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A surviving BOMARC Nuclear Cruise missle Air Defense Artillery without the warhead.
This is at the Alberta Air Museum in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
The nuclear payload of a BOMARC missile was the U.S. W-40 nuclear warhead, a boosted fission device with a yield of 7 to 10 kilotons. The W-40 warhead was 1.6 feet long, 1.1 feet in diameter, and weighed 385 pounds.
Canada had two Bomarc cruise missile sites, which hosted a total of 56 nuclear-armed missiles. These sites were located at No. 446 Squadron in North Bay, Ontario, and No. 447 Squadron at La Macaza, Quebec, and were operational from 1961 to 1972 under the control of NORAD. SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SGT John " Mac " McConnell SrA (Join to see) SrA Edward Vong SrA Aj Douglas TSgt Kenneth Ellis TSgt Melissa Post TSgt Joe C. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG John Millan 1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR) CSM Chuck Stafford Sgt (Join to see) SFC Jo Ann Klawitter Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Matthew Schlosser Lt Col (Join to see)
This is at the Alberta Air Museum in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
The nuclear payload of a BOMARC missile was the U.S. W-40 nuclear warhead, a boosted fission device with a yield of 7 to 10 kilotons. The W-40 warhead was 1.6 feet long, 1.1 feet in diameter, and weighed 385 pounds.
Canada had two Bomarc cruise missile sites, which hosted a total of 56 nuclear-armed missiles. These sites were located at No. 446 Squadron in North Bay, Ontario, and No. 447 Squadron at La Macaza, Quebec, and were operational from 1961 to 1972 under the control of NORAD. SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SGT John " Mac " McConnell SrA (Join to see) SrA Edward Vong SrA Aj Douglas TSgt Kenneth Ellis TSgt Melissa Post TSgt Joe C. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG John Millan 1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR) CSM Chuck Stafford Sgt (Join to see) SFC Jo Ann Klawitter Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Matthew Schlosser Lt Col (Join to see)
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In earlier days In 1964 when i was a Cadet in Civil Air Patrol the USAF Auxiliary We had a summer encampment at Otis AFB, (Cape Cod), MA. There was an active BOMARC Missile complex there which we did get a tour of. At Otis AFB these missiles were under the control of ADC, Air Defense Command, USAF. Otis also had a Fighter interceptor Squadron of F101 Voodoo's (ADC) and radar aircraft, the EC120, Constellation also Wing unit of (ADC) The base also had KC97s in an Air Refueling Wing of (SAC) Strategic Air Command. There were also Army, chopper and fixed wing aircraft and Air Guard units with the F86 Sabre jets, stationed on the base.
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