Equipment of Strategic Air Command
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SSN 1979-82), and other Cold War devices of the USAF major command.
Special Weapons Emergency Separation System
This system (SWESS), also known informally as the
B-52 Stratofortress. The system's purpose was to ensure that an aircraft's payload of nuclear weapons would detonate in the event of the crew becoming debilitated by enemy defences such as missiles.[1]
Once armed, the system would ensure that the onboard nuclear weapons detonated if the aircraft dropped below a predetermined altitude.
SAC Equipment
| SAC Equipment | |||||
| Type | Model | Start | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | B-1 Lancer |
1986 | 1992 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-17 Flying Fortress (RB-17G) |
1946 | 1951 | ||
| Combat aircraft | A-26 Invader (RB-26) |
1949 | 1950 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-29 Superfortress |
1946 | 1953 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-36 Peacemaker |
1948 | 1958 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-45 Tornado |
1950 | 1953 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-47 Stratojet |
1951 | 1965 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-50 Superfortress |
1948 | 1954 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-52 Stratofortress |
1955 | 1992 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-57 Canberra |
1956 | 1962 | ||
| Combat aircraft | B-58 Hustler |
1960 | 1969 | ||
| Combat aircraft | C-119 Flying Boxcar |
1956 | 1973 | ||
| Combat aircraft | DC-130 Hercules |
1966 | 1976 | ||
| Combat aircraft | EC-135 Looking Glass |
1963 | 1992 | ||
| Combat aircraft | F-2 Expeditor (F=Fotorecon ; C-45)
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| Combat aircraft | F-6 Mustang (F=Fotorecon; P-51)
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| Combat aircraft | F-9 Flying Fortress (F=Fotorecon; B-17F/G)
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| Combat aircraft | F-13 Superfortress (F=Fotorecon; B-29A)
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| Combat aircraft | F-47 Thunderbolt (P-47) |
1946 | 1947 | ||
| Combat aircraft | F-51 Mustang (P-51) |
1946 | 1949 | ||
| Combat aircraft | F-82 Twin Mustang |
1947 | 1950 | ||
| Combat aircraft | F-80 Shooting Star |
1946 | 1948 | ||
| Combat aircraft | F-84 Thunderjet |
1948 | 1957 | ||
| Combat aircraft | F-86 Sabre |
1949 | 1950 | ||
| Combat aircraft | F-102 Delta Dagger |
1960 | 1976 | ||
| Combat aircraft | FB-111 Aardvark |
1969 | 1990 | ||
| Combat aircraft | KC-10 Extender |
1981 | 1992 | ||
| Combat aircraft | KB-29 |
1949 | 1956 | ||
| Combat aircraft | KC-97 Stratofreighter SAC |
1951 | 1964 | ||
| Combat aircraft | KC-135 Stratotanker SAC |
1957 | 1991 | ||
| Combat aircraft | RC-45 Expeditor
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| Combat aircraft | RC-135 | ||||
| Combat aircraft | SR-71 Blackbird |
1966 | 1991 | ||
| Combat aircraft | U-2 Dragon Lady |
1962 | 1991 | ||
| Combat aircraft | TR-1 Dragon Lady |
1989 | 1991 | ||
| Support aircraft | UC-45 Expeditor
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| Support aircraft | AT-11 Kansan
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| Support aircraft | B-26 Invader |
1949 | 1950 | ||
| Support aircraft | C-45 Expeditor |
1946 | 1951 | ||
| Support aircraft | C-47 Skytrain |
1946 | 1947 | ||
| Support aircraft | C-54 Skymaster |
1946 | 1975 | ||
| Support aircraft | C-82 Packet |
1946 | 1947 | ||
| Support aircraft | C-97 Stratofreighter |
1949 | 1978 | ||
| Support aircraft | C-118 Liftmaster |
1957 | 1975 | ||
| Support aircraft | C-124 Globemaster II |
1959 | 1962 | ||
| Support aircraft | C-131 Samaritan
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| Support aircraft | C-135 Stratolifter
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| Support aircraft | CH-3 Sea King SAC c. 1960s
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| Support aircraft | HU-16 Albatross SAC c. 1950s/1960s
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| Support aircraft | L-4 Grasshopper |
1949 | 1950 | ||
| Support aircraft | L-5 Sentinel |
1949 | 1950 | ||
| Support aircraft | L-13 Grasshopper |
1949 | 1950 | ||
| Support aircraft | PBY Catalina
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| Support aircraft | T-38 Talon |
1981 | 1991 | ||
| Support aircraft | UH-1 Iroquois | 1966 | 1992 | ||
| Missile | ADM-20 Quail | ||||
| Missile | AGM-28 Hound Dog | ||||
| Missile | AGM-69 SRAM | ||||
| Missile | AGM-84 Harpoon
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| Missile | AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile
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| Missile | AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile | ||||
| Missile | HGM-16 Atlas
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| Missile | HGM-25A Titan I | ||||
| Missile | LGM-25 Titan II | ||||
| Missile | LGM-30A/B Minuteman I | ||||
| Missile | LGM-30F Minuteman II | ||||
| Missile | LGM-30G Minuteman III | ||||
| Missile | LGM-118A Peacekeeper
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| Missile | SM-62 Snark | ||||
| Missile | PGM-17A Thor
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| Missile | PGM-19A Jupiter
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| Ground system | Athena computer
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| Ground system | AN/MPS-9 | ||||
| Ground system | AN/MSQ-1 | ||||
| Ground system | AN/MSQ-2 | ||||
| Ground system | AN/MSQ-35 | ||||
| Ground system | AN/MSQ-77 | 1965 | |||
| Ground system | AN/MSQ-81
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| Ground system | AN/MSQ-96 | ||||
| Ground system | AN/TLQ-11 | ||||
| Ground system | BMEWS | 1979 | 1982 | ||
| Ground system | GWEN
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| Ground system | train: Big Star (ICBM)
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| Ground system | trains: RBS Express (3) | 1961 | c. 1971 | ||
| Ground system | SACCCS | ||||
See also
- Permissive Action Link
- Fail-deadly
References
- ISBN 0-691-02101-5. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
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