WHERE THE BIRDS ARE

The Strategic Air Command last week took operational control of two new nine-bird squadrons of Titan II missiles at the Little Rock, Ark., Air Force Base. These are the last liquid-fueled intercontinental missiles scheduled for the U.S. arsenal. With the U.S. now well into the phase of second-generation missiles, the heavy emphasis is on the solid-fueled birds--land-based Minutemen and submarine-borne Polaris missiles. Herewith the U.S.'s fabulous strategic missile roster. A red dot . means operational.

LOCATION TYPE & NUMBER

ATLAS D: Range 8,000 miles

Offutt A.F.B., Omaha . . . 9 . . . .

ATLAS E: Range 9,000 miles

Fairchild A.F.B., Spokane, Wash . . . 9 . . . .

Forbes A.F.B., Topeka, Kans . . . 9 . . . .

Warren A.F.B., Cheyenne, Wyo . . . 24 (also D's) . . . .

ATLAS F: Range 9,000 miles

Lincoln, Neb., A.F.B. . . .12 . . . .

Schilling A.F.B., Salina, Kans. . . .12 . . . .

Altus, Okla., A.F.B. . . . 12 . . . .

Dyess A.F.B., Abilene, Texas . . . 12 . . . .

Walker A.F.B., Roswell, N. Mex. . . .12 . . . .

Plattsburgh, N.Y., A.F.B. . . . 12 . . . .

Vandenberg A.F.B., Lompoc, Calif. . . . 6 (also D's and E's) . . . .

TITAN I: Range 8,000 miles

Lowry A.F.B., Denver . . . 18 . . . . . Beale A.F.B., Marysville, Calif . . . 9 . . . .

Larson A.F.B., Moses Lake, Wash. . . . 9 . . . .

Mountain Home, Idaho, A.F.B. . . . 9 . . . .

Ellsworth A.F.B., Rapid City, S. Dak. . . . 9 . . . .

TITAN II: Range over 9,000 miles

Davis-Monthan A.F.B., Tucson, Ariz. . . . 18 . . . .

McConnell A.F.B., Wichita, Kans. . . . 18 . . . .

Little Rock, Ark., A.F.B. . . . 18 . . . .

LOCATION TYPE & NUMBER

MINUTEMAN: Range 5,000 miles

Malmstrom A.F.B., Great Falls, Mont . . . 150 . . . .

Ellsworth A.F.B., Rapid City, S. Dak. . . . 150 . . . .

Minot, N. Dak., A.F.B. . . . 150 . . 1/3 .

Whiteman A.F.B., Knob Noster, Mo. . . . 150 . . .

Warren A.F.B., Cheyenne, Wyo. . . . 200 . . .

Grand Forks, N. Dak., A.F.B. . . . 150 . . .

Each Polaris sub can carry 16 missiles. The A1s and A2s are operational (.), the A3s not yet.

Submarines with Polaris A1:

Range 1,200 miles .

George Washington

Patrick Henry

Theodore Roosevelt

Robert E. Lee

Abraham Lincoln

Polaris A2: Range 1,500 miles .

Ethan Allen

Sam Houston

Thomas A. Edison

John Marshall

Lafayette

Polaris A3: Range 2,500 miles

Alexander Hamilton Ulysses S. Grant

Thomas Jefferson Von Steuben

Andrew Jackson Casimir Pulaski

John Adams Stonewall Jackson

James Monroe Sam Rayburn

Nathan Hale Nathaniel Greene

Woodrow Wilson Benjamin Franklin

Henry Clay Simon Bolivar

Daniel Webster Kamehameha

James Madison George Bancroft

Tecumseh Lewis and Clark

Daniel Boone James K. Polk

John C. Calhoun

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