740th Missile Squadron

740th Missile Squadron

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unit_name= 740th Missile Squadron


caption= 740th Missile Squadron emblem
dates= 19xx-Present
country= United States
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garrison= Minot AFB, North Dakota
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The United States Air Force's 740th Missile Squadron is a missile operations squadron of the 91st Space Wing, 91st Operations Group, located at Minot AFB, North Dakota.

Mission

The 740th missile squadron controls and maintains 50 launch facilities and 5 missile alert facitilies.Fact Sheet: 740th Missile Squadron. Minot Air Force Base. Accessed: 3 November 2007. [http://www.minot.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3885] ] The squadron is divided into missile operations flights, which are responsible for day-to-day operations, maintenance, and security, and operations support flights, which are responsible for ensuring the readiness of the missile alert facilities.Fact Sheet: 740th Missile Squadron. Minot Air Force Base. Accessed: 3 November 2007. [http://www.minot.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3885] ]

History

The 740th Missile Squadron was assigned to the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, on 25 June 1958. The 91st Wing had been deactivated on 8 November 1957, but later redesignated the 91st Bombardment Wing and activated 15 November 1962 at Glasgow AFB, Montana. After being temporarily integrated along with the rest of the 91st Wing into the Strategic Air Command's Arc Light Force for combat in Southeast Asia, the 740th returned on 31 March 1967. On 25 June 1968, the 91st was moved to Minot AFB, North Dakota, where it absorbed the 455th Strategic Missile Wing and was redesignated the 91st Strategic Missile Wing.91st Bombardment Wing. Strategic-Air-Command.com. Accessed: 3 November 2007. [http://www.strategic-air-command.com/wings/0091mw.htm] ]

Previous designationsRogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0

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quadrons assigned

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Bases stationed

*Minot AFB, North Dakota (1968-present)

Aircraft & Missiles OperatedWorld Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3

*LGM-30G Minuteman ICBM (1968?-Present)

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