Titan II Missile Launch

Test launch of a Titan II missile. Eighteen Titan II launch complexes were in Arkansas throughout much of the Cold War era.

U.S. Air Force rocket leaving its platform with exhaust fire spewing out

U.S. Air Force photo, courtesy of Don Boelling

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Type

Thing

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