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DOW-UAP-D49, Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000

113 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Dec 16, 1958 · Broad topic: UFO & UAP · Topic: DoW-UAP-D27 · 100 pages OCR'd
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-- --------- GLOSSARY SOFT - Missile emplaced and launched from exposed launcher above ground (e.g., Gantry-type; er Test Pad). SEMI-HARD - Missile emplaced in protective ground-level concrete housing prior to launch (see Coffin Type below). HARD - Missile emplaced in protective concrete housing underground prior to launch (see Silo and Silo-Lift below). SILO - Protective vertical tube-type housing from which missile is launched from its emplaced position (Minuteman and Titan II). SILO-LIFT - Missile is stored in silo, but is elevated clear of the tube for above ground launching (Atlas F and Titan I). COFFIN-TYPE - Completely enclosed horizontal storage from which missile is raised to exposed vertical launch position (Atlas D and E). STRIPPED - All recoverable materiel sold and removed under civilian contract, or retained by USAF but transferred to other activities. AAM ABRES BMDTTP BMRS COB CTL DASO ICBM ILCS IRBM IWST LE LF MM MOL OSTF. OT Air-to-Air Missile Advanced Ballistic Reentry System Ballistic Missile Defense Test Target Program Ballistic Missile Reentry System (AB~ES) Conunand Data Buffer Combat Training Launch (RAF/Thor) Demonstration and Shakedown Operations Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Improved Launch Control System Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Integrated Weapon System Training Launch Emplacement Launch Facility Minuteman ICBM (I-II-III) Manned Orbiting Laboratory Operational System Test Facility Operational Test (Launch Programs) PALC PLC RAF R&D RSLP SAM SLC SOT SLTF SSAS TP WS-133A WS-133B WS-133AM Wing I-VI 7 Point Arguello Launch Complex Probe Launch Complex Royal Air Force (United Kingdom) Research and Development Reentry Systems Launch Program Surface-to-Air Missile Space Launch Complex Special Operational Test (Titan II) Silo Launch Test Facility Software Status Authentication System Test Pad (Peacekeeper/MX Missile) Minuteman I Weapon System (MM IA and IB missiles) Minuteman II Weapon System (MM IIIG missiles only) Modernized Minuteman Weapon System (MM IIF and IIIG missiles) NUJ11erical identifiers for operational Minuteman wings: I 341st SMW II 44th SMW III 91st SMW IV= 351st SMW V = 90th SMW VI= 321st SMW (lSTRAD/HO - March 1983)
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