SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 31F
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 60-5554
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 31F
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 554
Missile Acceptance Date: 11/30/1961
Missile Delivery Date: 12/5/1961
ICBM Squadron Number: 578th
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: MAMS
Missile Destination: Dyess Air Force Base
Missile Mission: Operational ICBM
Missile Launch Date: 10/13/1974
Missile Launch Payload: RVTO - 3A-1
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - Gantry A3
Missile Launch Outcome: Successful
Notes: This missile was kept at the 578th MAMS building as a squadron spare if needed. This missile was used as a re-entry vehicle test. It was the final Vandenberg AFB re-entry vehicle test flight and the last Atlas missile launched from the Vandenberg AFB A-3 Gantry Complex.
