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The Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I was the United States' first multistage intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in use from 1959 until 1962. Though the SM-68A was operational for only three years, it spawned numerous follow-on models that were a part of the U.S. arsenal and space launch capability.
The most recent data collected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Titan-1 missile silo site in Placer County found that despite ... The Lincoln site, one of three in California, took up ...
Titan-1 missiles were a Cold War-era project, the nation’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Lincoln site, one of three in California, took up dozens of acres in a remote part of ...
The Air Force activated the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron (Titan I) on 1 April 1961. The first missile was moved to the 4A complex at Lincoln on 28 February 1962, where workers had difficulty placing the missile in the silo. Follow-on missile installations went smoothly and the last missile was lowered into Chico complex 4C on 20 April 1962.
Site Name Missile Type Defense Area Site Location Service Dates Control Site condition/owner Launch Site condition/owner LA-04: Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/11L-U, (10L-H) Los Angeles Mount Gleason [11] (Angeles National Forest)/ Palmdale, California: 1956 – April 1974 Abandoned, replanted with pines. No evidence of former IFC site.
The sites were composed of three underground missile silos interconnected to support and command bunkers by a network of tunnels. [28] The facility was active between 1962 and 1965. In January 1965, the Titan 1 ICBM was phased out by the US Department of Defense. All missiles were removed from the site by February 1965. [29]
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 ...
The 851st became the first Titan I unit to pass. [13] On 19 November 1964, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara announced the phase-out of remaining first-generation Titan I missiles by the end of June 1965. Consequently, the Titan Is of the 851st were removed from alert status on 4 January 1965. The last missile was shipped out on 10 February.