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===Atlas-E deployment=== The SM-65E Atlas were based in horizontal "semi-hard" or "coffin" facilities that protected the missile against over-pressures up to {{convert|25|psi|abbr=on}}. In this arrangement the missile, its support facilities, and the launch operations building were housed in reinforced concrete structures that were buried underground; only the roofs protruded above ground level. These units were:<ref name="AtlE">{{cite web |url=http://www.siloworld.net/ICBM/ATLAS/ATE/location3.htm |title=Atlas E Locations |website=siloworld.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714124029/http://www.siloworld.net/ICBM/ATLAS/ATE/location3.htm |archive-date=14 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[92d Bombardment Wing|92nd Bombardment (later Strategic Aerospace) Wing]] : [[Fairchild Air Force Base]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] (28 September 1961 β 17 February 1965) : [[567th Strategic Missile Squadron]], (9 missiles) * [[21st Strategic Aerospace Division]] : [[Forbes AFB]], [[Kansas]] (10 October 1961 β 4 January 1965) : [[548th Strategic Missile Squadron]], (9 missiles) * [[389th Strategic Missile Wing]] : [[Francis E. Warren AFB]], [[Wyoming]] (20 November 1961 β 4 January 1965) : [[566th Strategic Missile Squadron]] (9 missiles)
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