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The USAF Nuclear Weapons Specialist Home Page
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Guided Missile
Badge, 1958
Notice- The material presented on this site is unclassified and is openly available from Freedom of Information Act documents, DOE Restricted Data Declassification Guides (RDD-1 through 7), DOE OpenNet, the National Atomic Museum, weapons labs, etc. 
Shoulder patch for the Manhattan Project and Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, 1945-1959.
Visit the 463X0 Home Page Message Board
"35th MMS Operations at Biggs AFB, TX March 1956-July 1959" by Jim Oskins
USAF Nuclear Weapons Gallery, Page 1
Career Field History
You May Be a Nuclear Weapons Specialist If...
USAF Nuclear Weapons Gallery, Page 2
"History of the Snark Missile" by Jim Oskins (retired 331X0)
USAF Nuclear Weapons Gallery, Page 3
Early history of the WSS, WSA, and Depot's by Global Security.org
"Nuclear Weapons Maintenance in the Early Year's, The Mk5 Bomb" by Glenn Wines (retired 331X0)
USAF Nuclear Weapons Gallery, Page 4
A Hindenburg in the Bomb Bay by Chuck Hansen- story of the Mk16 TN bomb.
RAF Nuclear Weapons Gallery
The Sandia Pioneers by James Abrahamson. Story of the first atomic weapons assembly technicians.
Soviet/Russian Nuclear Weapons Gallery
Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man by John Coster-Mullen
"Stony Brook AFS, A Pictorial History, 1956-1959" by 331X0 Clarke R. Ketter.
Nuclear weapons specialists at Lowry AFB, Colorado with Titan I RV (1962-64).
LINKS
Nuclear Weapons Archive-the reference source on nuclear weapons development.
Department of Energy (DOE) report on Iraqi nuclear efforts (pdf file).
DOE Historical Films- declassified films on testing and weapons.
Air Force Security Police Association- dedicated to those in Force Protection
John Godwin's page on Grand Slam bombs, early bomber suspension systems, and color photo's of a disassembled  Mk 6 load shape.
Strategic-Air-Command.Com- a great site about SAC's people, planes, and bases.
B-36.net- Great site on the B-36 Peacemaker, the "Big Stick" of the Cold War.
Silo World.Com- an excellent resource for missileers.
Atomic Veterans History Project- Required reading for everyone in the nuclear weapons community.
WWII & Cold War History in Britain- RAF nuclear wpns program, and former RAF and USAFE bases (excellent photo's).
B-47 Stratojet Association
TAC Missileer's Page (Mace/Matador, 1959-1969)- Tons of great info and photo's of early Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM).
B-52 Stratofortress Association
F-106 Page by Pat McGee
F-111.net- Excellent web site on the F-111 and FB-111 Aardvark in TAC, USAFE, SAC, and RAAF.
LT.COL Ted Morris's page- great info on the early days of SAC MMS (and EOD ops in Vietnam).
National Security Archive (George Washington University)- Declassified documents from the Cold War era and beyond.
Sandia Labs article about Mk14, W53, and B53 trainers
Federation of American Scientists page on U.S. and OPFOR weapons (GBU's, AGM's, Ships, Planes, etc., etc.
Cold War Thuds- The F-105 in Europe.
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists- Documents relating to deployment, 1945 to 1977
Society for the Preservation of the Manhattan Project- Definitive history of the making of the atomic bomb. Great info and pictures of the 509th Composite Group.
Edwards AFB Test Range site by Dan Younker- great EAFB history and photo's of drop shapes!
Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Timeline- good photo's of British weapons.
F-22 Lightning 3- flight sim by Novalogic that includes a B61 (time to practice that LABS toss).
Website of BG Paul Tibbets, commander of the B-29 Enola Gay.
Spetsnaz- Inside the Soviet SAS. Story behind Soviet special forces by former GRU agent Victor Suvorov.
RAF Greenham Common by Jonathan Sayers (great links to other USAFE sites also).
Equipment Classification Guide- The 463X0 Home Page guide to "classified" items like the Little Boy arm/safe plugs...
B54/Davy Crockett model with an excellent history and pictures of the projectile.
Russian AF in East Germany- good insight on how the other side operated.
Manuscript History of Soviet Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Infrastructure by Y.A. Yubin (pdf file).
B-29 Superfortress Network- includes takeoff and flight checklist (Real Time Player)
Cold War Civil Defense Museum
47th BMW RAF Sculthorpe and the B-45 Tornado.
Navy Nuclear Weapons Association- read the article on early Navy weapons.
TITAN II ICBM Web Page by Don Boelling.
51st MMS Association, Vandenburg AFB (great photo's)
DOE- The Legacy Story Interesting history of the nuclear weapons complex.
B-58 Hustler Page
More Links
B53 Joint Test Assembly (JTA) after drop test.
Sandia technician prepares a B61-11 model for wind tunnel test.
B-52 with clip-ins (B43, B61, B28FI, B53)
Mk6 RV (Titan II)
Visitors to the USAF Nuclear Weapons Specialist Home Page
Site Reached IOC on 4 July 2001
Last Update- 22 Jan 2003
Disclaimer- I make no claims to the accuracy of information appearing in articles or links. This site is not approved, condoned, nor in any way associated with the U.S. Air Force.
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"Early Air Force Special Weapons Career Field History" by Jim Oskins
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