579th Strategic Missle Squadron

In 1961 the United States Air Force deployed 12 Atlas ICBM missiles near Roswell (of all places) New Mexico as a somewhat ill conceived deterrent to the Soviet threat. There were at least nine sites in the United States. They were decommissioned by 1965.

Atlas Missile Site 10

Atlas Missile Site 10

Atlas Missile Site 6

Atlas Missile Site 6

Atlas Missile Site 11

Atlas Missile Site 11

Atlas Missile Site 2

Atlas Missile Site 2

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