Airman 1st Class Alexandra Ayub, prepares meal orders placed by the airmen working at a missile alert facility in Nebraska. As a missile chef, Ayub provides meals to all the Airmen working at the MAF, including the missileers in the launch control centers beneath the MAF, during a four-day deployment. The Airmen order from a menu which includes special items that Ayub prepares each day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)

Down the Hatch

11 October 2016

Missile chefs sustain nuclear deterrence, one order at a time