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564th Missile Squadron

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Lineage

Constituted 564th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 Dec 1942. Activated on 24 Dec 1942. Redesignated 564th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 4 Jan 1944. Inactivated on 13 Sep 1945. Redesignated 564th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 28 Jan 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Feb 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated 564th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Atlas) on 1 May 1958. Activated on 1 Jul 1958. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 Sep 1964. Redesignated 564th Strategic Missile Squadron, and activated, on 14 Dec 1965. Organized on 1 Apr 1966. Redesignated 564th Missile Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.

Assignments

389th Bombardment Group, 24 Dec 1942?13 Sep 1945. Second Air Force, 27 Feb 1947; Tenth Air Force, 1 Jul 1948?27 Jun 1949. 706th Strategic Missile Wing, 1 Jul 1958; 389th Strategic Missile Wing, 1 Jul 1961?1 Sep 1964. Strategic Air Command, 14 Dec 1965; 341st Strategic Missile Wing, 1 Apr 1966; 341st Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991?.

Stations

Davis-Monthan Field, AZ, 24 Dec 1942; Biggs Field, TX, 1 Feb 1943; Lowry Field, CO, 19 Apr?2 Jun 1943; Hethel, England, 11 Jun 1943?c. 28 May 1945 (operated from Bengasi, Libya, 3 Jul?c. 27 Aug 1943, and from Massicault, Tunisia, c. 19 Sep?3 Oct 1943); Charleston AAFld, SC, 12 Jun?13 Sep 1945. Fairfax Field, KS, 27 Feb 1947?27 Jun 1949. Francis E. Warren AFB, WY, 1 Jul 1958?1 Sep 1964. Malmstrom AFB, MT, 1 Apr 1966?.

Aircraft and Missiles

B?24, 1943?1945. Unkn, 1947?1949. Atlas, 1959?1964. Minuteman II, 1967?1975; Minuteman III, 1975?.

Operations

Combat in ETO and MTO, 9 Jul 1943?25 Apr 1945, including pathfinder missions, 22 Mar?c. Oct 1944. Missile alert operations, 1959?1964 and 1967?1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Ploesti, Rumania, 1 Aug 1943. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1975?30 Jun 1976; 1 Jul 1976?30 Jun 1977; 1 Jul 1978?30 Jun 1980; 1 Jul 1980?30 Jun 1981; 1 Jul 1989?30 Jun 1991; 1 Sep 1991-31 Aug 1993.

Emblem

Azure, between flaunches Or bearing fleures-de-lis of the first a "sky sword" Yellow charged on the grip with a spring of laurel Blue; all within a diminished bordure Celeste. Approved 15 Sep 1967 (K 11275), modified on 28 Feb 1995; replaced emblem approved on 9 Jul 1959 (10416 A.C.).

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