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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

A ripple launch of Minuteman missiles takes place

A ripple launch of Minuteman missiles takes place

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: STAFF SGT. Robert Loree Release ... More

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is launched by the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing Activities

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is launched by 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: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from a pad on the coast

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from a ...

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.J. Hooker Release Status: Rele... 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

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

American Red Cross - Rehabilitation - Wounded soldiers about Minuteman statue, Lexington

American Red Cross - Rehabilitation - Wounded soldiers about Minuteman...

Photographer: Herbert Turner American Red Cross - Rehabilitation Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Force technicians apply pucky sealant to the raceway on a Minuteman I missile for a modification of the Advance Maneuvering Re-entry Vehicle II

Air Force technicians apply pucky sealant to the raceway on a Minutema...

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

Night view of a Minuteman (LGM-30) first stage loaded on a flatbed trailer

Night view of a Minuteman (LGM-30) first stage loaded on a flatbed tra...

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

Technicians work on the warheads of an LGM-30G Minuteman III intercont...

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

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is successfully launched at 5:17 am PDT. This is the first of two launches to be seen from the air

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

A US Air Force (USAF) Booster Verification Test-5 (BVT-5) rocket can be seen streaking across the sky behind a Minuteman Missile on display at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA). The USAF BVT-5 tested a three-stage booster configuration for use with the Missile Defense Agencys (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. The GDM is designed to intercept and destroy long-range ballistic missiles

A US Air Force (USAF) Booster Verification Test-5 (BVT-5) rocket can b...

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: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Rumfelt, a crew chief

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Rumfelt, a crew chief

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Rumfelt, a crew chief from the 182nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, changes door rails to prepare for paratroopers on a C-130H Hercules at Naval Ai... More

A truck holds the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron

A truck holds the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron

A truck holds the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron electromechanical team’s flood-gear near Bowbells, N.D., March 29, 2017. Airmen from across the 91st Missile Wing surveyed and drained flood-water from the mi... More

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Bn. and the 136th

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Bn. and the 136th

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Bn. and the 136th Military Police Bn. prepare meals and feed Soldiers in a proof-of-concept kitchen during the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade's Exportable Combat Training... More

Senior Airman Matthew Singer, 91st Missile Maintenance

Senior Airman Matthew Singer, 91st Missile Maintenance

Senior Airman Matthew Singer, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron electromechanical team technician, finishes draining flood-water from a launch facility near Bowbells, N.D., March 29, 2017. Singer used a water-p... More

Tech. Sgt. Erica Bermansolo of the 124th Medical Group,

Tech. Sgt. Erica Bermansolo of the 124th Medical Group,

Tech. Sgt. Erica Bermansolo of the 124th Medical Group, Idaho Air National Guard, portrays a simulated pregnant tsunami survivor during the Pathfinder-Minuteman Exercise, Aug. 5, 2015 at Camp Rilea in Warrenton... More

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

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 apply pucky sealant to the raceway on a Minuteman I missile for a modification of the Advance Maneuvering Re-entry Vehicle II

Air Force technicians apply pucky sealant to the raceway on a Minutema...

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

Sergeant Stephen M. Kravitsky inspects an electrical panel inside 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

Sergeant Stephen M. Kravitsky inspects an electrical panel inside a Mi...

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

Sergeant Stephen M. Kravitsky checks a reference binder inside 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

Sergeant Stephen M. Kravitsky checks a reference binder inside a Minut...

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

SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Fowler (top) and SENIOR AIRMAN Paul Gallegos, maintenance personnel with the 321st Strategic Missile Wing, guide the re-entry system for LGM-30 Minuteman III missiles onto a missile guidance set

SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Fowler (top) and SENIOR AIRMAN Paul Gallegos, main...

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: TSGT. Fernando Serna Release ... 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, makes preflight checks in the cockpit of her aircraft 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

Inside the Missile Procedures Trainer, CAPT. J. A. Dietrick and CAPT. Phil Tobin, both from the 90th Missile Wing/Minuteman Crew, accomplish a daily check of communications equipment. 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

Inside the Missile Procedures Trainer, CAPT. J. A. Dietrick and CAPT. ...

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

Peacekeeper and Minuteman III missile displays are silhouetted against the Wyoming sunrise at Frances E. Warren AFB, home of the 90th Space Wing

Peacekeeper and Minuteman III missile displays are silhouetted against...

