Reactivated in 1961 as a Strategic Air Command SM-65F Atlas ICBM launch squadron, stationed at Dyess AFB, Texas and assigned to the 96th Bombardment (later Strategic Aerospace) Wing on 1 July 1961.
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On 1 July 1961, the 578th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Atlas) went on alert as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron, being equipped with the SM-65F Atlas, with a mission of nuclear deterrence.
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