Following is a series of documents and images pertaining to the 549th SMS. There are different sections including Blueprints, Diagrams, Development, Construction, Operational, Deactivation, Present Day and Miscellaneous. Many of the documents on this page are in Adobe PDF format and are freely available to download. All PDF files have been made searchable when possible. To save the file to your local device, right click the PDF file name or image and choose the "Save Target As " option. If you should have any documents relating to the 549th SMS or the Atlas ICBM program that you would consider sharing, please contact  us so that they can be added to this page.

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Blueprints

       

       

       

Diagrams

Development

  Mechanics Illustrated (May 1955) - I Bring Massacre

  Press Release - Atlas Fact Sheet (1958)

  Development Of Ballistic Missiles In The USAF - 1945-1960

  SAC Missile Chronology 1939-1988

Construction

       

       

       

       

       

April Start on Work at Atlas Sites - 11/13/1958

Atlas Bases Lag 5 Months

 Aerospace Historian - September 1982 - ICBM Site Activation

Operational

Mercury-Atlas NASA Fact Sheet

Deactivation

  What We Are Doing With Surplus ICBM Complexes

Outdated Missiles Placed In Storage

Present Day

Miscellaneous

  SAC Missile Chronology 1939-1988

  Student Research Report - Missileer's Heritage

 To Defend And Deter - Legacy Of U.S. Cold War Missile Program

 Lawsuit - 1961-63 Atlas Fuel Tank Helium Pressure Regulator

 RAND Corp - Project Air Force (1946-1996)