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Establishment
On this date, the Titan rocket family was established when the Air Force awarded the Glenn L. Martin Company a contract to build ICBM. (intercontinental ballistic missiles) -
Titan II Missile First Launch
The first launch was performed extremely well but there was just one problem, it had too many longitudinal vibrations. -
N-7 Malfunction
The vehicle N-7 took of at Vandenberg Air force Base in California and it stopped working almost right after take off. The umbilical cord did not completely separate so the wiring got ripped out. This was a part of the Titan II development department -
Titan Structural Failure
One of the two engines did not ignite on one of the Titan II launches on the Vanderberg Air Force base. The Titan had failed in the structure and the fuel tank leaked. -
Complex 374-7 Accident
Complex 374-7 had a very important accident when an oxidizer leak sent a lot of toxic fumes that were 3,000 feet long, by 300 feet wide, and 100 feet tall going across Highway 65. -
Accident of 1978
Robert Thomas, an airman, was killed at a site near Rock Kansas when a missile and its silo leaked repellent, and then another airman Erby Hepstall later died from lung injuries. -
Maintenance Issues
At around 6:30 p.m. in Damascus, Arkansas, an airman conducting maintenance dropped a wrench socket, and as it fell and pierced the missile first stage fuel tank causing it to leak. -
Titan II Missile Exploded
Because of the fuel tank leaking on the previous day, the missile exploded. -
Titan II Official Deactivation
The deactivation of the titan II system began in result of the 2 accidents in 1978 and 1980 -
Deactivation
The last Titan II Missile to be deactivated was at Silo 373-8 near Judsonia, Arkansas.