The 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (579 SMS) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing, stationed at Walker AFB, New Mexico On 1 September 1961, the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Atlas) went on alert as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron, being equipped with the SM-65F Atlas, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. The squadron was inactivated as part of the phaseout of the Atlas ICBM on 25 March 1965.
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| - The 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (579 SMS) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing, stationed at Walker AFB, New Mexico On 1 September 1961, the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Atlas) went on alert as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron, being equipped with the SM-65F Atlas, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. The squadron was inactivated as part of the phaseout of the Atlas ICBM on 25 March 1965.
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| - Convair SM-65F Atlas #102, Site 11 Arroyo Macho del, NM 14 Oct 1962
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| - The 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (579 SMS) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing, stationed at Walker AFB, New Mexico On 1 September 1961, the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Atlas) went on alert as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron, being equipped with the SM-65F Atlas, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. The squadron was inactivated as part of the phaseout of the Atlas ICBM on 25 March 1965.
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