"AGM-28 Hound Dog" Topic

"The first of the nuclear-tipped missiles carried by the B-52E, F, G and H models, Hound Dog was operational with SAC from September 1961 to 1976. One could be carried on a pylon suspended beneath each wing of a B-52G between the fuselage and the inboard engine nacelles. Two basic models of Hound Dog – GAM-77 (later AGM-28A) and GAM-77A (later AGM-28B) were produced. The missile was not capable of pin-point accuracy but it was designed as a standoff or ‘roll-back' weapon to ‘soften' enemy defences or target complexes up to 700 miles away during attacks by the bombers, much like the later AGM-69 SRAM. AGM-28B differed from the AGM-28A mainly in having a more accurate inertial guidance system and repositioning of the KS-120 astrotracker device from the missile pylon to the missile body. The B-52 could use Hound Dog's Pratt & Whitney J52-P-3 turbojet engines for extra power on heavyweight take-offs and the missile's tanks could be topped up by the B-52 in flight. Hound Dog had an inertial guidance system, which was updated by the B-52's onboard system just prior to launch. The first Hound Dog-equipped B-52G unit was the 4135th Strategic Wing, at Eglin AFB, Florida, which first deployed in December 1959. On 17 January 1962 B-52Gs of the 4038th Strategic Wing at Dow AFB, Maine, became the first operational unit to go on alert status with the new missile. A total of 703 units were built and at its peak in 1963 the Hound Dog force numbered 593, but the missile was rapidly rendered obsolete and withdrawal from service was begun in 1967. At the end of June 1975 it was finally taken off alert duty and the last AGM-28 was scrapped in June 1978…"

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From the Weapons and Warfare website.

Back in the 60's when I built this kit

The Hound Dog was my favorite, with Bomarc a close second.

I had that kit too. Wow, thanks for reminding me

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I had an earlier version of the kit with an early Polaris instead. My dad was an ops officer at Minot for the Hound Dog equipped B-52s in the early 60s. Got to see them on the flight line on Armed Forces day. Cool memories (literally, since it was Minot).

Good memories!… (smile)

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Love those puppies (see what I did there?)!

Bomarcs are/were very cool too. A pity we don't still have some of them available, since I suspect they could be very useful in our next conflict, if needed, and certainly adversely affect enemy morale.

I'll gladly settle for upgraded, better, faster, more accurate variants though.

There is still a Hound Dog on outdoor display at Minot.