Following is a series of general information documents pertaining to the SM-65 Atlas missile system. There are different sections including news articles, diagrams, construction, operational and historical documents, etc. This page has sub-divisions for Atlas D, Atlas E, Atlas F and Vandenberg sections. Each of those sections has information specific to that missile type or location. Most of the available documents are in Adobe PDF format and are freely available to download. To save the file to your local device, right click the file name or image and choose the "Save Target As " option. If you should have any documents relating to the Atlas ICBM program that you would consider sharing, please contact  us so that they can be added to this page.

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Atlas D Documents

Atlas E Documents

Atlas F Documents

Vandenberg Documents

Development

 Development Of Ballistic Missiles In The USAF -1945-1960

 Theory of Operation - Inertial Guidance System

 Atlas Fact Sheet - October 15, 1958

 SAC Missile Chronology - 1939-1988

Missile Guidance System

When Nothing Happened - Unsuccessful Atomic Tests with Ed York

Deactivation

 Air Force Review - What We Are Doing With Surplus ICBM Complexes

Legal

 Lawsuit - 1961-63 Atlas Fuel Tank Helium Pressure Regulator

Magazine Articles

 May 1955 - IBM Means "I Bring Massacre"

 September1982 - ICBM Site Activation

Miscellaneous

 NASA Launch Record

 The RAND Corp - Project Air Force

 To Defend & Deter-The Legacy Of The United States Cold War Missile Program

 Student Research Report

Newspaper Articles