page_title: 36th Air Brigade (Italy)
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: 36th Air Brigade (Italy) / Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: Jupiter IRBM deployment locations in Italy Français&#160;: Carte de déploiement des missiles jupiter en Italie entre 1961 et 1963
context_page_description: The 36th Strategic Interdiction Air Brigade was a short-lived formation of the Italian Air Force, active between 1960 and 1963. The formation was tasked with operating, in conjunction with some USAF units, PGM-19A Jupiter medium-range ballistic missiles.
context_section_description: The formation consisted of the 1st IS Unit and the 2nd IS Unit, each of which controlled five launch positions, with a ready-to-use missile and two refills, for a total of thirty shots. The medium-range ballistic missiles in use were the PGM-19A Jupiter, which could carry a Los Alamos/Sandia Mk-49 Mod. 3 thermonuclear warhead of 1.44 Megatons.
  The Air Brigade had its Headquarters in Gioia del Colle Air Base; the launch sites (built in a triangular configuration) were within 30 miles, in the direct vicinity of the villages Acquaviva delle Fonti, Altamura (two sites), Gioia del Colle, Gravina in Puglia, Laterza, Mottola, Spinazzola, Irsina and Matera.
caption: Deployment locations for Jupiter missiles in Italy from 1961 to 1963.
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