Crews clean up the Titan II missile silo in Damascus following a 1980 explosion. This story, published in the January 1981 issue, serves as a reminder of the perils of the nuclear age. John Stacks ...
Ten miles north of Searcy stands a small memorial on the side of the road. So small that it could be mistaken for a stone if you're driving by it. If you stop to read the inscription, you may think it ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) — As the final Titan II rocket streaked skyward from here Oct. 18, it left in its wake a 40-year history that included a transformation from intercontinental ...
Picture this: The world is ending, but you're 50 feet underground, nestled behind two 6,000-pound blast doors, watching every season of "Friends" on a 144-inch projection TV. Well, the end of the ...
LONDONDERRY — What was it like to serve on a launch crew at a Titan II missile site during the height of the Cold War? As a young U.S. Air Force officer in the 1960s, Carl Stidsen commanded a four-man ...
"Disaster at Silo 7" was a 1988 television movie about a missile accident at a U.S. Air Force Titan II launch complex. The incident in the movie was similar to the explosion that occurred at Launch ...
or, "yet another vacation picture thread". This time its of the Titan Missile Museum near Tuscon, AZ. Its a preserved Titan II missile silo. I went on the "omg supar special!" director's tour. The ...
Today, I visited the Titan Missile Museum in Southern Arizona. This is a real Titan II missile installation that has been deactivated and converted to a museum. The missile was operational for about ...