341st Missile Wing | |
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Maintenace at a wing missile launch site
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Active | 1942–1945; 1946–1949; 1955–1961; 1961–present |
Role | intercontinental ballistic missile |
Part of | Air Force Global Strike Command |
Garrison/HQ | Malmstrom Air Force Base |
Motto(s) | Pax Orbis per Arma Aeria Latin World Peace Through Air Strength |
Engagements | Burma Campaign 1944-1945 |
Decorations |
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
Insignia | |
341st Missile Wing emblem (approved 22 March 1995) | |
Patch with 341st Bombardment Wing emblem (approved 5 June 1957) | |
341st Bombardment Group emblem |
Coordinates: 47°30′17″N 111°11′14″W / 47.50472°N 111.18722°W
The United States Air Force's 341st Missile Wing is an intercontinental ballistic missile unit headquartered at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. Up until 1 July 2008, it was designated as the 341st Space Wing.
Established as a World War II Tenth Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell bomb group in India, the unit served as part of Strategic Air Command during the early part of the Cold War as a Boeing B-47 Stratojet wing, before becoming an intercontinental ballistic missile unit in 1962. Today, the 341st is one of three remaining United States Air Force wings that maintain and operate the LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
The 341st Missile Wing reports directly to Twentieth Air Force, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and is part of Air Force Global Strike Command, headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.