Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

The above ground view at Lawn Atlas Missile Base’s missile silo in Lawn, Texas, Dec. 3, 2020. The silo was a storage and launching facility for the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile F series during the Cold War in 1962. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Owner of the Lawn Atlas Missile Base, Larry Sanders, discusses the Lawn Atlas Missile Base’s historical value with Col. James Finlayson, 17th Training Wing vice commander and additional base leadership in Lawn, Texas, Dec. 3, 2020. LAMB was a storage and launching facility for the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile F series during the Cold War in 1962, and was acquired by Sanders in 1999. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

The staircase allows for descending inside the Lawn Atlas Missile Base’s missile silo in Lawn, Texas, Dec. 3, 2020. Built during the Cold War in 1962, the silo housed Atlas, a one-and-a-half stage, liquid-fueled rocket, capable of launching low-orbit payloads. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

U.S. Air Force Lt Col. John Bergmans, 315th Training Squadron commander, enters the Lawn Atlas Missile Base’s missile silo while exploring the narratives of actual personnel deployed to the site during the Cuban Missile Crisis in Lawn, Texas, Dec. 3, 2020. Bergmans attended the Staff Ride to LAMB in support of the 17th Training Wing Heritage Campaign Plan that was founded on Air Force heritage and the Airmen Warrior Ethos among attending personnel.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

U.S. Air Force members of Goodfellow Air Force Base wait in the second floor of the launch control center for their turn to see the silo inside the underground portion of the Lawn Atlas Missile Base in Lawn, Texas, Dec 3, 2020. In 2008, LAMB was a recorded Texas Historic Landmark. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Toby Hiseley, 315th Training Squadron chief enlisted manager, and Lt Col. John Bergmans, 315th Training Squadron commander, descend into the Lawn Atlas Missile Base’s missile tunnel to view the silo during an Air Force heritage and values tour of the LAMB site in Lawn, Texas, Dec. 3, 2020. When the Atlas program ended in 1965, the missiles were removed and all 12 sites were demilitarized. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

U.S. Air Force Maj. Joseph Newman, 17th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, feels his way from the second level launch control center to the access tunnel to observe the 185-foot deep silo inside of Lawn Atlas Missile Base in Lawn, Texas, Dec. 3, 2020. The silo was filled with immense amounts of groundwater and rainwater, which flooded the silo over the years after its decommissioning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

U.S. Air Force members of Goodfellow Air Force Base learn the significance of Lawn Atlas Missile Base’s thick blast doors inside the tunnel on the way to the missile silo in Lawn, Texas, Dec 3, 2020. The underground tunnel connected the main missile silo to a launch control center, which was operated by a five-man crew during the Cold War in 1962. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

U.S. Air Force Col. James Finlayson, 17th Training Wing vice commander, observes the Lawn Atlas Missile Base’s silo, in Lawn, Texas, Dec 3, 2020. The LAMB site was one of twelve built near Dyess Air Force Base, Texas and Finlayson saw how the 185-foot deep silo was lined with walls of concrete, epoxy-based resin and steel rebar, built to withstand a nuclear blast, and was filled with spring water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Reives)

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Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

The above ground view of the launch control center’s access point at Lawn Atlas Missile Base’s missile silo in Lawn, Texas, Dec. 3, 2020. The entryway provided access, while support personnel and equipment were housed in two quonset huts for Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile F series during the Cold War in 1962. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Published Dec. 4, 2020
By Senior Airman Abbey Rieves
17th Training Wing Public Affiars

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --

Goodfellow experienced Cold War history during the 17th Training Wing Heritage Campaign Plan at Lawn Atlas Missile Base in Lawn, Texas, Dec 3.

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

Goodfellow Experiences Cold War History at Lawn Atlas Missile Base

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