The

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's 394th Strategic Missile Squadron was an intercontinental ballistic missile that operated the

LGM-30 Minuteman The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command. , the LGM-30G Minuteman III version is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United States and ...

and

LGM-25C Titan II The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile. Titan II was originally designed and used as an ICBM, but was later adapted as a medium-lift space l ...

missiles at

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, California.

History

The squadron was first activated in 1958 and assigned to the 704th Strategic Missile Wing at

as a training unit for intercontinental ballistic missiles. In December of that year, the squadron and the 392d Missile Training Squadron, which was the training unit at Vandenberg for

intermediate range ballistic missile An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km (1,864–3,418 miles), between a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Classifying ba ...

s, were inactivated and replaced by a single training squadron, the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron. The squadron was activated again in 1960 as the training unit for Minuteman missiles. The squadron supported all

test launches. When the 30th Space Wing became the single wing at Vandenberg under the Objective Wing organization, the squadron was transferred to the 30th and inactivated.

Lineage

* Constituted c. 6 March 1958 as the 394th Missile Training Squadron (ICBM) : Activated on 1 April 1958 : Inactivated 15 December 19581958 dates at Vandenberg and designation in Mueller, p. 574. * Redesignated 394th Missile Training Squadron (ICBM-Minuteman) on 1 July 1960 * Redesignated 394th Strategic Missile Squadron on 1 February 1964 * Redesignated 394th ICBM Test Maintenance Squadron on 8 July 19761960-1982 dates at Vandenberg and designations in Mueller, p. 574. * Redesignated 394th Maintenance Support Squadron on 1 September 1991 : Inactivated c. 1 July 1993

Assignments

* 704th Strategic Missile Wing: 1 April 1958 – 15 December 1958 (attached to 1st Missile Division) * 1st Missile Division: 1 July 1960 * 392d Strategic Missile Wing: 1 October 1961 * 1st Strategic Air Division (later Strategic Missile Center): 1 December 1961 * 310th Maintenance Group: 1 September 1991 * 30th Logistics Group 1 July 1993 – c. 1 July 1993

Stations

* Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1 July 1958 – 15 December 1958 * Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1 April 1960 – c. 1 July 1993

Missiles

* SM-65 Atlas (1958) * LGM-30 Minuteman I (1960–unknown) * LGM-25 Titan II (unknown)

Decorations

Notes

References

*
AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits
Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 15 June 1971
AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II
Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 30 September 1976 {{Strategic Air Command 394 Military units and formations disestablished in 1993