Vandenberg successfully launches Minuteman III

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration joint test assembly launches May 22 from North Vandenberg's Launch Facility-10. The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system’s reliability and accuracy. The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 5,250 miles before hitting its pre-determined target in a broad ocean area 230 nautical miles southwest of Guam. (U.S Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Prost)

Vandenberg successfully launches Minuteman III

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration joint test assembly launches May 22 from North Vandenberg's Launch Facility-10. The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system’s reliability and accuracy. The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 5,250 miles before hitting its pre-determined target in a broad ocean area 230 nautical miles southwest of Guam. (U.S Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stephanie Longoria)

Successful Missile Launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly launched from North Vandenberg April 1 at 1:01 a.m. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Joe Davila)

Missile mission success thanks to teamwork

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly launched from North Vandenberg April 1 at 101 a.m. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angelique Perez)

Minuteman III launch

Vandenberg Air Force Base successfully participated in a U.S. Air Force test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from North Vandenberg's Launch Facility-10 to the Ronald Reagan Test Site near the Kwajalein Atoll in the western chain of the Marshall Islands February 7, 2007. The launch was part of an operational test to determine the weapon system’s reliability and accuracy. This was Vandenberg's first launch of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer)

Minuteman III launch

As with this Minuteman III launch Sept. 14, 2005, Vandenberg AFB successfully conducted a Minutman III launch July 20, at 3:14 a.m. This week’s launch was conducted from Vandenberg’s new Western Range Operations Control Center. (Air Force photo by 30th Space Communications Squadron)