MINUTEMAN LAUNCHES
MINUTEMAN I ON TEST PAD
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
TEST LAUNCH
AIR FORCE MISSILE TEST CENTER
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
FIRST MINUTEMAN I LAUNCHED BY SAC
SEPTEMBER 25, 1962
VANDENBERG AFB
PROJECT "LONG LIFE"
ON MARCH 1, 1965 A CREW OF THE 44th STRATEGIC MISSILE WING LAUNCHED A MINUTEMAN I "B" FROM LAUNCH FACILITY NOVEMBER 2 ELLSWORTH AFB SOUTH DAKOTA. TO PRECLUDE AN OVER FLIGHT ACCIDENT, HEADQUARTERS SAC LIMITED THE MISSILE'S FLIGHT TO ONLY SEVEN SECONDS OR A RANGE OF ABOUT TWO MILES. THIS SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH DEMONSTRATED THAT A COMBAT ALERT CREW COULD FIRE A MINUTEMAN I FROM AN OPERATIONAL LAUNCH FACILITY.
FIRST SALVO LAUNCH OF A MINUTEMAN I
FEBRUARY 24, 1966
COMBAT CREWS FROM THE 341st STRATEGIC MISSILE WING MALMSTROM AFB LAUNCHED SIMULTANEOUSLY TWO MINUTEMAN "A" MISSILES FROM TEST SILOS AT VANDENBERG AFB. THIS SALVO LAUNCH SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED THE MULTIPLE COUNTDOWN AND LAUNCH TECHNIQUES THAT MIGHT BE USED AT OPERATIONAL SITES UNDER ACTUAL COMBAT CONDITIONS.
MINUTEMAN II BLAST OFF
MINUTEMAN LAUNCH
VANDENBERG AFB
MINUTEMAN I
VANDENBERG AFB
AUGUST 1973
MINUTEMAN III LAUNCH
VANDENBERG AFB