FAIRCHILD AFB
567th STRATEGIC MISSILE SQUADRON
ATLAS E
View of Convair/General Dynamics; Fairchild Project launch complex installation supervisors and project nurse posed at LC 567-1, Deer Park, WA., with Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7131 (15E) raised in the background, 18 August 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7131 (15E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”) during Propellant Loading Exercise (PLX) at LC 567-1, Deer Park, WA., 18 August 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7131 (15E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”) during Propellant Loading Exercise (PLX) at LC 567-1, Deer Park, WA., 18 August 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7131 (15E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”) during Propellant Loading Exercise (PLX) at LC 567-1, Deer Park, WA., 18 August 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7131 (15E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”) during Propellant Loading Exercise (PLX) at LC 567-1, Deer Park, WA., 18 August 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View of launch complex sign at LC 567-1, Deer Park, WA., 19 July 1961. (Convair/GeneralDynamics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View of converted Chart Room inside Missile Assembly Building (MAB/MAMS), Fairchild AFB, WA., for MGen. Tom Gerrity’s “Dynamo” system “Command Post”, during SATAF Installation, 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
Aerial view of downtown Spokane, Washington, 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7135 (19E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”) at LC 567-9, Reardan/Long Lake, WA., 22 July 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7135 (19E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”) at LC 567-9, Reardan/Long Lake, WA., 22 July 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7135 (19E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”) at LC 567-9, Reardan/Long Lake, WA., 22 July 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7135 (19E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”) at LC 567-9, Reardan/Long Lake, WA., 22 July 1961. (Convair/General Dynamics Photo)
View of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #60-5500 (42E) departing LC 567-3, Worley, Idaho, during Deactivation, 17 March 1965. (USAF Photo)
View at Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7136 (20E) inside Missile Bay, LSB, LC 567-9, Reardan/Long Lake, WA., 25 December 1963. (Image courtesy of Richard Black)
View of welcome plaque; including the names and rank of Ready Operational (RO) Combat Crew R-32, at personnel tunnel junction vestibule at LC 567-9, Reardan/Long Lake, WA., 25 December 1963. (Image courtesy of Richard Black)
View of Launch Operations Room (LOR) in Launch Operations Building (LOB) with Operational (RO) Combat Crew R-32 Commander, Capt. Richard Black (MCCC) and Deputy Commander, lst Lt. Roosevelt Matthews (DMCCC) at the Launch Control Console, LC 567-9, Reardan, WA., 25 December 1963. (Image is courtesy of Richard Black)
View of Launch Operations Room (LOR) in Launch Operations Building (LOB) with four members of Ready Operational (RO) Combat Crew R-32 sitting down for gourmet Christmas meal at LC 567-9, Reardan/Long Lake, WA.,. From left-to-right, lst Lt. Roosevelt Matthews (DMCCC), A1C. Donald Patterson (BMAT), A3C. An Korchmaros (EPPT), and SSgt. Webster “Gormet” Pettyjohn (MMT), 25 December 1963. (Image courtesy of Richard Black)
View of Avco Mark-4 Mod-3 ballistic reentry vehicle (BRV) containing OW-38 thermonuclear warhead national asset mounted to Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7136 (20E) inside Missile Bay of Launch Service Building (LSB), LC 567-9, Reardan/Long Lake, WA., 25 December 1963. (Image courtesy of Richard Black)
Aerial view of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7130 (14E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”), during Technical Acceptance Demonstration (TAD), at LC 567-6, Bluestem, WA., 15 September 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
Aerial view of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7130 (14E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”), during Technical Acceptance Demonstration (TAD), at LC 567-6, Bluestem, WA., 15 September 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
Aerial view of Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7130 (14E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”), during Technical Acceptance Demonstration (TAD), at LC 567-6, Bluestem, WA., 15 September 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
Aerial view of Atlas-E ICBM Launch Complex (LC) Flame Deflector “bucket” at LC 567-6, Bluestem, WA., 15 September 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
Aerial view of Atlas-E ICBM Launch Complex (LC) Fueling Area at LC 567-6, Bluestem, WA., 15 September 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
Aerial view of Atlas-E ICBM Launch Complex (LC) LOX Area at LC 567-6, Bluestem, WA., 15 September 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View at Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7131 (15E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”), at LC 5-1, Deer Park, WA., 18 August 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View at Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7131 (15E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”), at LC 5-1, Deer Park, WA., 18 August 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)
View at Atlas-E ICBM Serial #58-7131 (15E) raised and GOXing (“breathing”), at LC 5-1, Deer Park, WA., 18 August 1961. (General Dynamics/Astronautics Photo – Image courtesy of Bill Chana)