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| Nuclear Weapons Specialist |
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| AFSC 331X0 AFSC 332X0 AFSC 463X0 AFSC 2W2X0 |
| AFSC 328X and 327X (Nuclear Weapons Officer) |
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| Aircraft/Munitions Maintenance Badge, 1986 |
| To All Who Shall See These Presents, Greeting |
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| The USAF Nuclear Weapons Specialist Home Page |
| Contact webmaster at usaf463@yahoo.com |
| 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. |
| "Nuclear Weapons Maintenance in the Early Year's, The Mk5 Bomb" by Glenn Wines (retired 331X0) |
| A Hindenburg in the Bomb Bay by Chuck Hansen- story of the Mk16 TN bomb. |
| The Sandia Pioneers by James Abrahamson. Story of the first atomic weapons assembly technicians. |
| Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man by John Coster-Mullen |
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| Nuclear weapons specialists at Lowry AFB, Colorado with Titan I RV (1962-64). |
| LINKS |
| Nuclear Weapons Archive-the reference source on nuclear weapons development. |
| 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). |
| TAC Missileer's Page (Mace/Matador, 1959-1969)- Tons of great info and photo's of early Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM). |
| 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. |
| Manuscript History of Soviet Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Infrastructure by Y.A. Yubin (pdf file). |
| 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. |
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| B53 Joint Test Assembly (JTA) after drop test. |
| Sandia technician prepares a B61-11 model for wind tunnel test. |
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| 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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| Revised 13 Jun 2005 |
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