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Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL SHIELD 79

Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John Marine

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/12/1979
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label_outline Explore Global Shield, Minuteman Ballistic Missile, Strategic

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