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Senior Airman Jaime Sibri Llapa, 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron maintainer, inspects a guided missile maintenance platform at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., Aug. 22, 2016. Maintainers inspected their equipment and prepared their vehicles before departing for the missile field. The 90th MMXS maintains 150 Minuteman III ICBMs and the associated launch facilities spread across three states and 9,600 square-miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brandon Valle)


Silent Sentinels: The everyday life of a missile maintainer

Senior Airman Jaime Sibri Llapa, 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron maintainer, inspects a guided missile maintenance platform at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., Aug. 22, 2016. Maintainers inspected their equipment and prepared their vehicles before departing for the missile field. The 90th MMXS maintains 150 Minuteman III ICBMs and the associated launch facilities spread across three states and 9,600 square-miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brandon Valle)

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