The 44th Missile Wing (44 MW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Twentieth Air Force, being assigned to Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. It was inactivated on 4 July 1994. For over 40 years the 44th was a front-line Strategic Air Command wing, initially as a B-47 Stratojet medium bomber

2018年12月3日 · Map showing the 44th Missile Wing of Ellsworth Air Force Base which was operational from 1963 until deactivation in the 1990's. This map also denotes the 3 missile squadrons and 15 missile flights which comprised the wing.

1991年9月1日 · The 44th SMW was the only Minuteman wing to have a Titan I squadron as part of it. The squadrons each originally had 50 Minuteman IB LGM-30B missiles. Between October 1971 and March 1973, the three squadrons were converted to the Minuteman II LGM-30F Minuteman Modernized missiles.

The 44th Strategic Missile Wing at Ellsworth has some fascinating historical features attached to it, based on the Minuteman missile and the role this ICBM played in the establishment of 1000 Minuteman ICBM missiles placed on alert throughout the United States.

The 44th Missile Wing was the second United States Air Force LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM wing. Deployment of the Minuteman ICBM began in 1961 with the initiation of construction of 150 silos and associated launch control facilities.

2012年4月4日 · Silent sentinels: 44th Missile Wing. The inactivation of the 44th Missile Wing, at one time whose headquarters was in the Pride Hangar, brought a close to a key chapter in the history of Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., a time of heightened vigilance during the Cold War that began 1962. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

2016年1月29日 · The 44th Missile Wing was established at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 1962. It's job was to maintain and, if necessary, operate the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile systems and launch facilities established in some 150 locations around Western South Dakota.

For more than a year this squadron prepared for the emplacement of Titan I intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), which finally arrived in 1962, shortly after the activation of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing (SMW) in January. At that time Headquarters SAC also named the 44 SMW as host wing at Ellsworth.

On 1 January 1970, the 44 SMW assumed airborne launch responsibility for Minot Air Force Base, ND, and Malmstrom AFB, MT. Four months later, the ALCS joined the Post Attack Command and Control System forming the 4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, which was assigned to the 28th Bombardment Wing at Ellsworth AFB, SD.

Throughout its history, the 44th Strategic Missile Wing competed strongly in Olympic Arena competition, frequently claiming top honors at the Vandenberg-hosted competition. The 44 MW traced its...