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10th Missile Squadron
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (7×)[1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Lance W. Lord
Insignia
10th Strategic Missile Squadron emblem (approved 21 June 1963)[1][note 1]
10th Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 27 September 1940)[2][note 2]

The 10th Missile Squadron is a

LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental ballistic missile
, with a mission of nuclear deterrence.

History

World War II

Established in 1939 as a prewar bombardment squadron, it was equipped with a mixture of

Northrop A-17 Nomad dive bombers assigned. After the outbreak of World War II in Europe it flew patrols over the Atlantic Coast searching for German U-boat
activity.

Deployed to

Edinburgh Field, Trinidad.[3]

In August 1943, the 10th Squadron, which had by then been consolidated with the personnel and equipment of the old

Port-of-Spain at this time.[3]

With the Navy taking over the antisubmarine mission, the squadron moved to

Lincoln Army Air Field, Nebraska where it became a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber replacement training unit under Second Air Force
. Inactivated June 1944.

Reserve bombardment squadron

Strategic Air Command

The squadron was reactivated in 1955 as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Boeing B-47 Stratojet squadron. It trained in air refueling and strategic bombardment operations with the B-47. In 1961, the squadron transferred its B-47s to other SAC wings and was inactivated.[2]

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Squadron

It was reactivated on 1 December 1961 as an

321st Strategic Missile Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base
, North Dakota in 1996; the Minuteman IIs being retired. It has maintained ICBMs on alert ever since.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 10th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 December 1939
Activated on 1 February 1940
Redesignated 10th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 7 May 1942
Redesignated 10th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 21 September 1943
Inactivated on 17 June 1944
  • Redesignated 10th Bombardment Squadron, Light on 11 March 1947
Activated in the reserve on 18 June 1947
Inactivated on 27 June 1949
  • Redesignated 10th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 7 June 1955
Activated on 1 September 1955
Discontinued and inactivated on 25 June 1961
  • Redesignated 10th Strategic Missile Squadron, (ICBM-Minuteman) and activated on 2 August 1961 (not organized)
Organized on 1 December 1961
Redesignated 10th Missile Squadron on 1 September 1991[1]

Assignments

  • 25th Bombardment Group, 1 February 1940 (attached to VI Bomber Command after 13 December 1943)
  • VI Bomber Command, 17 December 1943
  • Second Air Force, c. 9 May – 17 June 1944
  • 341st Bombardment Group
    , 18 June 1947 – 27 June 1949
  • 341st Bombardment Wing, 1 September 1955 – 25 June 1961
  • Strategic Air Command, 2 August 1961 (not organized)
  • 341st Strategic Missile Wing, 1 December 1961
  • 341st Operations Group, 1 September 1991 – present[1]

Stations

  • Langley Field
    , Virginia, 1 February – 26 October 1940
  • Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1 November 1940
  • Edinburgh Field, Trinidad, c. 1 November 1942
Detachment operated from Port of Spain, Trinidad, 27 August – 12 October 1943
  • Waller Field
    , Trinidad, 1 October 1943
  • France Field, Panama Canal Zone, 11 December 1943 – 2 May 1944
  • Lincoln Army Air Field, Nebraska, 25 May – 17 June 1944
  • Westover Field
    (later Westover Air Force Base), Massachusetts, 18 June 1947 – 27 June 1949
  • Abilene Air Force Base
    (later Dyess Air Force Base), Texas, 1 September 1955 – 25 June 1961
Deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 9 January – c. 3 April 1958
  • Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, 1 December 1961 – present[1]

Aircraft and Missiles

  • Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1940
  • Northrop A-17 Nomad, 1940–1941
  • Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1940–1943
  • North American B-25 Mitchell, 1943–1944
  • North American AT-6 Texan
    , 1947–1949
  • Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan
    , 1947–1949
  • B-47 Stratojet, 1956–1961
  • LGM-30A/B Minuteman I, 1962–1968
  • LGM-30F Minuteman II, 1968–1991
  • LGM-30G Minuteman III, 1996 – present[1]

See also

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. fimbriated
    white five red lightning flashes radiating upward from the hole, fimbriated white. Motto: The First Ace in the Hole. Factsheet, 10 Missile Squadron.
  2. sejant
    erect on a red aerial bomb and placed at a downward angle. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 54
Citations
  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Factsheet 10 Missile Squadron". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 54–55
  3. ^ a b Hagdedorn, [page needed]

Bibliography

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