Oct. 26, 2022 Missile Crisis spurs untested ICBM usage The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 14, 1962, after an American U–2 surveillance plane photographed Soviet military personnel emplacing medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles throughout Cuba. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s planned deployment of 36 medium range ballistic missiles
April 7, 2021 Missile Maintenance Training Airman 1st Class Emilio Gilliam, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile maintenance trainee, performs topside maintenance of a launch facility March 27, 2021, near Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. After technical school, missile maintainers continue their career progression with on-the-job