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SM-65F Atlas, Operational Suitability Test Facility for Atlas F missiles. Seven Atlas research and development launches occurred August 1962 – January 1965 and the site was then inactivated. [7] [12] BOM1, BOM2 Used for CIM-10 Bomarc interceptors. Two Bomarc launchers with a third support building between the two shelters.
The first operational launch of an Atlas missile by the Strategic Air Command was conducted from 576A-2 by the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron on September 9, 1959. It impacted 4,480 nautical miles (8,300 km) away, near Wake Island. [3] The first Atlas F launch at Vandenberg took place from 576-E on 1 August 1962. [4]
The Operational Silo Test Facility (OSTF) is a former United States Air Force intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, United States. It was a developmental launch site for the silo-based Titan and Atlas missile series. [1] The site was originally constructed for Titan I tests. On 12 ...
Launch Complex 576A, also known as Area 576, is a group of rocket launch pads at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The pads at the complex were used from 1959 until 1971 to launch SM-65 Atlas missiles. The site was also known as Complex ABRES . [ 1 ]
On 16 October 1958, the first Atlas ICBM launcher (576A-1) constructed at Vandenberg AFB, California, was accepted from the contractor by the 1st Missile Division. The first intercontinental ballistic missile, the SM-65D Atlas ICBM , was delivered and was accepted by SAC's 576th Strategic Missile Squadron on 18 February 1959.
Also provided training to SAC personnel on SM-65 Atlas and HGM-25A Titan I Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Later became a B-52H Stratofortress bombardment squadron. 672d Strategic Missile Squadron: RAF Feltwell RAF Lakenheath: PGM-17 Thor, 1958–1959 1958–1959 Short-lived Missile Training squadron in the UK for RAF Thor missile crews.
Space Launch Complex 3 (SLC-3) is a launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base that consists of two separate launch pads. Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) was used by the Atlas V launch vehicle before it was decommissioned in August 2021 with the final launch taking place on November 10, 2022, at 09:49, while Space Launch Complex 3 West (SLC-3W) has been demolished.
Atlas missiles on alert at Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1960. The squadron was redesignated the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron and activated on 1 April 1958 at Cooke Air Force Base, where it was assigned to the 704th Strategic Missile Wing. [1] The squadron was initially equipped with the SM-65D Atlas.