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: PH2(Aw) Gloria J. Barry Rele... More

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

A crowd of spectators stands along the fence outside a Minuteman Missi...

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

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joe Hogler and USAF Captain Craig Blackwell, 30th Range Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, prepare to countdown for the launch of a Minuteman III missile. The missile was launched for a force development mission that let Space Command verify the weapons system

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joe Hogler and USAF Captain Craig Blac...

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

U.S. Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jeffrey Barton, 741st Missile Security Forces Squadron, and a clearing team conduct an exercise sweep of a Minuteman III Launch Facility near Conrad, Mont., after recapturing it from a simulated terrorist cell on Sept. 24, 2004. The team is armed with 5.56 mm M4A1 rifle with a red dot sights. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roger Dey, CIV) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jeffrey Barton, 741st Missile Security F...

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

Maine conducts Vigilant Guard

Maine conducts Vigilant Guard

Brig. Gen. James D. Campbell visits the scene of a simulated building collapse at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine. The collapsed building is just one part of a multi-day training exerci... More

Tech. Sgt. Zachary Linton, 341st Missile Security Forces

Tech. Sgt. Zachary Linton, 341st Missile Security Forces

Tech. Sgt. Zachary Linton, 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of training, coaches Airmen Aug. 5, 2016, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The 341st MSFS implemented the All-In Action Plan whi... More

Members of the Malmstrom’s Spouses’ Club place mulch

Members of the Malmstrom’s Spouses’ Club place mulch

Members of the Malmstrom’s Spouses’ Club place mulch in a garden during National Public Lands Day Sept. 24, 2016, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. NPLD is a fee-free day to many of the public lands across the... More

The Launch Control Center,  with blast door at left,

The Launch Control Center, with blast door at left,

The Launch Control Center, with blast door at left, underground at the Oscar-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility on Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, June 18, 2020. The Oscar-01 MAF was constructed in 1963 and... More

The front gate of the Oscar-1 Minuteman Missile Alert

The front gate of the Oscar-1 Minuteman Missile Alert

The front gate of the Oscar-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility on Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, June 18, 2020. The Oscar-01 MAF was constructed in 1963 and determined to be eligible for the National Regist... More

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron electromechanical team technician, sits atop a snowbank above flood-water at a launch facility near Bowbells, N.D., March 29, 2017. Rauch was a pa... 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

Leighton Dresch, 341st Missiles Maintenance Squadron

Leighton Dresch, 341st Missiles Maintenance Squadron

Leighton Dresch, 341st Missiles Maintenance Squadron corrosion section supervisor, explains what the corrosion shop completes in the vast missile field Nov. 1, 2016, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Dresch is... More

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Battion, 836th

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Battion, 836th

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Battion, 836th Engineer Co. (Sappers), and 136th Military Police Co. participate in base defense training during the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Exportable Combat Trai... More

LEXINGTON and CONCORD, Mass. -- Leonid Kondratiuk,

LEXINGTON and CONCORD, Mass. -- Leonid Kondratiuk,

LEXINGTON and CONCORD, Mass. -- Leonid Kondratiuk, Director of Historical Services, Massachusetts National Guard Office of the Adjutant General, leads a tour of Lexington-Concord, Mass. for the Massachusetts Na... More

Tech. Sgt. Erica Bermansolo of the 124th Medical Group,

Tech. Sgt. Erica Bermansolo of the 124th Medical Group,

Tech. Sgt. Erica Bermansolo of the 124th Medical Group, Idaho Air National Guard, portrays a simulated pregnant tsunami survivor during the Pathfinder-Minuteman Exercise, Aug. 5, 2015 at Camp Rilea in Warrenton... More

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 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 officer tests the newly created 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 tests the newly created model 1101 missile crew member chai...

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

MAJ Barry Obie, pilot, left, and 1LT Andrea Tart, co-pilot, both of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, fly their 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

MAJ Barry Obie, pilot, left, and 1LT Andrea Tart, co-pilot, both of th...

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

COL Burkard supervises members of the 44th Missile Maintenance Squadron as they prepare to remove the blast door from an LGM-30F Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile silo.

COL Burkard supervises members of the 44th Missile Maintenance Squadro...

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

Artwork: "A Minuteman Silo". Artist: Kathryn Blackmun

Artwork: "A Minuteman Silo". Artist: Kathryn Blackmun

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

Ross Byrd, a Fireman from the 90th CES/CEF comforts a maintenance person at the bottom of a launch tube at U-1. The maintenance person fell down the Minuteman 3 trainer launch tube and had to be rescued during Thursday's confined space rescue exercise

Ross Byrd, a Fireman from the 90th CES/CEF comforts a maintenance pers...

