A two-man maintenance crew from Hill Air Force Base, Utah is lowered into Warren's training launch facility Dec. 7 at Uniform-1. The team was here to remove the missile support system in order to ship it to Vandenberg AFB, Calif., so that the MSS could be refurbished. This was the first time a MSS has been removed from a training site here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson)
A maintenance crew member from Hill Air Force Base, Utah cuts a support cable for the missile support system on Dec. 7 at Uniform-1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson)
A two-man maintenance crew from Hill Air Force Base, Utah is lowered into place on Dec. 7 to start removing the missile support system from Uniform-1. Once the system is removed it will be sent to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to undergo repairs, refinish, rechrome and will be repainted. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson)
A maintenance team from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, hoists a missile support system out of Warren's training launch facility silo Dec. 7 at Uniform-1. The estimated weight of the MSS is more than 47,000 pounds and took the team about three hours to extract. The system is being shipped off for repairs and refurbishment, and while it is removed members of the 90th Maintenance Group will be performing corrosion control and other types of preventative maintenance in the training silo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson)