Capt. Greg Carter, a deputy missile combat crew commander-airborne from the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron, goes over pre-launch procedures aboard a Navy E-6 Mercury during Glory Trip 220 above the Pacific Ocean, April 25, 2017. Glory Trip is an operational test launch which continues a long history of Western Range launches used to verify, validate and improve the capability of the nation’s ICBM force.

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