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Minuteman 1A MK-5 Re-entry Vehicles

DAYTON, Ohio -- Minuteman 1A MK-5 re-entry vehicles (untested and tested) in the Missile and Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Dr. Robert H. Goddard Exhibit

DAYTON, Ohio -- Dr. Robert H. Goddard exhibit in the Missile and Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Gen. Bernard A. Schriever Exhibit

DAYTON, Ohio -- Gen. Bernard A. Schriever exhibit in the Missile and Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Dyna-Soar X-20 Exhibit

DAYTON, Ohio -- Dyna-Soar X-20 auxiliary power unit (left), wind tunnel model and survival kit in the Missile and Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Missile Alert Facility Model

DAYTON, Ohio - A Missile Alert Facility model on display next to the Minuteman II Mission Procedures Trainer in the Missile & Space Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman II Missile Procedures Trainer exhibit

DAYTON, Ohio - Exterior view of the Minuteman II Missile Procedures Trainer on display in the Missile & Space Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Martin Marietta SM-68B/LGM-25C Titan II

DAYTON, Ohio -- Martin Marietta SM-68B/LGM-25C Titan II (far right) in the Missile and Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman II Missile Procedures Trainer exhibit

DAYTON, Ohio - An inside view of the Minuteman II Missile Procedures Trainer on display in the Missile & Space Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I

DAYTON, Ohio -- Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I in the Missile and Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman LCC aerial view

From above, a Minuteman launch control facility seems like only a small fenced structure. It gives few clues to the sophisticated operation underneath. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman LCC under construction

A Launch Control Facility under construction near Malmstrom AFB, Mont. Cold War requirements to build up U.S. nuclear defenses speeded up Minuteman site construction. Builders often labored year-round in three shifts, seven days a week. The Army Corps of Engineers Ballistic Missile Construction Office and its contractors built 1,000 silos between 1961 and 1966. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman II flight sequence

This chain of events depicts delivery of a single warhead in a ballistic, or free-falling, trajectory.( Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Gregory S. Macik.)
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Minuteman II

Minuteman II test launch. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman III LCC

Minuteman III facilities feature updated electronics like these pictured in 1996 at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman combat crew

Constant training and drills ensure that each crewman or “missileer” knows what to do in any conceivable situation. A “personnel reliability program” examines details of each crewmember’s personal life to make sure they are mentally fit to carry out the great responsibility of controlling nuclear weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman transporter erector

The transporter erector can hoist or lower a missile into the silo by elevating its trailer to a vertical position. This test and training silo is at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman transporter erector

Minuteman missiles are transported overland in a special vehicle called a transporter erector. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman maintenance

Missile maintainers perform electrical work in a silo at Whiteman AFB, Mo., 1980. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman launch facility site plan

Each missile has its own silo. Maintenance and security personnel visit these widely-spaced launch facilities frequently to ensure the missiles are safe and in perfect working order. (Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Gary R. Stephens.)
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Minuteman Launch Control Center Schematic

Combat crews work in the Launch Control Center (LCC). The underground “capsule” of thick concrete and steel holds a module much like the trainer you are in now (this drawing shows a Minuteman III LCC). The module is suspended on giant shock isolators to protect the crew and sensitive electronics from nuclear attack. (Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Clayton B. Fraser, 1998.)
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