Diverse team supports MMIII operational test launch
1st Lt. Shane Knowles, 740th Missile Squadron deputy missile combat crew commander at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, poses for a photo in front of the 576th Flight Test Squadron headquarters at Vandenberg AFB, California, Feb. 18, 2021. Knowles was one of the six Minuteman III operators selected for the operational test launch of MMIII, referred to as Glory Trip 237. The unarmed MMIII intercontinental ballistic missile was launched at 11:49 p.m. PT Feb. 23, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)