53 year old
Male
from Titusville FL / (Kennedy Space Center)
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Hey! If you wake up, it's the start of a GOOD day.
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Titan II Missile Explosion / 1980 / Damascus AR
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laserz230 Garage
December 07, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Greg,
I was a Communication Controller at 15AF Command Post at March AFB when the missile blew. I monitored events for the General’s Staff and monitored the Primary Alerting System on my shifts there. What an amazing story. I have never been in contact with anyone so close to the blast but I have been obsessed with it for all these years. I went to Ballistic Missile Staff Course at Vandenburg and learned as much as I could about the Titans, the systems and the silos. I was always fascintated with it. Looks like you are doing fine with a great family. Best of luck…I love your motto as well. Brad Buchanan Major, USAF Retired.
Tikiman100 Garage
December 07, 2012 at 10:45 PM
Hi! Brad,
Thanks! for checking out my “Garage” with the Titan II photos in it. There’s a book coming out next year called “Command and Control” written by Eric Schlosser. It be published somewhere near August or Sept 2013. This is a 750 page (approximate) book telling the story(ies) of the nuclear weapons program in the United States from beginning to present (my survival story is included in this book).
PS My wife’s maiden name was “Buchanan” (Family was from the Harlan KY area, and had moved to Cincinnati, OH). Her Dad’s name was “Fred” and mom’s name was “Dolly”
Small World right?.....LOL
Take Care Man!
Greg
