty with the 390th Strategic Missile Wing, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz

Personnel of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron direct the arrival...

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: MAJ Patrick Maloney Release Stat... More

A sign is posted to welcome Titan II and Minuteman wings participating in the Strategic Air Command's 14th annual Olympic Arena Exercise

A sign is posted to welcome Titan II and Minuteman wings participating...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Robert S. Thompson Release ... More

A technician monitors a computer printout while testing the electrical circuits of an MGM-118 Peacekeeper (formerly MX) intercontinental ballistic missile control guidance system

A technician monitors a computer printout while testing the electrical...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Victor Owens Release Status:... More

Demolition experts prepare explosive devices around a Titan II missile silo slated for destruction in accordance with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II)

Demolition experts prepare explosive devices around a Titan II missile...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SALT II Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

An aerial view of a Titan II missile silo being blown up by demolitions experts in accordance with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II)

An aerial view of a Titan II missile silo being blown up by demolition...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SALT II Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

A member of the 381st Security Police Squadron, armed with an M16 rifle, stands guard as a Titan II reentry vehicle is loaded onto a trailer. This is the first Titan II missile to be deactivated at McConnell

A member of the 381st Security Police Squadron, armed with an M16 rifl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcconnell Air Force Base State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Deal Toney Release Status: Relea... More

An aerial view of an LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile support building under construction

An aerial view of an LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield F. Jones Release St... More

A chart depicting the modernization of the Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile warhead mix between 1985 and the mid 1990's

A chart depicting the modernization of the Soviet intercontinental bal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Trident II (D-5X3) intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during the third developmental test flight of the system. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) and all subsequent submarines in its class. Note: Sixth view in a series of six

A Trident II (D-5X3) intercontinental ballistic missile is launched du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A Trident II (D-5x4) intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during the fourth developmental test flight of the system. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN-734) and all subsequent submarines in its class

A Trident II (D-5x4) intercontinental ballistic missile is launched du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A trailer carrying a missile launcher simulator for the canister-assisted launch of an MGM-134 small intercontinental ballistic missile is aligned with a launch mount

A trailer carrying a missile launcher simulator for the canister-assis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Richard L. SEAMAN Release St... More

A sentry checks the identification card of Sergeant Stephen M. Kravitsky before allowing him to enter the site of a Minuteman III missile silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Kravitsky, a missile systems analyst with the 321st Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron, has been named as one of the Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 1989

A sentry checks the identification card of Sergeant Stephen M. Kravits...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Alan R. Wycheck Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An EC-135 Pacer Link aircraft (tail No. 8052) from the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron sits on the ramp prior to flying the final Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile launch for the Strategic Air Command. The mission has been designated "Glory Trip 147GM-1"

An EC-135 Pacer Link aircraft (tail No. 8052) from the 2nd Airborne Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY TRIP 147GM-1 Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

The largest crane at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, the Titan II, is being dismantled for shipment to the Panama Canal Zone. The crane came to Long Beach from Germany at the end of World War Two as was reparation

The largest crane at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, the Titan II, is b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 R.J. Oriez Release Status: Released to Publ... More

At the Launch Facility, Civilian journalists photograph and videotape the Air Force's last remaining Minuteman II missile as it is pulled from its launch tube

At the Launch Facility, Civilian journalists photograph and videotape ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AIRMAN John A. Turner, Jr. Releas... More

In the morning around 0800 at the Launch Facility, security policeman SENIOR AIRMAN Blake Wingate of 341 OSS holds open Launch Facility K-11's gate and allows a transporter/erector vehicle from the 341 Missile Maintenance Squadron to come onto the site. Today the truck will be removing the 341 Missile Wing's last Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile from its launcher, marking the end of thirty years of Minuteman II's in the Air Force inventory and the completion of President Bush's 1991 "Stand Down" order which removed all Minuteman II missiles from alert

In the morning around 0800 at the Launch Facility, security policeman ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AMN. John A. Turner, Jr. Release ... More

CAPT. Bonita Nolan and CAPT. Wendy McNiel from the 90th Missile Wing/Minuteman Crew, reset a tripped circuit breaker in the Missile Procedures Trainer. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

CAPT. Bonita Nolan and CAPT. Wendy McNiel from the 90th Missile Wing/M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More

A Titan II rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-4 west carrying NASA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-L weather satellite. The launch is the result of a combined effort by the men and women of the 30th Space Wing, NASA and the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles. The spacelift commander for this mission was US Air Force Colonel Steve Lanning, 30th Space Wing commander. US Air Force Major Dave Salm, 2nd Space Launch Squadron, is the Air Force launch director. NOAA-L will primarily provide long-range weather forecasting. It will operate in tandem with currently orbiting NOAA satellites. NOAA-L ...

