I pulled 450 alerts as member of a Titan II launch crew in the 1980s. That is more than a year living in the underground complex. Procedures were always changing and so some of this video was already outdated when I served. The full alert cycle was closer to 30 hours and to accommodate this, off-going crews were allowed a 24-hour down day. We normally pulled an alert every three days. On occasion, a chopper pilot needed some flight time to keep his/her status active, but mostly, crews drove themselves out to their assigned missile complex. Some complexes were a full hour's drive each way.
I live in Tucson now and volunteered at the Tttan missile museum for about 10 years. I talked to a lot of crews from the 60s 70s and 80s, like you said a lot of changes over the years. Would love to chat with you some time.
Thanks for another great video! Appreciate the kind words for the crew force, Titan was one hell of a weapon system and took a lot from all of us. Major Mark Clark, USAFR (Ret), former senior DMCCC at MAFB and LRAFB.
During 1966 I was in the Air Force stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson AZ 390th SMS. While there I worked with a SGT Brewer, we were close friends but lost contact, would like any information where he might live.
These videos have been absolutely fascinating , i love anything about bunkers and bases so these videos were very much for me , really enjoyable , the 1.8 million in modern money it cost for construction did that include the weapons?
@@ThompsonAtomicRanch My first thought it would be so they could see if any of the very toxic liquid Missle propellants was leaking. It would show up easily on a white jumpsuit
I was one of those missileers. 200+ alerts under Arkansas with the 374th SMS, CREW R-134, BMAT 1980-84
Thanks for your service!
I pulled 450 alerts as member of a Titan II launch crew in the 1980s. That is more than a year living in the underground complex. Procedures were always changing and so some of this video was already outdated when I served. The full alert cycle was closer to 30 hours and to accommodate this, off-going crews were allowed a 24-hour down day. We normally pulled an alert every three days. On occasion, a chopper pilot needed some flight time to keep his/her status active, but mostly, crews drove themselves out to their assigned missile complex. Some complexes were a full hour's drive each way.
I live in Tucson now and volunteered at the Tttan missile museum for about 10 years. I talked to a lot of crews from the 60s 70s and 80s, like you said a lot of changes over the years.
Would love to chat with you some time.
Thanks for your service! And thanks for following along with us
@@oper12m Where and when?
@@oper12m Happy to chat with you sometime, but somewhere private off YT. I don't want to hijack Atomic Rancher's channel.
Thanks for another great video! Appreciate the kind words for the crew force, Titan was one hell of a weapon system and took a lot from all of us. Major Mark Clark, USAFR (Ret), former senior DMCCC at MAFB and LRAFB.
So glad you were able to watch it! Thanks for your service sir!
During 1966 I was in the Air Force stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson AZ 390th SMS. While there I worked with a SGT Brewer, we were close friends but lost contact, would like any information where he might live.
List of Missile Wings has Little Rock listed as 380th, correct is 308th Strategic Missile Wing, 373rd and 374th Strategic Missile Squadrons.
I served 7 years underground in a Titan II ICBM as a launch crew member
These videos have been absolutely fascinating , i love anything about bunkers and bases so these videos were very much for me , really enjoyable , the 1.8 million in modern money it cost for construction did that include the weapons?
2:20 It’s the 308th, not 380
As much as some things change, some things stay the same.
I'm there.
Why they dress in white overalls?
So they can get them dirty of course! Haha. Not sure exactly but they do look real sharp wearing those around tho!
@@ThompsonAtomicRanch My first thought it would be so they could see if any of the very toxic liquid Missle propellants was leaking. It would show up easily on a white jumpsuit
No brain washing in this commentary 😅