Lineage

Constituted 741st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 1943. Redesignated 741st Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 6 Mar 1944. Inactivated on 9 Sep 1945. Redesignated 741st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 27 May 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 26 Jun 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated 741st Fighter-Day Squadron on 7 May 1956. Activated on 25 Jul 1956. Inactivated on 1 Jul 1957. Redesignated 741st Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Minuteman), and activated, on 28 Jun 1962. Organized on 1 Dec 1962. Redesignated 741st Missile Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.

Assignments

455th Bombardment Group, 1 Jun 1943?9 Sep 1945. 455th Bombardment Group, 26 Jun 1947?27 Jun 1949. 455th Fighter-Day Group, 25 Jul 1956?1 Jul 1957. Strategic Air Command, 28 Jun 1962; 455th Strategic Missile Wing (ICBM-Minuteman), 1 Dec 1962; 91st Strategic Missile Wing, 25 Jun 1968; 4091st Operations Group, 1 Jul 1988; 91st Strategic Missile Wing, 14 Feb 1991; 91st Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991; 91st Missile Group, 1 Jul 1994?.

Stations

Alamogordo AAFld, NM, 1 Jun 1943; Kearns, UT, 9 Sep 1943; Langley Field, VA, 5 Oct?13 Dec 1943; San Giovanni, Italy, 15 Jan 1944?9 Sep 1945. Hensley Field, TX, 26 Jun 1947?27 Jun 1949. Myrtle Beach AFB, SC, 25 Jul 1956?1 Jul 1957. Minot AFB, ND, 1 Dec 1962?.

Aircraft and Missiles

B?24, 1943?1945. B?29, 1947?1949. Minuteman I, 1963?1971; Minuteman III, 1968?.

Operations

Combat in MTO and ETO during World War II, 12 Feb 1944?25 Apr 1945. Not operational, 1956?1957. Missile alert operations, 1963?1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Steyr, Austria, 2 Apr 1944; Austria, 26 Jun 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1972?30 Jun 1973; 1 Jul 1976?30 Jun 1978; 1 Jul 1978?30 Jun 1980; 1 Jul 1989?14 Feb 1991.

Emblem

On a disc per pale Azure and Celeste a flight symbol bendwise Vert fimbriated Argent enfiling an orbit ring bendwise sinister charged with three electrons and an orbit palewise charged with two electrons of the last between in dexter chief two mullets bendwise sinister White and issuant from sinister base a demi-globe axis bendwise per bend Blue and White gridlines counterchanged, overall a base embattled of the third all within a diminished bordure of the first. MOTTO: FIDELITAS ET FORTITUDO?Fidelity and Fortitude. Approved on 29 Sep 1964 (K 15827).