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Operational Test Launch GT 253 is a 'Glory Trip' for wing

A team of missile maintainers assigned to the 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., stand in front of a transporter erector May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. The team was part of a MAFB joint task force responsible for supporting and executing Glory Trip 253, an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single Mark-21 High Fidelity Re-Entry Vehicle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jack Rodriguez Escamilla)

PHOTO BY: Airman 1st Class Jack Rodriguez
VIRIN: 250519-F-QS635-1394.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON Z 6_2

LENS

NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

1250

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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