Talk:341st Space Wing

341st Strategic Missile Wing (ICBM-Minuteman)

• Activated on: 1 July 1961.
• Organized on: 15 July 1961.
• At: Malmstrom AFB, MT.
• Assigned to: Strategic Air Command.
• Equipment: Minuteman Is.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 22nd Air Division on 15 July 1961.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 821st Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1962.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 813th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1964.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 18th Strategic Aerospace Division on 2 July 1966.
• Changed equipment in: 1967 to Minuteman Is, IIs.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 810th Strategic Aerospace Division on 2 July 1968.
• Changed equipment in: 1970 to Minuteman IIs.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 4th Strategic Missile Division on 30 June 1971.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 47th Air Division on 15 January 1973.
• Changed equipment in: 1975 to Minuteman IIs, IIIs.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 4th Air Division on 23 January 1987.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force on 23 August 1988.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 40th Air Division on 7 July 1989.
• Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force on 14 June 1991.
• Redesignated on: 1 September 1991 as 341st Missile Wing.

Performed strategic bombardment training operations on a global scale, Jan. 1956-May 1961, and Air refueling, Feb. 1956-May 1960. Deployed at Andersen AFB, Guam, Jan.-Apr. 1958. Phased down for inactivation at Dyess MB, TX, Apr.-Jun. 1961. Replaced 4061st Air refueling Wing in Jul. 1961. Became USAF’s first Minuteman ICBM wing. Supervised missile training and coordinated silo construction, Jul. 1961-Jul. 1963 and Oct. 1964-May 1967. First missile squadron formed in Dec. 1961. First Minuteman I missile arrived at Malmstrom on 23 July. 1962; first missile emplaced in its silo on 27 July. 1962. First missile on alert on 27 October. 1962, and three squadrons became operational by early Jul. 1963. A fourth squadron activated 1 April. 1966 and became combat ready in Apr. 1967. Replaced Minuteman Is with Minuteman IIs, 1967-1969, and added Minuteman Ills in Jan. 1975. Received the SAC Commander’s Missile Wing of the Year Award for 1969. Won the SAC missile combat competition and the Blanchard Trophy in 1976, 1986, 1990 and 1991. Won the Lee R. Williams Trophy as SAC’s outstanding missile wing for 1963, 1975, 1976, 1986, 1987, and 1991. In accordance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), on 28 September. 1991, the 341st Missile Wing began taking its Minuteman IIs off alert and began deactivation of the missiles.

Rename soon

The three units to be renamed as missile wings are the 90th Space Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo; the 91st Space Wing, Minot AFB, ND; and the 341st Space Wing, Malmstrom AFB, Mont. These units operate the Air Force's Minuteman III ICBM fleet. [1] Will await official news story for when the name change will actually happen before moving article. --Pmsyyz (talk) 18:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)