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The Air Force Space Command is now responsible for all Department of
Defense space and missile launch activities. Three of it's
seven Space Wings help defend the United States by maintaining ICBM
missiles on alert. They are under the administrative control
of the 20th Air Force, but operational control of the U.S. Strategic
Command, headquartered at Offutt AFB Neb.
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45th
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SAC
PATCHES: Space Wings |
| The Air Force Space Command is responsible for all Department of Defense space and missile launch
activities. Three of it's seven Space Wings help defend the United
States by maintaining ICBM missiles on alert. They are under the
administrative control of the 20th Air Force, but operational
control of the U.S. Strategic Command, headquartered at Offutt AFB Neb. |
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90th
Space Wing |
| F. E. Warren AFB,
Wyoming. Established as the 90th Bombardment Wing in 1950.
Redesignated the 90th Strategic Missile Wing in 1963. Maintains 150
Minuteman III missiles and 50 Peacekeeper missiles. Four Strategic
Missile Squadrons: 319th, 320th, 321st, and 400th. |
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91st
Space Wing |
| Minot AFB, North Dakota. Established as the 91st
Strategic Reconnaissance Wing in 1958. Redesignated 91st
Bombardment Wing in 1963. Received Minuteman Missiles the same
year. The Minuteman III replaced the Minuteman I in 1971.
740th, 741st and 742 Strategic Missile Squadrons. |
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341st
Space Wing |
| Malmstrom AFB - Minuteman III ICBM Missiles. 10th,
12th, 490th, 565 SMS |
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30th
Space Wing |
| Located at Vandenberg Air
Force Base, Calif., the 30th Space Wing is responsible for all Department of Defense space and missile launch
activities on the West Coast. All U.S. satellites destined for near
polar orbit are launched from Vandenberg. The space wing is
composed of four groups: 30th Operations, Logistics, Medical and Support
Groups. The 30th Operations Group operates the Western Range and conducts space
and missile launch operations. The Western Range, operated and
maintained by the 30th Range Squadron, is a vast tracking, telemetry and
command complex whose boundary begins along Vandenberg's California
coastline and extends westward across the Pacific Ocean. The 2nd Space Launch Squadron is responsible for all space
lift operations. Major associate units at Vandenberg
include: 14th Air Force, 576th Flight Test Squadron, 381st Training
Group, and Detachment 9 of the Space and Missile Systems Center. |
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