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Deployment of U.S. Strategic Air Command Nuclear Bombs (mid-1958)
by Hans M. Kristensen - June 1999
Four years before the Cuban missile crisis erupted over Soviet
deployment of nuclear weapons in Cuba, the U.S. Strategic Air Command had nuclear
bombs deployed in 41 locations worldwide. The locations included 14 bases on
the territories of six foreign countries: Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Japan
(Okinawa), Morocco, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The bomb-arsenal included nine different versions of five basic bomb-types: Mk-6, Mk-7, Mk-15, Mk-36, and Mk-39. Most of these versions were not surprisingly stored on one or more bases within the United States. Interestingly, however, two versions were not stored in the United States at all but only on bases abroad. This included the Mk-7 Mod 4 and Mod 5 versions that were deployed to Lakenheath Air Base in the United Kingdom and Nouasseur Air Base in Morocco. These bombs were earmarked for use by CINCEUR in the European Theater: (only page 88 shown here)
Note: This is only page 88 to show the 29th ADS (823rd ABG) at Homestead AFB, Florida and the 31st ADS (803rd ABG) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona. To see the other 2 pages, please use the web address below.
Above Source: Obtained under provisions of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (F.O.I.A.) by Hans M. Kristensen - June 1999 - United States Strategic Air Command, "History of the Strategic Air Command, 1 January 1958-30 June 1958," Historical Study No. 73, Volume I, [1958], pp. 88-90. Top Secret. Partially declassified and released under F.O.I.A. ----- http://www.nautilus.org/archives/library/security/foia/DKsacnukes58.html