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USAF Strategic Missiles in Service 1947 - Present

Updated: Sunday November 27, 2011

In the Beginning

The Strategic Air Command was a in Charge of all Bombers and Missiles

USAF Surface to Surface Missile

USAF SM-62 Snark - In service 1959-1961 - Range about 5500 miles - Nuclear Warhead

USAF Aircraft Launched Missiles

USAF ADM-20 Quail - In service 1960-1977 - Range about 445 miles
Was a Decoy missile launched from B-52s - .9 Mach - No Warhead

USAF AGM-28 Hound Dog - In Service 1960 - 1977 - Range about 785 Miles
Speed Mach 2.1 - Launched Under wing from B-52s
During 1966-1966 while Stationed at HAFB, about half of the Alert planes carried these

A Hound Dog during a Test Flight over the Desert

USAF AGM-69 SRAM - Was Short Range Attack Missile with a range 110 miles.
On B-52's when they were carried externally, with 6 to each of the 2 wing pylons.
and Internally on a 8 round rotary for a maximum of 20 missiles.
USAF F-111 and B-1Bs also could carry them. They were switch selectable to
produce a 17 kiloton or 210 kiloton explosion. About 1,500 were built from 1972 - 1975.
They were retired in 1993 after concerns about cracking of the solid rocket motors.

USAF AGM-84 Harpoon - In Service from 1977 - Present - Range over 67 miles.
It has a Warhead capability of 488 lbs of High Explosive.
A B-52H can carry 12 missiles and the F-16 can also carry them.

USAF AGM-86 ALCM, Air Launched Cruise Missile - In Service from 1982 - Present
Range varied from 680 to 1500 miles depending on Warhead, Nuclear or Conventional
On B-52H's they can be carried externally, with 6 to each of the 2 wing pylons.
and Internally on a 8 round rotary for a maximum of 20 missiles.
About 1,140 missiles were built.

USAF AGM-129 ACM, Advanced Cruise Missile - In Service from 1990 - Present
Range is 2000 miles - Nuclear Warhead
On B-52Hs they can be carried externally, with 6 to each of the 2 wing pylons.
and Internally on a 8 round rotary for a maximum of 20 missiles.
About 641 missiles were built.

A USAF AGM-129 ACM, Advanced Cruise Missile - on a Test flight over the Desert

Active USAF Bomber Force

2nd Bomb Wing 5th Bomb Wing 509th Bomb Wing

Each Wing has Multiple Bomber Squadrons under Their Command

USAF Ground Launched Ballistic Missiles

As a USAF Air Policeman during my first 4 years, I was glad that I had been stationed at a Air Force base
with Flying aircraft. I met several Security Police that had been stationed to guard the many remote missile
sites spread about the United States. Many of those sites were in the Northern states and duty there was
just terrible for them and the Officers that manned the silos during the winter months. When these men
got transfers to Homestead AFB or some to Vietnam while I was there, It was living again.

USAF PGM-17 Thor, The First Operational Ballistic Missile - Built 225 during 1959-1960
Range was about 1,500 miles with a Nuclear Warhead

USAF PGM-19 Jupiter, Medium Range Ballistic Missile - Built 100 during 1956-1961
Range was about 1,500 miles with a Nuclear Warhead
They were deployed in Italy and Turkey as NATO's Cold War Deterrent against the Soviet Union

USAF SM-65 Atlas, Long Range Ballistic Missile - Built 350 during 1959-1965
Range was Anywhere on Earth with a Nuclear Warhead, Retired in 1965

USAF SM-68A/HGM-25 - Titan I, First Multistage Long Range Ballistic Missile
? Built during 1959-1965, Range was 5,500 miles, Carried a Nuclear Warhead,
Retired in 1965

USAF HGM-25C - Titan II, The Successor to the Titan I. It carried a
Payload twice that of the Titan I and the Largest Single Warhead.
Retired in 2003

USAF LGM-30 Minuteman I, II, III - Titan II, It is the only active land
based ICBM in service in the US. Plans to Continue it to 2030.
It is also has a Solid Rocket Booster, is kept in underground silos
and can be launched in about 1 minute. The USAF is keeping
450 Minuteman III missiles on Alert Status.

USAF LGM-118 Peacekeeper - Built 50 in 1986 - Capable of 10 , 300KT Warheads
Were based on Railroad cars at 7 bases in the US - Retired in 2000

Active USAF Missile Force

90th Missile Wing 91st Missile Wing 341st Missile Wing

Each Wing has Multiple Missile Squadrons under Their Command

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