Following is a series of documents pertaining to the 548th SMS located at Forbes AFB in Topeka, Kansas. These documents are specific to the 548th SMS. Other Atlas E related documents can be found on the preceding web page. There are different sections including Blueprints, Diagrams, Development, Construction, Operational, Deactivation, Present Day and Miscellaneous. Many of the documents on this page are in Adobe PDF format and are freely available to download. All PDF files have been made searchable when possible. To save the file to your local device, right click the PDF file name or image and choose the "Save Target As " option. If you should have any documents relating to the 548th SMS or 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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Blueprints

  

Diagrams

        

Development

 Theory Of Operation Of Inertial Guidance System

  Mechanics Illustrated (May 1955) - I Bring Massacre

  Press Release - Atlas Fact Sheet (1958)

  Development Of Ballistic Missiles In The USAF - 1945-1960

  SAC Missile Chronology 1939-1988

Construction

 Aerospace Historian - September 1982 - ICBM Site Activation

Operational

Crew R-37

  Atlas E T.O. Manual - 21M-CGM16E-1 "Dash One"

  GD/A Report AP60-1045 - Ground Support Equipment List

  GD/A Report AP60-1046 - Ground Operational Equipment List

Deactivation

  AFLC Phaseout Atlas E F Titan1

  History Of Atlas E F Titan1 Phaseout

  SBAMA Phaseout Atlas E F Titan1

  USAF Plan of Action for the Phase-Out and Disposition of Atlas E, Atlas F and Titan1

  What We Are Doing With Surplus ICBM Complexes

Outdated Missiles Placed In Storage

Present Day

Squadron Newsletters

  548th SMS Missile Times - Volume 1 - Issue 1 - March 2003

  548th SMS Missile Times - Volume 1 - Issue 2 - November 2003

  548th SMS Missile Times - Volume 1 - Issue 3 - November 2004

  548th SMS Missile Times - Volume 1 - Issue 4 - August 2005

  548th SMS Missile Times - Volume 1 - Issue 5 - December 2005

  548th SMS Missile Times - Volume 4 - Issue 2 - June 2006

  548th SMS Missile Times - Volume 4 - Issue 2B - December 2006

  548th SMS Missile Times - Volume 5 - Issue 1 - December 2007

Miscellaneous

History of Forbes Air Force Base

  Atlas E/F Launch Vehicle - Unsung Workhorse

  SAC Missile Chronology 1939-1988

  Student Research Report - Missileer's Heritage

 To Defend And Deter - Legacy Of U.S. Cold War Missile Program

 Lawsuit - 1961-63 Atlas Fuel Tank Helium Pressure Regulator

 RAND Corp - Project Air Force (1946-1996)