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As U.S. increased efforts in the Vietnam War, Tinker began modifying supersonic missiles
Tinker Air Force Base was receiving GAM-77 supersonic missiles, nicknamed Hound Dogs, that would need to be modified.
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What's The Most Powerful Air-To-Air Missile Ever Deployed In Combat?
The Soviet designed R-37 is the most powerful air-to-air missile ever used in combat with few coming close to its potential. It's now used by Russia.
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How the U.S. Air Force Can Reclaim the Skies - WSJ
For decades after World War II, America took its air superiority for granted. We no longer can. Our primary adversaries have massively invested in modern fighters, advanced surface-to-air missiles ...
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New ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of Cold War era - Air Force Times
In this August 2023 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, two missile launch officers, or missileers, finish a 24-hour underground shift at a launch control center at Malmstrom Air Force Base. (U ...
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Air Force to update nuclear missiles across western states, bringing them out of the Cold War-era but adding 21st-century risks - Colorado Public Radio
The new gigantic ICBM is called the Sentinel. It marks the largest cultural shift in 60 years in the land leg of the Air Force's nuclear missile mission.
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Why German WW2 Missiles Were So Terrifying To Anyone Who Heard Them
The characteristic low growl of a German V-1 missile terrified people across England and Belgium. Here's what made their sound so unsettling.