Fighter‑borne atomic capability – a memorandum from the Department of the Army
Fighter‑borne atomic capability – a memorandum from the Department of the Army, Chief of Staff, dated June twenty‑third, nineteen fifty‑two. The document is notable because it records the first formal request by the Army for an atomic‑armed fighter squadron to counter the growing Soviet and Chinese air threat in the Far East. The source is hosted on The Black Vault, a public archive of declassified government records. The memorandum was released to the public through The Black Vault’s online collection of Freedom of Information Act releases. The file was uploaded as part of a broader…
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