OSCAR 1

 

LAUNCH CONTROL FACILITY

WHITEMAN  AFB

 

NOTE:  VENT COVERS FOR LAUNCH EQUIPMENT BUILDING IN FOREGROUND

THIS WAS THE ONLY MINUTEMAN LAUNCH CONTROL FACILITY LOCATED ON AN

AIR FORCE BASE

  PHOTO TAKEN WINTER 1967

 

MAIN GATE

NOTE:  PHOTO TAKEN IN 1984

 

ELEVATOR SHAFT BLAST DOOR

NOTE:  AIR FORCE FLIGHT CAP FOR SCALE

 

DIESEL GENERATOR LOCATED IN THE

LAUNCH CONTROL EQUIPMENT BUILDING

 

ENTRANCE TO LAUNCH CONTROL THROUGH BLAST DOOR

NOTE:  DOOR IS LOCKED TIGHT

 

NEW CREW READY TO ENTER LCC

 

MODERNIZED LAUNCH CONSOLE

 

DEPUTY MISSILE COMBAT CREW COMMANDER

1/LT  BILL HUEY

THIS PHOTO TAKEN IN JANUARY  1965

 

MINUTEMAN DEPUTY MISSILE COMBAT CREW COMMANDER'S CONSOLE

AFTER FORCE MODERNIZATION

 

BATHROOM

 

LCC ENTRANCE TUNNEL

NOTE: BED STRAPPED TO WALL AND SIGN ON CEILING THAT READS "GUN"  AS A REMINDER TO WEAR YOUR PISTOL WHILE OPENING BLAST DOOR

PHOTO TAKEN JANUARY 1965

 

 

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