After the transporter/erector vehicle at the Launch Facility is backed up to K-11's massive launch tube door and bolted to mounts at the edge of the opening, STAFF SGT. Johnnie Wheeler, 341 MXS, turns a handcrank on one of the hydraulic jacks under the vehicle. The jacks are used to make the vehicle level, stabilize it during operation, and adjust the angle that the missile is hoisted up into the transporter/erector
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Malstrom Air Force Base
State: Montana (MT)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AMN. John A. Turner, Jr.
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
10/08/1995
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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