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The squadron was redesignated the 556th Strategic Missile Squadron and activated at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida in December 1957 and was assigned directly to Strategic Air Command (SAC). [1] Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) had been test launching the Snark at Patrick since November 1952, although the first full range test of an ...
Former 848th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960–1961), never manned or equipped. 703d SMW/451st SMW 725th Strategic Missile Squadron: Lowry AFB: HGM-25A Titan I, 1961–1965 1961–1965 Former 849th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960–1961), never manned or equipped. 703d SMW/451st SMW 740th Missile Squadron: Minot AFB: LGM-30 Minuteman I, 1963 ...
The 556th Strategic Missile Squadron, formerly assigned to Dow AFB, Maine, was transferred to Plattsburgh AFB on 1 October 1961, and became completely operational on 20 December 1962. It was inactivated on 25 June 1965.
400th Strategic Missile Squadron; 510th Strategic Missile Squadron; 532d Strategic Missile Squadron; 533d Strategic Missile Squadron; 548th Strategic Missile Squadron; 549th Strategic Missile Squadron; 550th Strategic Missile Squadron; 551st Strategic Missile Squadron; 556th Strategic Missile Squadron; 564th Strategic Missile Squadron; 565th ...
The 702nd Strategic Missile Wing was organized in January 1959 at Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine to be the only SM-62 Snark missile wing in the USAF. [4] [note 4] In April, the wing was assigned the 556th Strategic Missile Squadron, which performed intercontinental missile test operations from Patrick Air Force Base, Florida through June 1959.
The 556th Strategic Missile Squadron became completely operational on 15 September 1964. This was the last Atlas squadron to be accepted and the only Intercontinental ballistic missile base east of the Mississippi River. The 556th's last operational day was 30 April 1965 with the squadron's inactivation on 25 June 1965.
Richard Griffith, one of the volunteers and tour guides for the Nike missile base museum at Sandy Hook's Fort Hancock, talks about restoring an old missile as Bill Jackson looks on.
Convair SM-65F Atlas of the 556th Strategic Missile Squadron [c] In addition to the inactivation of the 308th Wing, 1961 was a year of other changes to the division's responsibilities. In January, the refueling squadrons at Plattsburgh were organized into the 4108th Air Refueling Wing, which was assigned to the division.