Vandenberg AFB CA
Minuteman III, GT-217GM W8425
Glory Trip 218
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**Uploader is not Michael Stonecypher. USAF Copy below
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TODAY, AIRMEN FROM MINOT, OFFUTT AND VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASES CONDUCTED AN OPERATIONAL TEST LAUNCH OF AN UNARMED MINUTEMAN THREE MISSILE. THE INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE WAS RANDOMLY PULLED FROM A SILO ON MINOT AND TRANSPORTED TO VANDENBERG, BEFORE BEING LAUNCHED MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED MILES AWAY TO A TEST RANGE NEAR THE KWAJALEIN ATOLL. THIS TESTED THE AIR LAUNCH CONTROL SYSTEM, WHERE THE COMMAND TO LAUNCH IS GIVEN BY AN AIR FORCE CREW ABOARD U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND AIRBORNE COMMAND POST. TEST LAUNCHES VERIFY THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THE ICBM WEAPON SYSTEM, PROVIDING VALUABLE DATA TO ENSURE A SAFE, SECURE, AND EFFECTIVE NUCLEAR DETERRENT. REPORTING FROM VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, I’M AIR FORCE CIVILIAN, MICHAEL STONECYPHER.
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