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United
States Strategic Command
Responsible for
the planning, targeting and wartime employment of strategic forces-ICBMs,SLBM,
and bombers. Fact
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Air
Force Space Command
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20th
Air Force
Headquarters at
F.E. Warren AFB, WY, is the numbered Air Force responsible for U.S. ICBM
forces
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91st
Space Wing, Minot AFB, ND
91st
Operations Group
91st
Operations Support Squadron
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321st
Missile Group,Grand Forks AFB, ND
The 321st
Missile Group will have an inactivation ceremony July 2 when they bring
to a close their more than 30 year history as a nuclear deterrence force.
See
full story.
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341th
Space Wing, Malmstrom AFB, MT
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90th
Space Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, WY
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576th
Flight Test Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA
The 576th conducts Air Force Space Command's Follow-on Operational Test
& Evaluation (FOT&E) program for Minuteman and Peacekeeper Intercontinental
Ballistic Missiles Space
Warfare Center, Peterson AFB, CO
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381st
Training Group, Vandenberg
AFB, CA
Provides all initial
training for the nation's space and ICBM operations as well as ICBM and
small missile maintenance forces.
Missile students
look here.
392d
Training Squadron
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Airborne
Resources
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E-4B
National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC)
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EC-135,
Looking Glass
Strategic Airborne
Command Post (STRATABNCP) fact sheet
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TACAMO
(Take Charge and Move Out)
The E-6A aircraft
provides a communications link between the ballistic missile forces and
the national command authority in time of crisis.
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The
Triad
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The Triad continues to be the foundation
of our national strategy of deterrence. The Triad consists of ballistic
missile submarines, land-based
intercontinental ballistic missiles (MM
III, Peacekeeper)
and long-range bombers (B-52H,
B-1B).
Each component or leg of the Triad provides a different capability and
strength, presenting any enemy with three unique threats to oppose.
(Reference: The
Forces of USSTRATCOM)
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Fact
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USAF Fact
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Navy
Fact Files, Missiles |
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nter
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