A Titan II rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A Titan II rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-4 west car... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Amy Bennett, 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), finds cover behind a cottonwood tree while participating in an exercise to recapture a missile launch facility from hostile forces. The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise SRA Bennett is wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Amy Bennett, 341st Security Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

An LGM-25C Titan II missile is launched

An LGM-25C Titan II missile is launched

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

An LGM-30B Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile is in flight during a test

An LGM-30B Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile is in flight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

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-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Wickley Release Status: Rel... More

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-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Wickley Release Status: Rel... More

The pods on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) are inspected during assembly

The pods on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) are inspected...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Stephen N. Eide Release Stat... More

Air Force technicians prepare to install an All Ordnance Destruct System on a Minuteman I missile

Air Force technicians prepare to install an All Ordnance Destruct Syst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Richardson Release St... More

An aerial view of the Missile X (MX) advanced intercontinental ballistic missile mechanical maintenance facility, looking southwest

An aerial view of the Missile X (MX) advanced intercontinental ballist...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Harrington Release ... More

Worker sprays inside of Minuteman (LGM-30) silo wall

Worker sprays inside of Minuteman (LGM-30) silo wall

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to... More

A view of a Titan II missile silo after being destroyed by demolitions experts in acccordance with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II)

A view of a Titan II missile silo after being destroyed by demolitions...

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: SSGT. Michael Haggerty Release S... More

A Titan II missile silo just prior to its destruction in accordance with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II). The tires are used to keep the flying debris to a minimum

A Titan II missile silo just prior to its destruction in accordance wi...

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: STAFF SGT. Michael Haggerty Rele... More

A time exposure of eight Peacekeeper (LGM-118A) intercontinental ballistic missile reentry vehicles passing through clouds while approaching an open-ocean impact zone during a flight test

A time exposure of eight Peacekeeper (LGM-118A) intercontinental balli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

STAFF Sergeant William F. Sarhage III, 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron, uses a communications headset to speak to technicians in a silo, during the removal of a Titan II reentry vehicle at site No. 570-5

STAFF Sergeant William F. Sarhage III, 390th Missile Maintenance Squad...

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: SSGT Dean M. Fox Release Status:... More

Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron use ropes to guide a Titan II reentry vehicle as it is lifted from its silo at site No. 570-5

Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron use ropes to guide a...

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: SSGT Dean M. Fox Release Status:... More

Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron guide a reentry vehicle mating sling over a Titan II reentry vehicle, for its removal from a silo at site No. 570-5

Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron guide a reentry vehi...

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: SSGT Dean M. Fox Release Status:... More

Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron guide a Titan II missile as it is lowered onto a trailer after its removal from a silo at site No. 570-5

Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron guide a Titan II mis...

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: SSGT Dean M. Fox Release Status:... More

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile is fired from a launch tube during a test at the Mercury Proving Grounds

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile is fired fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mercury State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield Jones Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Technicians examine sections of an LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile in an impact pit after it was launched during a test at the Mercury Proving Grounds

Technicians examine sections of an LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mercury State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield Jones Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Smoke, dust and debris rise into the air as 3.5 million pounds of explosives are detonated on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile silo during a silo super-hardening test. Note: Third view in a series of four

Smoke, dust and debris rise into the air as 3.5 million pounds of expl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield F. Jones Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A Trident II (D-5X3) intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during the third developmental test flight of the system. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) and all subsequent submarines in its class. Note: Second view in a series of six

A Trident II (D-5X3) intercontinental ballistic missile is launched du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

An artist's concept of a Soviet rail-mobile SS-24 Mod 1 intercontinental ballistic missile

An artist's concept of a Soviet rail-mobile SS-24 Mod 1 intercontinent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "Hot Launch - Titan II"- Artist: Charles P. Shealy

Artwork: "Hot Launch - Titan II"- Artist: Charles P. Shealy

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

1LT D. Boots, a navigator with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, plots a course aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory Trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

1LT D. Boots, a navigator with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Sq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment at radio maintenance station No. 2 aboard 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

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron ser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

CAPT. Mike Thomas, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

CAPT. Mike Thomas, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY TRIP 143GB Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

2LT Carl Struck and 1LT Mike Ferris of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, work together at a Minuteman status console during the 1991 Strategic Air Command Missile Combat Competition, Olympic Arena '91.

2LT Carl Struck and 1LT Mike Ferris of the 321st Strategic Missile Win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Stat... More

An airborne missile combat crew commander turns the missile launch key on a KC-135 Pacer Link aircraft (tail No. 8052). Personnel assigned to the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron and the 1850th Communications Squadron are flying the last Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile launch for the Strategic Air Command. The mission has been designated "Glory Trip 147GM-1."

