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Description: 579th Strategic Missile Squadron
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SM-65 Atlas F ICBM Squadron, Walker AFB, Roswell, New Mexico 1961-1965
Welcome to the home web site for the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron. The 579th SMS was based at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico from 1962 thru 1965. There were 12 sites built in a ring around Roswell. 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 579th sites were at a high level of alert and were ready to launch the Atlas missile should it have become necessary. The squadron was
This web site is dedicated to everyone who served in the 579th 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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