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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

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

Technicians work on the warhead of an LGM-30F Minuteman II intercontin...

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 P... More

SGT. Stephen M. Kravitsky inspects an LGM-30G Minuteman III missile inside a 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

SGT. Stephen M. Kravitsky inspects an LGM-30G Minuteman III missile in...

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

SSGT Diane Cherry, left, and A1C Brook Devos, both of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron, make preflight checks in the communications 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 AFB, California

SSGT Diane Cherry, left, and A1C Brook Devos, both of the 1850th Airbo...

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

1LT Andrea Tart, an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft co-pilot with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, runs through a preflight checklist 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

1LT Andrea Tart, an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft co-pi...

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

CPT Lance Plummer, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, loads a coded tape into the airborne launch control system 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

CPT Lance Plummer, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comm...

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, foreground, airborne missile combat crew commander from the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, and CAPT. John Rogers, deputy airborne missile combat crew commander from the 1850th Communications Squadron, practice turning the missile launch keys inside their EC-135 Pacer Link aircraft (tail No. 8052), prior to flying the final Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile launch for the Strategic Air Command. The mission has been designated "Glory Trip 147GM-1."

CAPT. Tom Neiss, foreground, airborne missile combat crew commander fr...

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

A Minuteman III missile was test launched from Launch Facility 04. The missile traveled approximately 4200 miles in twenty minutes to the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands. The test is conducted to prove the reliability of land based nuclear missiles

A Minuteman III missile was test launched from Launch Facility 04. The...

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: MASTER SGT. Lorenzo Gaines Relea... More

At 0101 hours a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches from a North Vandenberg launch site

At 0101 hours a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launc...

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 Travis Aston Release Status... More

Members of the 30th Range Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, brief US Air Force Brigadier General Gary R. Dylewski on an upcoming Minuteman III Launch. The Airspace and Offshore Management flight team showed BGEN Dylewski how they ensure that aircraft, trains and other offshore vehicles are at a safe distance before approving a launch

Members of the 30th Range Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Califor...

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 Suzanne Jenkins, USAF Releas... More

Admiral Richard W. Mies, USN, Commander-in-CHIEF, U.S. Strategic Command, arrives at the Pacific Coast Club at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Admiral Mies traveled to Vandenberg from Omaha, Nebraska, to view two different Minuteman III Misslies launches (not shown) later in the evening

Admiral Richard W. Mies, USN, Commander-in-CHIEF, U.S. Strategic Comma...

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 Suzanne Jenkins, USAF Releas... 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

MASTER SGT. Ellis C. Hire, Space Command I.G. Inspector, observes STAFF SGT. Dennis Burdozski (right) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Edward Castel as they load a Minuteman Payload onto a PT Van transport to a launch facility. A joint Nuclear Agency, Air Force Space Command, and the Military Airlift Command joined forces to see how well Team Grand Forks ensured the safety, security and reliability of the nuclear resources under their command. The base passed with a satisfactory rating

MASTER SGT. Ellis C. Hire, Space Command I.G. Inspector, observes STAF...

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: STAFF SGT. Gary R. Coppage Re... More

A Minuteman III missile is test launched from Launch Facility 04. The missile traveled approximately 4200 miles in twenty minutes to the Kwajalein Missile Range in Marshall Islands. The test is conducted to prove the reliability of land based nuclear missiles

A Minuteman III missile is test launched from Launch Facility 04. The ...

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: MASTER SGT. Lorenzo Gaines Relea... More

A transporter/erector vehicle belonging to the 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron hoists the last remaining Air Force Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile into its elevated trailer

A transporter/erector vehicle belonging to the 341st Missile Maintenan...

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

The last remaining Air Force Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile is hoisted out of its launch tube at launch facility K-11. The retirement of this missile marks the completion of President Bush's 1991 "Stand Down" order that removed all Minuteman II missiles from alert

The last remaining Air Force Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic m...

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

1ST LT. Glen Roberts and 2nd LT. Kelvin Jacobs from the 90th Missile Wing/Minuteman Crew read their manuals and perform daily missile tests inside the Missile Procedures Trainer

1ST LT. Glen Roberts and 2nd LT. Kelvin Jacobs from the 90th Missile W...

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

CAPT. Shannon Cape and 2nd LT. Joe D'Eufemia from the 90th Missile Wing / Minuteman Crew, run fault procedures for improper indications inside of 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. Shannon Cape and 2nd LT. Joe D'Eufemia from the 90th Missile Win...

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

U.S. Army linguist, STAFF SGT. Michael Arrowsmith, translates as SENIOR AIRMAN Brad Domingo, a Missile Maintenance Team training instructor with the 341st Logistics Support Squadron, describes to Russian Strategic Rocket Forces Colonels Valeriy Germanovich Proskuryakov (Missile Division CHIEF of STAFF), Oleg Georgiyevich Gromov (Deputy CHIEF, Weapons Directorate), and Aleksandr Yur'yevich Zubkov (Missile Regiment Commander) the security measures involved in preventing unauthorized access to a Minuteman III missile. The group is standing near Launch Facility I-06's opened Primary Access Shaft, which has a ladder to go down to the missile

U.S. Army linguist, STAFF SGT. Michael Arrowsmith, translates as SENIO...

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: SENIOR AIRMAN John A. Turner, Jr Rele... More

Members of the Air Force Flight Security Control Team, 319th Missile Squadron, patrols a Minuteman III missile site perimeter during the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98

Members of the Air Force Flight Security Control Team, 319th Missile S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

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 AIRMAN First Class Jason Gill of the 341st Maintenance Sq...

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: TSGT Greg Kobashigawa Release Status... More

Team Vandenberg successfully launches an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The purpose of this launch was to test the reliability and accuracy of Air Force weapon systems

Team Vandenberg successfully launches an unarmed Minuteman III interco...

