551st STRATEGIC MISSILE SQUADRON
ATLAS F
OPERATIONAL PHOTOS
MISSILE PULL SITE 3
AVOCA
MANY OF THE PHOTOS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE WERE TAKEN DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE 551st SMS
PHOTOS TAKEN IN DECEMBER 1964
MISSILE BEING REMOVED FROM SILO
MISSILE ERECTOR LOWERING ATLAS F ONTO TRANSPORTER
MISSILE ALMOST IN PLACE
MISSILE ERECTOR
PHOTOS TAKEN JULY 1964
LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER
NOTE: LAUNCH CONSOLE
LOWER LEVEL LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER
NOTE: KEY SAFE WITH LOCKS
FACILITIES PANEL
NOTE: LAUNCH CONSOLE ON THE LEFT
UPPER LEVEL LCC
NOTE: SMOKING IN BED PROHIBITED SIGN
PHOTOS TAKEN APRIL 1965
DIESEL GENERATOR
SILO LEVEL 6
DIESEL GENERATOR
SILO LEVEL 5
LAUNCH PLATFORM MISSILE ENCLOSURE AREA
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
LEVEL 2 SILO
PHOTO TAKEN APRIL 1965
INSTRUMENT AIR PREFAB
LEVEL 7 SILO
PHOTO TAKEN APRIL 1965
WINCH AND MOTOR FOR LAUNCH PLATFORM
LEVEL 1 SILO
MISC EQUIPMENT SILO
PHOTO TAKEN JULY 1964
PHOTOS TAKEN DECEMBER 1965
ALERT CREW S-45
MAJOR RAY COLEY, SSGT GEORGE WHITTELSEY, A1C JIM KAISER AND UNKNOWN PERSON
NOTE: SOME MEMBERS WEARING NEW BLUE TEST FATIGUES
ALERT CREW S-45
MAJOR RAY COLEY, SSGT GEORGE WHITTELSEY, A1C JIM KAISER AND A2C KEN FISHER
NOTE: OFFICIAL TRANSPORT IN BACKGROUND
MANY THANKS TO KEN FISHER FOR THESE GREAT PHOTOS