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706th Strategic Missile Wing
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Based at: Francis
E. Warren AFB
Missiles: Atlas
Status: Inactivated July 1, 1961
Squadrons: 549 MS, 564 MS, 565 MS
Links: Atlas
Missiles
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Missilemen from the 564th
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Activation
The 706th Strategic Missile Wing was established on
February,
13, 1958 and activated on Feb. 23, 1958. It was redesignated the
706th Strategic Missile wing (ICBM-Atlas) on April 1, 1958.
Operations
It
replaced the 4230th Strategic Wing (Missile) in February 1958, accepting
the first two missile complexes in August 1960 from the 564th and 565th
Strategic Missile Squadrons. thus gaining it's operational capability.
On October 1, 1960, the 549th Strategic Missile
Squadron became operational.
Status
Inactivated July 1,
1961, and replaced by the 389th Strategic Missile Wing.
Components
549 MS: Assigned Oct 1, 1960 - July 1, 1961
564 MS: Assigned Jul 1, 1958 - July 1, 1961 (Not
operational July 1, 1958 - Jan 30, 1959)
565 MS. Assigned Dec 1, 1958 - July 1, 1961 (Not operational
Dec 1, 1958 - Jan 30, 1959) |
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