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

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: SSGT Mark Borosch Release Status... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Mark Kimball (foreground), 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron, and a team member conduct 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 team is armed with 5.56 mm M4A1 rifle with a red dot sights. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roger Dey, CIV) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Mark Kimball (foreground), 341st Missi...

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

Face forward - A bronze statue of a man wearing a hat

Face forward - A bronze statue of a man wearing a hat

The Minuteman statue is located outside Patriot Hall, Aug. 9, 2018, on the Air National Guard training and education center campus in East Tennessee. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

A newly renovated Mother’s Room is pictured at Malmstrom

A newly renovated Mother’s Room is pictured at Malmstrom

A newly renovated Mother’s Room is pictured at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Oct. 11, 2016. The base opened six rooms where mothers can breast-feed or pump in a secure and clean location that meets Air Force... More

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Battion, 836th

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Battion, 836th

Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Battion, 836th Engineer Co. (Sappers), and 136th Military Police Co. participate in base defense training during the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Exportable Combat Trai... More

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron electromechanical team technician, shovels snow and mud at a launch facility near Bowbells, N.D., March 29, 2017. Rauch was a part of a two-man te... More

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

Minuteman I launch - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Minuteman I launch - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

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.J. Hooker Release Status: Rele... More

Workers at a Minuteman (LGM-30) silo construction site

Workers at a Minuteman (LGM-30) silo construction site

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 night view of a Minuteman III missile launch

A night view of a Minuteman III missile launch

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: Jerry Sanders Release Status: Re... 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

Intercontinental ballistic missiles are positioned in a static display at the base's main gate. They include, from foreground: the LGM-118A Peacekeeper, LGM-30G Minuteman III and LGM-30F Minuteman II

Intercontinental ballistic missiles are positioned in a static display...

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 Mike Doncell Release St... 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

CPT Lance Plummer, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, runs a preflight check on 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

Across the water view of the Minuteman III missile 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

Across the water view of the Minuteman III missile from launch Facilit...

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

An airman standing in the rear of the transporter/erector vehicle, makes the final adjustment to the Air Force's last Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile to be deactivated. The missile will eventually join other retired Minuteman II's at a depot at Hill AFB, Utah

An airman standing in the rear of the transporter/erector vehicle, mak...

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

Air Force maintenance technicians from 90th Space Wing conduct a missile life extension and upgrade on a Minuteman III as part of a series of modernization programs during the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98

Air Force maintenance technicians from 90th Space Wing conduct a missi...

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

Only a few miles outside the Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts gate, the Minuteman statue proudly stands guard in Lexington's Battle Green Square. From the March 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Based in Beantown," depicting how good an assignment to Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts can be up in the Northeast

Only a few miles outside the Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts gate, the Minu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lexington State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gary Coppage Release Status: Released to... More

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

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Kith Cornwall of the 341st Maintenance Squa...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) William White, Defense Threat Reduction Agency escort team chief, listens to questions from a Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) inspection team linguist, during the inspection of a Minuteman II Missile training silo at Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD)

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) William White, Defense Threat Reductio...

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

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Anthony Picon, 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., armed with a 5.56 mm M4A1 rifle with a TacPoint red dot sight, provides rear security to a base of fire position during an exercise to recapture a Minuteman III Launch Facility near Conrad, Mont., from a simulated terrorist cell on Sept. 24, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roger Dey, CIV) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Anthony Picon, 341st Missile Security ...

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

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Heath Rauch, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron electromechanical team technician, closes a launch facility gate near Bowbells, N.D., March 29, 2017. Rauch was a part of a two-man team responsib... More

A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, from Air

A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, from Air

A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, from Air Station Astoria performs a simulated water rescue during the Pathfinder-Minuteman Exercise, Aug. 5, 2015 at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Ore. The event is a joi... More

An aerial view of the launch of a Minuteman missile from Launch Facility 08 ( LF-08). A Minuteman missile launched from LF-09 is visible in the top of the frame

An aerial view of the launch of a Minuteman missile from Launch Facili...

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: MSGT Arvan Washington Release St... 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

A Minuteman III missile takes off from Launch Facility 26

A Minuteman III missile takes off from Launch Facility 26

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: Elmer F. Franz Release Status: R... More

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

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

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