US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Luis Hernandez (left) and USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Sili Tulafono, 91st Space Wing (SW), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), measures the chain lengths in the payload transporter while USAF SSGT Scotty Willis, an event inspector, follow their progress during the mechanical discipline of the Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) operations event, conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) California (CA), during Exercise GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002. Guardian Challenge, a four-day space and missile competition, is hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA to test the wartime readiness of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) professionals
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002
Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Freeland, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
08/05/2002
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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