SM-62 Snark IRBM Squadron, Presque Isle AFB, Presque Isle, Maine 1957-1959
SM-65 Atlas F ICBM Squadron, Plattsburgh AFB, Plattsburgh, New York 1961-1965
Documents
Diagrams, News Articles, Histories, Manuals, etc.
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Blueprints
Diagrams
Development
Theory Of Operation Of Inertial Guidance System
Silo Full Scale Mockup Photographic Record - Volume1
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
556th SMS - Construction History
Integrating Contractors Base Activation Project Manual
Aerospace Historian - September 1982 - ICBM Site Activation
Operational
Atlas F T.O. Manual - 21M-HGM16F-1 "Dash One"
Abbreviated Check List - DMCCC
Abbreviated Check List - Emergency Procedures
GD/A Report AP60-1045 - Ground Support Equipment List
GD/A Report AP60-1046 - Ground Operational Equipment List
Silo Familiarization Guide - September 1962
Deactivation
Atlas F Site Equipment And Material Sale - Site 1
AFLC Phaseout Atlas E F Titan1
History Of Atlas E F Titan1 Phaseout
SBAMA Phaseout Atlas E F Titan1
USAF Plan of Action for the Phase-Out and Disposition of Atlas E, Atlas F and Titan1
Atlas F Deactivation Procedure A109
SBAMA Equipment Removal Plan - AtlasF
What We Are Doing With Surplus ICBM Complexes
Outdated Missiles Placed In Storage
Present Day
Squadron Newsletters
556th SMS Newsletter - December 1998
556th SMS Newsletter - December 2002
556th SMS Newsletter - June 2004
556th SMS Newsletter - July 2005
556th SMS Newsletter - October 2006
556th SMS Newsletter - Spring 2007
556th SMS Newsletter - Fall 2007
556th SMS Newsletter - October 2009
556th SMS Newsletter - Summer 2012
556th SMS Newsletter - September 2014
556th SMS Newsletter - August 2015
556th SMS Newsletter - January 2016
Miscellaneous
Atlas E/F Launch Vehicle - Unsung Workhorse
SAC Missile Chronology 1939-1988
Student Research Report - Missileer's Heritage
To Defend And Deter - Legacy Of U.S. Cold War Missile Program