10th Missile Squadron, US Air Force
History: Constituted 10th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated:10th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 7 May 1942; 10th Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 21 Sep 1943. Inactivated on 17 Jun 1944. Redesignated 10th Bombardment Squadron, Light, on 11 Mar 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 18 Jun 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated 10th Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 7 Jun 1955. Activated on 1 Sep 1955. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Jun 1961. Redesignated 10th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Minuteman), and activated, on 2 Aug 1961. Organized on 1 Dec 1961. Redesignated 10th Missile Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.
Operations: Antisubmarine patrols and convoy escort in Caribbean during World War II. Missile alert operations, 1962-. SAC's first Minuteman missile squadron.
Country: United States |
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Origin/meaning
The emblem was approved on 21 June 1963; latest rendering, 3 September 2019.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/.
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