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On 1 March 1962, Strategic Air Command stood up the 381st Strategic Missile Wing (SMW). Using McConnell as their base, 18 Titan II ICBM missile silos formed a ring from the northeast around to the south and the west on an irregular radius of 20 to 50 miles from the base. This mission of deterrence dominated base activity for the next twenty ...
Re-designated 4802d Guided Missile Squadron 30 Dec 1950-14 May 1951 and moved to Patrick AFB. Re-designated 6555th Guided Missile Squadron, 14 May 1951 – 15 August 1959. 3d Guided Missiles Squadron: Patrick AFB Holloman AFB: Consolidated-Vultee Lark 1950–1951 Evaluated/testing US Navy Lark SS Missile at Patrick AFB.
Titan II sites were supported by Little Rock AFB in Arkansas, Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona, and McConnell AFB in Kansas. 18 Titan II Missile sites were supported by each base. Each missile complex was organized near a missile support base (MSB).
This is a list of missile wings activated by the United States Air Force during and after the Cold War.Although most of these wings included the word "missile" in their designations, the majority of units operating Convair SM-65 Atlas and Martin SM-68A Titan I intercontinental ballistic missiles were strategic wings or strategic aerospace wings, which combined missile, bomber and air refueling ...
Namesake: Capt Fred J. McConnell'] and 2nd Lt Thomas Laverne McConnell. 42d Air Division 1959–1962; 42d Strategic Aerospace Division 1962–1963 381st Strategic Missile Wing 1961–1986; 384th Air Refueling Wing 1972–1987 384th Bomb Wing 1987–1991; 384th Wing 1991–1992; 4347th Combat Crew Training Wing 1958–1963
A single Titan II complex belonging to the former strategic missile wing at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base escaped destruction after decommissioning and is open to the public as the Titan Missile Museum at Sahuarita, Arizona. The missile resting in the silo is a real Titan II, but was a training missile and never contained fuel, oxidizer, or a ...
Kadena Air Base: 19th Security Forces Squadron: Little Rock Air Force Base: 20th Security Forces Squadron: Shaw Air Force Base: 21st Security Forces Squadron: Peterson Space Force Base: 22nd Security Forces Squadron: McConnell Air Force Base: 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron: Cannon Air Force Base: 28th Security Forces Squadron ...
The unit was redesigned the 533d Strategic Missile Squadron and organized at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas on 1 August 1962 as a part of the 381st Strategic Missile Wing. The squadron began training in preparation for LGM-25C Titan II , and the 381st Wing put its first Titans on alert in July 1963. [ 9 ]