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Members of the 487th Tactical Missile Wing (TMW) raise the launch tubes of a Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) launcher during a field training deployment

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Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

State: Arizona (AZ)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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18/11/1983
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