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Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

Lt. Linda Tonnies poses for a photo during GT155. (Courtesy photo)
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Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

Glory Trip 155 Minuteman III test launch on June 8, 1994, as seen from the public viewing area. (Courtesy photo)
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Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

The Tonnies family poses for a photo (Linda Tonnies, center, Taylor Tonnies, second from left). (Courtesy photo)
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Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

1st Lt. Taylor Tonnies, 742d Missile Squadron operator, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, poses for a photo prior to the scheduled Minuteman III test launch. Operational test launches of unarmed MMIII ICBMs assure Air Force Global Strike Command and our nation that the MMIII weapon system is reliable and capable and provide valuable data to ensure a continued lethal, safe and sure nuclear capability.
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Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

1st Lt. Taylor Tonnies, 742d Missile Squadron operator, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, poses for a photo prior to Glory Trip 236, Oct. 23, 2020. Operational test launches of unarmed MMIII ICBMs assure Air Force Global Strike Command and our nation that the MMIII weapon system is reliable and capable and provide valuable data to ensure a continued lethal, safe and sure nuclear capability.
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Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

1st Lt. Taylor Tonnies, 742d Missile Squadron operator, Minot Air Force Base, Minot, sits in a launch control center (LCC) prior to Glory Trip 236 unarmed Minuteman III test launch, Oct. 23, 2020. Operational test launches of unarmed MMIII ICBMs assure Air Force Global Strike Command and our nation that the MMIII weapon system is reliable and capable and provide valuable data to ensure a continued lethal, safe and sure nuclear capability.
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20 AF commander & command chief visit 582 HG for an immersion tour

Two UH-1N Iroquois helicopters from the 37th Helicopter Squadron takeoff with U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Charles Orf, 20th Air Force command chief, towards the location of the exercise Aug. 19, 2020 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Lutton and Orf visited the 582nd Helicopter Group for an immersion experience of their mission. During the day-long visit, Lutton and Orf took part in a training exercise, received briefs about the group and its mission, and participated in a discussion with the Airmen of 582 HG. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt Emily Seaton)
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20 AF commander & command chief visit 582 HG for an immersion tour

The U.S. Air Force aircrew of the UH-1N Iroquois along with Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, prepare for takeoff for the exercise Aug. 19, 2020 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Lutton and Orf visited the 582nd Helicopter Group for an immersion experience of their mission. During the day-long visit, Lutton and Orf took part in a training exercise, received briefs about the group and its mission, and participated in a discussion with the Airmen of 582 HG. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt Emily Seaton)
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20 AF commander & command chief visit 582 HG for an immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, and Staff Sgt. Scott White, 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron, prepare to load into the UH-1N Iroquois for an exercise at F.E. Warren Air Force Base Aug. 19, 2020. Lutton and Orf visited the 582nd Helicopter Group for an immersion experience of their mission. During the day-long visit, Lutton and Orf took part in a training exercise, received briefs about the group and its mission, and participated in a discussion with the Airmen of 582 HG. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt Emily Seaton)
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20 AF commander & command chief visit 582 HG for an immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, heads towards the UH-1N Iroquois with aircrew members from the 37th Helicopter Squadron Aug. 19, 2020 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Lutton and Orf visited the 582nd Helicopter Group for an immersion experience of their mission. During the day-long visit, Lutton and Orf took part in a training exercise, received briefs about the group and its mission, and participated in a discussion with the Airmen of 582 HG. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt Emily Seaton)
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20 AF commander & command chief visit 582 HG for an immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, gears up for the helicopter flight with the assistance of Dwayne Roberts, 582nd Helicopter Group, Aug. 19, 2020 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Lutton and Orf visited the 582nd Helicopter Group for an immersion experience of their mission. During the day-long visit, Lutton and Orf took part in a training exercise, received briefs about the group and its mission, and participated in a discussion with the Airmen of 582 HG.
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20 AF commander & command chief visit 582 HG for an immersion tour

The U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, and Lt. Col. Christopher Karins, 37th Helicopter Squadron commander, discuss details of the exercise mission Aug. 19, 2020 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Lutton and Orf visited the 582nd Helicopter Group for an immersion experience of their mission. During the day-long visit, Lutton and Orf took part in a training exercise, received briefs about the group and its mission, and participated in a discussion with the Airmen of 582 HG. . (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt Emily Seaton)
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20 AF commander & command chief visit 582 HG for an immersion tour

U.S. Air Force Capt. Isaac Fifield, 37th Helicopter Squadron chief of standards and evaluations, briefs Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, Command Chief Master Sgt. Charles Orf, 20th Air Force command chief, and three flights from the 37th Helicopter Squadron prior to their exercise Aug. 19, 2020 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Lutton and Orf visited the 582nd Helicopter Group for an immersion experience of their mission. During the day-long visit, Lutton and Orf took part in a training exercise, received briefs about the group and its mission, and participated in a discussion with the Airmen of 582 HG. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt Emily Seaton)
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Twentieth Air Force Veteran Reflects on Maintaining B-29s on Guam, 75 Years Since End of World War II

Then-Private John S. Dellinger in Florida, after completing Army basic training. (Photo courtesy of Dellinger family)
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Twentieth Air Force Veteran Reflects on Maintaining B-29s on Guam, 75 Years Since End of World War II

Dellinger maintained a log of the bombing operations that the aircrews assigned to his unit’s B-29 performed while stationed in Guam, to include the date, the pilot’s surname, the targeted objective, and the duration of the mission. On the second page, he documented that the last bombing mission occurred in the early hours of August 15, 1945—though the aircrew departed on the afternoon of August 14—over Isezaki, Japan. Later that day, the Japanese government requested an end to wartime hostilities. Afterward, Dellinger’s unit performed prisoner of war relief and observational flights before Dellinger returned stateside in late 1945. (Photo courtesy of Dellinger family)
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Twentieth Air Force Veteran Reflects on Maintaining B-29s on Guam, 75 Years Since End of World War II

Mr. Dellinger in 2019, in front of his Army Air Forces patches and medals. He has displayed the World War II-era Twentieth Air Force emblem in the bottom-center frame. (Photo courtesy of Dellinger family)
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Twentieth Air Force Veteran Reflects on Maintaining B-29s on Guam, 75 Years Since End of World War II

Ceremony in which Dellinger’s unit made Major General Graves B. Erskine, commander of the 3d Marine Division, an “Honorary Plane Commander” of the 3d Marine Division B-29 aircraft at Guam, July 1945. Sergeant Dellinger stands far right, underneath wing. (Photo courtesy of Dellinger family)
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Twentieth Air Force Veteran Reflects on Maintaining B-29s on Guam, 75 Years Since End of World War II

The first B-29 assigned to Dellinger’s unit, Tail Number 42-63573, flies in formation. (Photo courtesy of Dellinger family)
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Twentieth Air Force Veteran Reflects on Maintaining B-29s on Guam, 75 Years Since End of World War II

Corporal Dellinger with wife Marion and daughter Sandra in Great Bend, Kansas, prior to his departure to Guam. (Photo courtesy of Dellinger family)
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Maj. Gen. Lutton takes command of 20th Air Force

Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton, Maj. Gen. Ferdinand B. Stoss and Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton stand during the 20th Air Force change of command ceremony, 8 July, 2020, F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Michael J. Lutton took command of 20th Air Force from Maj. Gen. Ferdinand “Fred” B. Stoss. (U. S. Air Force photo by Glenn S. Robertson)
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