308TH ARMAMENT SYSTEMS WING

(Redirected from 308th Strategic Missile Wing)

The United States Air Force's '308th Armament Systems Wing' is an unit located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Contents

Mission

History

Assignments

Major Command

Numbered Air Force

Air Division

Previous designations

Squadrons assigned

Bases stationed

Aircraft & Missiles Operated

References

External links

Mission

History

In 1951 it was reactivated at Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, operating B-47 jet bombers and KC-97 Stratotankers from Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia. It was inactivated in 1952.
In the early 1962 the Air Force established 18 Titan II launch sites at the SAC Little Rock Air Force Base Arkansas. The 308th was reactivated as the 308th Strategic Missile Wing. In October 1981, US President Ronald Reagan announced that all Titan II sites would be deactivated by October 1, 1987, as part of a strategic modernization program. The wing completed deactivation on August 18, 1987.

Assignments

Major Command

★ Strategic Air Command (???- ???)

★ Air Force Material Command (??? - present)

Numbered Air Force

★ ()

Air Division

★ ()

Previous designations

★ 308th Strategic Missile Wing (1962-1987)

Squadrons assigned

★ 373d Strategic Missile Squadron

★ 374th Strategic Missile Squadron ()

Bases stationed

★ , ()

Aircraft & Missiles Operated

★ LGM-25C Titan II (???-Present)

References

External links

★ 308th Armament Systems Wing