Alkop AB Berninia 461st MUNS

Alkop AB Berninia 461st MUNS vintage style military aviation travel poster art by – Squadron Posters!

Some training takes place in a “simulated” unit/base/country called the 461st Munitions Squadron at ALKOP Air Base in a factitious country called “Berninia”. 

Munition Support Squadrons (MUNS) are geographically separated units which are located over Europe. They are co-located on several main operating NATO bases and they are working together with their host nation wing. Their common strength varies between 125 – 150 servicemembers. Their mission: receiving, storing, maintenance and maintaining custody and control of NATO assigned special USAFE munitions until further notice. When directed the MUNSS will provide the special munitions to the NATO strike wing commander. Therefore, the MUNSS mission is one of the most critical within their theater of operations.

All details regarding nuclear deployments within NATO remain secret. The only officially acknowledged information is that the standoff (air-dropped) weapons concerned are currently B-61 types which are managed through the Weapons Storage and Security System (WS3). WS3 has been constructed in the 1980s and comprised construction of secured vaults – each capable to contain 4 weapons – in the floors of the aircraft shelters. The co-storage of the special weapons together with their strike aircraft greatly enhanced their survivability and operational readiness. In 1986 the Pentagon released a list of airbases in Europe and in the Far East which have been WS3 equipped. Check out this stunning Alkop AB Berninia 461st MUNS art by – Squadron Posters!

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