A blast from the past
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- Senior Airman Joseph Aman, 576th Flight Test Squadron, learns about his squadron's long history during a luncheon at the Pacific Coast Club here Sept. 24 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the ICBM program. The historic launch of the Atlas-12D was conducted by a Strategic Air Command crew from the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron at Vandenberg on Sept. 9, 1959. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)