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Description: 551st Strategic Missile Squadron
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SM-65 Atlas F ICBM Squadron, Lincoln AFB, Lincoln, Nebraska 1961-1965
Welcome to the home web site for the 551st Strategic Missile Squadron. The 551st SMS was based at Lincoln Air Force Base in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1962 thru 1965. There were 12 sites built in a ring around Lincoln. These sites were manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year during the time the Squadron was active. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, all operational 551st sites were at a high level of alert and were ready to launch the Atlas missile should it have become necessary. The squadron was a
This web site is dedicated to everyone who served in the 551st SMS. Without their dedication and sacrifice for the national defense of the United States of America, the freedoms we enjoy today would not be possible.
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