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 Richard W. Freeland, USAF R... More

Team Vandenberg successfully launches an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The purpose of this launch was to test the reliability and accuracy of Air Force weapon systems

Team Vandenberg successfully launches an unarmed Minuteman III interco...

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 Richard W. Freeland, USAF R... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Daniel Horn (left) and USAF SAR Joshua Palmanteer, both Missile Maintenance Technicians (MMT), assigned to the 341st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), attaches a handling fixture to the Re-entry System on a Minuteman Missile inside the launch silo, during the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) Exercise, at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Daniel Horn (left) and USAF SA...

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: SSGT Jeanette Copeland, USAF Release ... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Daniel Horn (left) and SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Palmanteer, 341st MXS, Missile Maintenance Technicians (MMT), loosen screws prior to the removal of the Re-entry System at site Golf 11 during the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI), Mlamstrom AFB, Mont. US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Daniel Horn (left) and USAF SAR Joshua Palmanteer, both Missile Maintenance Technicians (MMT), assigned to the 341st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), loosen screws prior to the removal of the Re-entry System on a Minuteman Missile inside the launch silo, during the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) Exercise, at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT)

SENIOR AIRMAN Daniel Horn (left) and SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Palmanteer, ...

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: SSGT Jeanette Copeland, USAF Release ... More

A Minuteman III ICBM test launch

A Minuteman III ICBM test launch

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

Two Minuteman III, intercontinental ballistic missiles are launched twelve seconds apart. This launching is part of the Strategic Air Command readiness Exercise, Global Shield 79

Two Minuteman III, intercontinental ballistic missiles are launched tw...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL SHIELD 79 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera... More

An AIRMAN 1ST Class security policeman pulls a cable from the security police camper as he prepares to set-up camp. This airman and his counterparts are here to guard a remote Minuteman launch facility

An AIRMAN 1ST Class security policeman pulls a cable from the security...

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: SSGT John Marine Release Status: Rele... More

Launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

Launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

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 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched off the California coast

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) 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: Roy W. Grant Release Status: Rel... More

Launch of Minuteman laser-guided missile 30

Launch of Minuteman laser-guided missile 30

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 an operation test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

A view of an operation test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental...

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: Roy W. Grant Release Status: Rel... More

A closeup view of control mechanisms on the Model 1101 missile crew member chair, developed by AMI Industries. The chair is situated at a control inside a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silo

A closeup view of control mechanisms on the Model 1101 missile crew me...

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

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

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

SSGT Diane Cherry of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron makes preflight checks in the communications 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 Diane Cherry of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron makes...

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

A close-up view of the launch key station 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. Two launch control officers must turn separate keys in order to transmit a launch order to a silo-housed Minuteman III missile

A close-up view of the launch key station in the battle staff compartm...

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: STAFF SGT. Scott Steward Release Status:... More

1LT Andrea Tart, co-pilot, with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, flies her 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 Andrea Tart, co-pilot, with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control S...

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

A close-up view of the airborne launch control system aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The system decodes launch instructions from an encrypted tape and after two missile launch officers turn separate keys, it transmits a launch message to a Minuteman III missile housed in a silo

A close-up view of the airborne launch control system aboard an EC-135...

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: STAFF SGT. Scott Steward Release Status:... More

1LT Cliff Stansell and 2LT John Hagen, missile operations team competitors from the 321st Strategic Missile Wing, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, work together at a Minuteman commanders console during the 1991 Strategic Air Command Missile Combat Competition, Olympic Arena '91.

1LT Cliff Stansell and 2LT John Hagen, missile operations team competi...

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

Members of the 44th Missile Maintenance Squadron erect a missile maintenance vehicle in preparation for the removal of an LGM-30F Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile.

Members of the 44th Missile Maintenance Squadron erect a missile maint...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota(SD) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Angela Klein Release Status: ... More

SENIOR MASTER SGT. Gordon Gibney, 341 Logistics Support Squadron, looks on as SENIOR Airmen Paul Lee and Brant Dodd, and TECH. SGT. David Voran, 341 missile Maintenance Squadron, inspect from underneath the last of the Air Force's Minuteman II missiles, now freshly removed from its launch tube and hanging inside the raised transporter/erector vehicle

SENIOR MASTER SGT. Gordon Gibney, 341 Logistics Support Squadron, look...

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

Missile Combat Crew Commander, CAPT. Kenny Gibaldo, (left) and 2nd LT. John Butler, Deputy Crew Commander of the 320th Missile Squadron, simulate the launch of a Minuteman III using the REACT console in a Launch Control Capsule at Missile Alert Facility Hotel-1

Missile Combat Crew Commander, CAPT. Kenny Gibaldo, (left) and 2nd LT....

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

At Minuteman Missile Silo Alpha-7, STAFF Sgts. Jason Bruns and Monte Reeder, Missile Maintenance Technicians from the 90th MXS/LSS tighten the bolts on the upper stage of a Minuteman III missile while standing in a mechanical work cage that can be raised and lowered to reach different parts of the missile

At Minuteman Missile Silo Alpha-7, STAFF Sgts. Jason Bruns and Monte R...

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo takes a break from providing suppressive fire on Opposing Forces (OPFOR) to discuss the situation with a fellow member of the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). 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...

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo takes a break fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo takes a break from providing suppressive fire on Opposing Forces (OPFOR) t... More

Systems engineer Dean Carlson (left) and electrical systems technician Dave Fawcett monitor a guidance computer in a mock silo at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The new Minuteman III guidance system is being evaluated at Hill AFB before going to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for launch. This image was used in the May 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine

Systems engineer Dean Carlson (left) and electrical systems technician...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

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