An airborne missile combat crew commander turns the missile launch key...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Scott Stewart Release Status: Re... More

At the Launch Facility, cables are lowered down the launch tube to the head of the last remaining Air Force Minuteman II missile

At the Launch Facility, cables are lowered down the launch tube to the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AIRMAN John A. Turner, Jr. Releas... More

Forty feet below ground in a missile silo on North Vandenberg AFB, STAFF SGT. Mark Conrad and SENIOR AIRMAN Christopher Olson, missile maintenance technicians from the 320th Missile Squadron, work to replace a post boost control system on a Minuteman Man rocket

Forty feet below ground in a missile silo on North Vandenberg AFB, STA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE '97 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

Members of the United States and Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) inspection teams look into a US Air Force (USAF) Minuteman II Missile training silo at Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD)

Members of the United States and Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Trea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Daren deLong, 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), calls out to fellow security forces members for more ammunition during a training exercise to recapture a missile launch facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise A1C deLong is wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Daren deLong, 341st Secur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Kessler breaks from cover and moves up to support fellow members of the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT), as they train to recapture a missile launch facility at Malmstrom AFB. The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise A1C Kessler and his team are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Kessler breaks from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo covers the USAF SRA Pat Thomas, 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT), as he moves forward to clear an opposing force (OPFOR) position. Security Forces at Malmstrom AFB are training to recapture a missile launch facility from hostile forces. The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise they are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo covers the USAF ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Mark Kimball (right), 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron, armed with 5.56 mm M4A1 rifle with a red dot sight, covered by a member of the 741st Missile Security Forces Squadron armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 with a M203 40 mm grenade launcher attach, conducts a detailed search of a Minuteman III Launch Facility near Conrad, Mont., after recapturing it from a simulated terrorist cell during an exercise on Sept. 24, 2004. The 341st MSFS works in concert with the 741st MSFS to provide a combined response to any threats to the missiles of the 341st Space Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roger Dey, CIV) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Mark Kimball (right), 341st Missile Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malmstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

STAFF Sergeant John Brown (in cavalry uniform) and missile launch officer Richard C. Soetaret pose in front of a Minuteman missile replica outside the main gate, to represent the "muskets to missiles" theme of the 5th Cavalry reorganized

STAFF Sergeant John Brown (in cavalry uniform) and missile launch offi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul J. Harrington Rele... More

An LGM-30B Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile is in flight during a test

An LGM-30B Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile is in flight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

The meter for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is installed during assembly

The meter for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is installe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Stephen N. Eide Release Stat... More

Air Force technicians prepare to install an All Ordnance Destruct System on a Minuteman I missile

Air Force technicians prepare to install an All Ordnance Destruct Syst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Richardson Release St... More

An artist's concept of the payload assembly building planned for the upcoming MX intercontinental ballistic missile program at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

An artist's concept of the payload assembly building planned for the u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial view of the Missile X (MX) advanced intercontinental ballistic missile facility under construction

An aerial view of the Missile X (MX) advanced intercontinental ballist...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Harrington Release ... More

An interior view of a Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile silo showing the living quarters and control panels. This silo is manned by personnel of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing

An interior view of a Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Louis Comeger Release St... More

A member of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing works at a control panel inside a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silo

A member of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing works at a control panel ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Louis Comeger Release S... More

A time exposure of 10 Peacekeeper (LGM-118A) intercontinental ballistic missile reentry vehicles approaching an open-ocean impact zone near Kwajalein Atoll during a flight test

A time exposure of 10 Peacekeeper (LGM-118A) intercontinental ballisti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South Pacific Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Titan II reentry vehicle is lowered by crane onto a trailer after its removal from a silo by members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron

A Titan II reentry vehicle is lowered by crane onto a trailer after it...

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: SSGT Dean M. Fox Release Status:... More

A reentry vehicle mating sling is lifted by crane for lowering into a silo during the removal of a Titan II reentry vehicle at site No. 570-5

A reentry vehicle mating sling is lifted by crane for lowering into a ...

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: SSGT Dean M. Fox Release Status:... More

A crane lowers a reentry vehicle collar into a silo as members of the 381st Strategic Missile Wing prepare for the first deactivation of a Titan II missile at McConnell

A crane lowers a reentry vehicle collar into a silo as members of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcconnell Air Force Base State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Deal Toney Release Status... More

An MGM-118 Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile fires its first stage engines during the seventh test flight of the system

An MGM-118 Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile fires its fi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

An LCM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile support building under construction

An LCM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile support bui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield F. Jones Release St... More

A chart comparing U.S. and Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile launcher and re-entry vehicle deployment between 1970 and 1986

A chart comparing U.S. and Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile points skyward from its position in a silo

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile points skyw...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ronald Rush Release Sta... More

A Trident II (D-5X4) intercontinental ballistic missile clears the launch pad during the fourth developmental test flight of the system. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) and all subsequent submarines in its class. Note: Third view in a series of seven

A Trident II (D-5X4) intercontinental ballistic missile clears the lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

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