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Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Cascade County, Montana, United States, adjacent to the city of Great Falls. It was named in honor of World War II POW Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom. It is the home of the 341st Missile Wing (341 MW) of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).
List of military installations in Montana. Coordinates: 48°00′41″N 114°21′53″W. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. There are at least 60 current and former U.S. military installations located in Montana. Installations listed as historical are no longer in service and may have no physical remains in the state.
681st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Emblem of the 681st Radar Squadron. Cut Bank Air Force Station (Perm ID: P-24, SAGE ID: Z-24) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 30.4 miles (48.9 km) northwest of Cut Bank, Montana. It was closed in 1965.
History. The museum was dedicated on 3 July 1982, at the time being housed in two trailers previously used as classrooms on the base. [4] In 1989 it received a P-63 restoration project from the New England Air Museum. [5] The museum closed for renovations in 1996 and reopened two and a half years later in a larger building.
Note: Glasgow Air Force Base (1957-1976) is NOT the World War II Airfield. Great Falls Army Airfield, Great Falls; 352d Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Great Falls Air Force Base (1947-1955) Now: Malmstrom Air Force Base (1955–present; runway inactive since 1997, limited to rotary-wing ops) Lewistown Army Airfield, Lewistown; II Bomber Command
The wing was the first United States Air Force LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM wing. On 15 July 1961, the 341st Strategic Missile Wing was reactivated, and a year later, in late July 1962, the first LGM-30A Minuteman I arrived and was placed at the Alpha-9 launch facility. The 10th SMS accepted its final flight on 28 February 1963.
United States (Alaska) 52°42′44″N174°06′49″E / 52.71222°N 174.11361°E / 52.71222; 174.11361 (Eareckson Air Station) Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center. Contractor operated diversion airfield and AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE surveillance radar. [ 195 ][ 196 ] Eielson Air Force Base.
Great Falls International Airport is home to Great Falls Air National Guard Base, which hosts the Montana Air National Guard's 120th Airlift Wing (120 AW), the "Vigilantes." Operationally-gained by Air Mobility Command (AMC), the 120 AW reequipped with the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in 2014, which it employs in medium airlift missions.