Following is a series of documents pertaining to the 579th SMS located at Walker AFB in Roswell, New Mexico. These documents are specific to the 579th SMS. Other Atlas F related documents can be found on the preceding web page. There are different sections including news articles, diagrams, construction, operational and historical documents, etc. Most of the documents on this page are in Adobe PDF format and are freely available to download. 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 579th 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

  

Construction

Development

Operational

 Operational Readiness Training - Silo Familiarization

Deactivation

Squadron Newsletters

 579th SMS Newsletter - July 2000

 579th SMS Newsletter - Volume 1 - Spring 2005

 579th SMS Newsletter - Volume 2 - Summer 2006

 579th SMS Newsletter - Volume 3 - Fall 2007

 579th SMS Newsletter - Volume 4 - Fall 2008

 579th SMS Newsletter - Volume 5 - Fall 2010

 579th SMS Newsletter - Volume 6 - Fall 2012

 579th SMS Newsletter - Volume 7 - Summer 2014

 579th SMS Newsletter - Volume 8 - May 2016

Squadron Unit History

 579th SMS Unit History - January 1962

 579th SMS Unit History - February 1962

 579th SMS Unit History - May 1962

 579th SMS Unit History - June 1962

 579th SMS Unit History - July 1962

 579th SMS Unit History - August 1962

 579th SMS Unit History - September 1962

 579th SMS Unit History - November 1962

 579th SMS Unit History - January 1963

 579th SMS Unit History - February 1963

News Articles

Site 1 - Silo Explosion - 6/3/1963

Site 1 - Silo Explosion - Cause Unknown - 6/3/1963

Site 1 - Silo Explosion - Ripped Apart - 6/3/1963

Site 1 - Silo Explosion - Fire Under Control - 6/3/1963

Base Paper - Missile-Anea - 8/20/1964

  
Crew R-20 Wins Second Award

Walker Air Force Base Museum

 Roswell - Walker AFB Museum Opening

 Roswell - Museum Grant And Display Letter to Crews

Miscellaneous