AF awards contracts for next-generation ICBM airborne launch control system
Capt. Greg Carter, 625th Strategic Operations Squadron deputy missile combat crew commander, launches a simulated Minuteman III missile aboard a Navy E-6B Mercury during Glory Trip 220 above the Pacific Ocean, April 25, 2017. Glory Trip is an operational test launch which continues a long history of launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., used to verify, validate and improve the capability of the nation’s ICBM force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keifer Bowes)