Russell Westerhaus

The 570th Strategic Missile Squadron was a unit of the United States Air Force, originally activated during World War II as a bombardment squadron. It flew B-17 Flying Fortress missions over Europe as part of the Eighth Air Force, participating in significant strategic bombing campaigns against Nazi Germany. Reactivated during the Cold War, the unit was redesignated as a missile squadron and equipped with LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The 570th played a key role in America's nuclear deterrence strategy until its inactivation in 1984 following the retirement of the Titan II system.