[Launch Alert] Minuteman II Launch Scheduled for June 30

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 28, 2010 
Release No. 10-0610

MINUTEMAN III LAUNCH SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 30

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A Minuteman III intercontinental
ballistic missile test flight is scheduled to launch from North Vandenberg
Wednesday, June 30, between 3:01 a.m. to 9:01 a.m. PDT.

The launch is an operational test to determine the weapon system's
reliability and accuracy. 

The 576th Flight Test Squadron, which will direct the missile launch,
installed tracking, telemetry and command destruct systems on the missile to
collect data and meet safety requirements.  Maintenance and operations task
force personnel from the 341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB, Montana, are
conducting operational tasks supporting the launch. 
 
Col. Steven Winters, the 30th Space Wing vice commander, is the launch
decision authority for this mission. Col. Carl T. DeKemper, the 576th FLTS
commander, is the mission director.   A crew from Malmstrom AFB will launch
the missile under the direction of the 576th FLTS.