Jamie McIntryre Bombs

The firing key used to fire a missile is red. Photo: Dan Sagalyn

Jamie McIntyre inside the underground nuclear launch-control center. Photo: Dan Sagalyn

A missile launch-control facility near Minot Air Force Base N.D. Photo: Jay Olivier

A chain-link fence around a ballistic missile launch facility buried underground, Minot Air Force Base. Photo: Jay Olivier

Air Force Capt. Margaret Ingerslew at the weapons controls of a B-52H bomber. Photo: Dan Sagalyn

B-52H bomber inside a hangar at Minot Air Force Base N.D. Photo: Dan Sagalyn

Dummy bombs used for practice mounting the payload on aircraft. Photo: Dan Sagalyn

Mock-ups of the old B61-4 nuclear bomb refurbished B61-12 bomb (r). Vacuum tubes replaced by modern electronics. Photo: Dan Sagalyn

An eight-ton door to the missile-launch facility’s underground control capsule, 50 to 60 feet below ground .Photo: Dan Sagalyn