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ttn_r_c_o_TPMBK (1963, orig. official 1369th Photo Sqdn, AAVS (MAC), USAF, VAFB photo)

“Titan II (63-7724)(B-69), Complex 395 A2, 5 October 1973”

 

Above per/at:

 

afspacemuseum.org/facilities/complex-395c/

 

Specifically, associated with the second from ‘last’ image of the launch sequence:

 

afspacemuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/vanderberg/395C/VAFB...

Both above credit: Air Force Space & Missile Museum online website

 

Watermark on the verso loosely supports the above identification, not the hand-annotated date.

 

Interestingly, if correct, it would appear to have been the only (acknowledged, de/unclassified) Titan II launch from VAFB during 1973:

 

www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/titan2/chron.php

Credit: "TheMilitaryStandard" website

 

If so inclined, for my Brother/Sister “airpeople” 😉 👍:

 

www.afmissileers.org/

 

www.afmissileers.org/Titan-II

 

More specifically:

 

airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.Web...

 

www.vetfriends.com/units2/19057/1369-photo-squadron

 

I really can't believe I found one/any of these images online! Not my usual criteria for such, but this is a WIN...damnit!

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Uploaded on November 30, 2021
Taken on November 30, 2021