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Description: 548th Strategic Missile Squadron
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SM-65 Atlas E ICBM Squadron, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas 1960-1964
Welcome to the home web site for the 548th Strategic Missile Squadron. The 548th SMS was based at Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kansas from 1961 thru 1965. There were 9 sites built in a ring around Topeka. These sites were manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year during the time the Squadron was active. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, all 548th sites were at a high level of alert and were ready to launch the Atlas missile should it have become necessary. The squadron was armed with the SM-65 weapon system
During the 2003 Labor Day weekend, many of the members of the 548th SMS attended the first reunion ever held for this squadron. Many of these people had not seen each other since the deactivation of the unit in 1965. During this reunion the 548th SMS Association was formed in order to continue the research for more members and to have a central organization for those who served to contact their fellow missileers. A Members section of this web site allows those who served in the 548th to find the people wit
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