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Bell XGAM-63 Rascal

Rascal being carried by a DB-47 carrier aircraft. After launch, the missile continued toward its predetermined target controlled by a self-contained guidance system. The Rascal's course could also be changed by its carrier aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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W53 Thermonuclear Bomb

Maintenance personnel removing the Mk-6 re-entry vehicle from a Titan II missile. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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W53 Thermonuclear Bomb

Launch of a Titan II missile. A W53 fit into the Mk-6 re-entry vehicle on top of the missile. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Spectre Gunships

North Vietnamese soldier preparing to fire an SA-7 surface-to-air missile. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Air-to-Air Combat Over North Vietnam

F-4C of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, rolls out on takeoff. It is configured for the MiGCAP escort role with Sparrow air-to-air missiles under the fuselage, and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and extra fuel tanks under the wings. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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South Vietnam: The Easter Offensive

The results of a deadly new threat -- the man-portable SA-7 surface-to-air missile. The warhead sprayed fragments through the back of this AC-130 and seriously wounded Ken Felty, who provided these photographs. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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South Vietnam: The Easter Offensive

The results of a deadly new threat -- the man-portable SA-7 surface-to-air missile. The warhead sprayed fragments through the back of this AC-130 and seriously wounded Ken Felty, who provided these photographs. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman IA

A typical two-man Minuteman IA launch crew. These crewmen served with the 10th Strategic Missile Squadron, 341st Strategic Missile Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The 341st was one of six Minuteman wings. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman IA

Widely dispersed missile silos were nearly featureless in the open landscape, and most equipment was deep underground. This silo is near Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Mont. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Minuteman IA Missile Silo

Thick concrete and steel protected Minuteman from nuclear attack, and the missile could be stored unattended and with minimum maintenance for long periods.
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Minuteman IA

This drawing from a Minuteman IA maintenance bulletin shows how the missile’s three stages fit together.
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North American F-100D

F-100D of the 352nd Tactical Fighter Squadron dropping a napalm bomb near Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Super Sabres could carry an impressive array of weapons, including high explosive bombs, napalm, rockets, cluster bombs and even the guided Bullpup missile. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Aerobee Research Rocket

An Aerobee launch team with a typical experiment package, 6540th Missile Test Wing, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., May 21, 1952. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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The Patch

(l to r) 469th TFS pilots Capts. Bruce Holmes, Will Koenitzer, and William “Bart” Barthelmas. Barthelmas was killed on July 27, 1965, on the first USAF strike against North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile sites. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fast FACs

The Soviet shoulder-launched SA-7b Grail surface to air missile (SAM) proved very effective against low-flying aircraft. This heat-seeking SAM forced FACs to fly much higher to stay out of range. Since the OV-10’s twin engines produced a large amount of heat, the OV-10 FACs had to fly above 9,500 feet. A communist soldier using an SA-7 Grail. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Wild Weasels and Linebacker Operations

F-4C Wild Weasel flying over North Vietnam, December 1972. Unlike the F-105G, the F-4C Wild Weasel could not carry Standard missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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The First USAF AGM-78 Standard Mission

Acree and O’Donnell testing the AGM-78 over the White Sands Missile Range in October 1967. O’Donnell was a seasoned EWO, having flown fifty-three combat missions in Wild Weasel I. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Trumping the SAMs

F-105G taking off on a mission from Korat in 1971. Note that it is loaded with only one Standard missile (there is a droppable fuel tank on the other wing). (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Trumping the SAMs

Armorer preparing a Shrike missile. Just behind him is a Standard missile. The aircraft is the museum’s F-105G, which was named Cooter before being renamed Bam Bam.
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F-105F Thud Wild Weasels and Rolling Thunder

On April 23, 1967, Capt. Jerry Hoblit (l), pilot, and Capt. Tom Wilson (r), EWO, flew No. 3 in a four aircraft Wild Weasel formation on a strike against the heavily-defended area around Thai Nguyen, North Vietnam. Dodging three SA-2s, Hoblit and Wilson bombed one SAM site and fired their Shrikes against another. When an SA-2 missile damaged the lead aircraft, Hoblit and Wilson kept the SAM crew’s attention by engaging it, dodging yet another SA-2. Hoblit and Wilson then remained behind to cover the crew of an RF-4C that had been shot down before the strike. None of the strike aircraft were lost. For their valor and daring, Capt. Hoblit was awarded the Air Force Cross, and Capt. Wilson was awarded the Silver Star. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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