Lineage 90th_Missile_Wing

1 lineage

1.1 assignments
1.2 operational components
1.3 stations
1.4 aircraft , missiles
1.5 awards , campaigns

lineage

established 90th bombardment wing, medium on 20 december 1950


activated on 2 january 1951
redesignated 90 strategic reconnaissance wing, medium on 16 june 1952


discontinued on 20 june 1960
redesignated 90 strategic missile wing (icbm-minuteman) on 21 february 1963


organized on 1 july 1963
redesignated 90 missile wing on 1 september 1991
redesignated 90 space wing on 1 october 1992
redesignated 90 missile wing on 1 july 2008

assignments

fifteenth air force, 2 january 1951 (attached 92d bombardment wing until 31 january 1951)
21st air division, 14 march 1951 – 20 june 1960
strategic air command, 21 february 1963 (not organized)
13th strategic missile division, 1 july 1963
821st strategic aerospace division, 2 july 1966
4th strategic missile division (later 4th air division), 30 jun 1971
fifteenth air force, 23 august 1988
twentieth air force, 1 september 1991 – present

operational components

groups


90th bombardment group (later 90 operations group): 2 january 1951 – 16 june 1952, 1 september 1991 – present


squadrons.


90th air refueling squadron: 5 august 1955 – 20 june 1960
319th bombardment squadron (later 319th strategic reconnaissance squadron, 319th strategic missile squadron): attached 16 february 1951 – 15 june 1952, assigned 16 june 1952 – 20 june 1960, 1 october 1963 – 1 september 1991
320th bombardment squadron (later 320th strategic reconnaissance squadron, 320th strategic missile squadron): attached 16 february 1951 – 15 june 1952, assigned 16 june 1952 – 20 june 1960, 8 january 1964 – 1 september 1991
321st bombardment squadron (later 321st strategic reconnaissance squadron, 321st strategic missile squadron): attached 16 february 1951 – 15 june 1952, assigned 16 june 1952 – 20 june 1960, 9 april 1964 – 1 september 1991
400th strategic missile squadron: 1 july 1964 – 1 september 1991

stations

fairchild air force base, washington, 2 january 1951
forbes air force base, kansas, 14 march 1951 – 20 june 1960
francis e. warren air force base, wyoming 1 july 1963 – present

aircraft , missiles

awards , campaigns

the wing won sac missile combat competition , blanchard trophy in 1973 , 1984 , in 2010 , 2011 best missile wing in air force global strike command. awarded omaha trophy outstanding wing in sac in 1983 , in 2007 best missile wing in united states strategic command. unit won col lowell f. mcadoo trophy best missile wing operations in sac , lee r. williams trophy outstanding missile wing in 1988. in 1989, wing s maintenance complex won chadwell trophy best missile maintenance unit in sac , repeated in 1992 best in air combat command. individual squadrons of wing have won other command competition awards, including 2 additional awards of blanchard trophy.

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