strategic air command

Does anyone know of a good source of information on the Thor IRBM? There is a detailed official history of its contemporary, the Jupiter, on the internet, but I haven't found an equivalent for Thor. I'm trying to locate a good weight breakdown for the combat missile, and although there are...

Over the course of the life of the Talos system in the USN, the SPG-56 and SPG-61 Missile Fire Control radars were developed to replace the SPG-49 used to guide the Talos missile. Prototypes of each were built but these radars were never introduced into service. Either one would have, no doubt...

The only picture I've ever seen of XB-47 number two (46-066) - Life magazine.

Does anyone have a photo of the McDonnell F-101 Mockup, model 36W? I'd like to build a 1/144 scale version of the plane and, despite the fact that I've got five different Voodoo books as well as Steve Pace's XF-88 book, I cannot find a drawing or a pic of it. Thanks. - Jim Kelsey

The single known image of the design meant to shuttle crews to and from the Orion "Battleship." Further discussion and reconstruction: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=5167

from The Common Aero Vehicle: Space Delivery System Of The Future George Richie, ANSER AIAA Space Technology Conference & Exposition 28-30 Sept. 1999 Albuquerque, NM from A Common Aero Vehicle (CAV) - Model, Description, and Employment Guide Terry H Phillips, Schafer Corporation

The Midget ALCM and the one we know and love!

does anyone have any three views and cross sections views of the C-5

these from 'Air Force Legends' #201 'Martin XB-51' :- XB-51 with two-seat 'Tactical Nose' and XB-51 with external wing mounted stores........ cheers, Robin.

This is a new one for me. Anyone else heard of it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_ICBM http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/aresicbm.htm

Hi Everyone! I'm looking for information (3-views, artists conceptions, etc.) of a certain aircraft design I recall seeing in Aviation Week in the late 70's to early 80's. I believe it was a design for an ICBM (MX) airborne launcher. It was a large, propeller-driven aircraft, with a wingspan...

I haven't found a better place to share a quality portrayal of the Martin XB-51 Panther which I found on DeviantART. The authors of that pic have also derived a whole series of imaginary versions from it, as if it had seen service use in RCAF, RAF and USAF. Take a look at the gallery, it's...

My biggest question regarding the Lockheed Suntan program is why they bothered investigating hydrogen turbojets in the first place. The best advantage I can think of was the ability to achieve the desired speed and range with an airframe that was much lighter than anything else in its size...

I finally got the microfilm in the mail of all four volumes of this study; and had them scanned by a local company. First up, the magnificient maidien known as the Valkyrie: Reading further; North American was very dead set against Active Defense in any form for the B-70; which isn't that...

This is great! Rather appropriate music too.... View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eamnTyfkUBY Enjoy! Mark

Some time ago, one of the threads on here delved into the topic of the XB-70 used as a recoverable booster (a.k.a.-the RBSS) On that thread a link provides has an image of the XB-70 RBSS: http://www.strange-mecha.com/aircraft/Prototype/USAF-PB1.htm So a few weeks ago I see Valkyrie, by Dennis...

From http://www.dtic.mil/srch/doc?collection=t2&id=ADA259291 Unnumbered study for an intercontinental range cruise missile designed for Mach 3.5 @ 80,000ft.

Hi everybody Chevaline MRV and Polaris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevaline http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/polaris.htm Poseidon and Trident with 14 MIRVs http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/c-3.htm http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/trident.htm ICBM-X with 20 MIRVs or more ...

I am looking for information on Project Orion/Daedalus[British name for roughly the same thing] this was an early nuclear powered spacecraft that used focused nuclear explosions for thrust.

I am researching the Atlas missile forerunners for a model project. I have some illustrations of the X-12 "Atlas", which had 4 boost engines plus the central sustainer engine; plus a diameter of 12 feet as opposed to the final atlas of 10 feet: but I would like some dimensioned drawings or any...