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During 1962, three new strategic missile squadrons, the 66th, 67th, and 68th, were activated to support the new Minuteman I system. The 67th Strategic Missile Squadron joined the 44th in August, followed by the 68th Strategic Missile Squadron in September 1962. A 44th Missile Maintenance Squadron was established at the same time.
The 44th SMW executed the unique 'Long Life' test of a Minuteman ICBM. The 68th Strategic Missile Squadron performed the only launch of a United States ICBM from an operational inland US missile site from LF November-02 (N-02) on 1 March 1965. The first stage was loaded with only enough propellant for seven seconds of burn time and the upper ...
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 ...
In July 1962, SAC activated the 66th Missile Squadron, the first of three such units slated to operate 150 LGM-30B Minuteman I ICBMs under the 44th Strategic Missile Wing (SMW). The 67th Missile Squadron joined the 44th in August, followed by the 68th Missile Squadron in September 1962. The older Titan I's were inactivated in March 1965.
44th Bombardment Wing; Lake Charles (later Chennault) AFB, Louisiana Second Air Force, 25 Apr 1953 – 15 Jun 1960, B-47B/E 66th Bombardment Squadron 67th Bombardment Squadron 68th Bombardment Squadron 506th Bombardment Squadron (1958–1960)* Inactivated 15 June 1960; became 44th Strategic Missile Wing at Ellsworth. 68th Bombardment Wing
As with all sites in the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, both had seen limited modification since they were built in the 1960s. The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act (S. 459; 113th Congress) added about 29 acres (12 ha) of land to the park in 2013, tripling its size to include a visitor facility.
From November 1956 to March 1957, tested SAC alert plan by maintaining one-third of its bomber and tanker force on continuous alert. Not operational, July 1959 – June 1961. Organized in April 1962 as a Titan II strategic missile wing.
44th Strategic Missile Wing 1962–1991; 99th Strategic Weapons Wing 1989–1991; 99th Tactical and Training Wing 1991–1992; Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK (T).