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The 90th Operations Group operates 150 LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles on full alert 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. [3] Its missiles are dispersed in hardened silos over a 9,600-square-mile (25,000 km 2) area in three states to protect against attack and are connected to underground missile alert facilities through a system of hardened cables.
"Jolly Rogers" of the 90th Bombardment Group on a mission, 1943 B-24J with the distinct nose turret, probably in 1944. The squadron moved to Willow Run Airport, Michigan for conversion training on newly manufactured Ford Liberators. Assigned to VII Bomber Command with B-24Ds, the unit moved to Hickam Field, Hawaii in September.
"Jolly Rogers" of the 90th Bombardment Group on a mission, 1943. The squadron moved to Willow Run Airport, Michigan for conversion training on newly manufactured Ford Liberators. Assigned to VII Bomber Command with B-24Ds, the unit moved to Hickam Field, Hawaii in September.
"Jolly Rogers" of the 90th Bombardment Group on a mission, 1943 B-24J with the distinct nose turret, probably in 1944. The squadron moved to Willow Run Airport, Michigan for conversion training on newly manufactured Ford Liberators. Assigned to VII Bomber Command with B-24Ds, the unit moved to Hickam Field, Hawaii in September.
The 90th Bomb Group's "Jolly Roger"-inspired unit insignia. The four heavy bomber groups of the Fifth Air Force employed three different methods. The original two groups, the 43d and 90th Bombardment Groups, bore the red-white-and-blue-striped rudder markings of the pre-war Air Corps, but the other two
90th Bombardment Group; Activated with B-24s in April 1942, Deployed to Australia in November 1942 Operated from Australia, Netherlands East Indies, Philippines, Okinawa 319th Bombardment Squadron 320th Bombardment Squadron 321st Bombardment Squadron 400th Bombardment Squadron Inactivated 1946. 380th Bombardment Group
The 90th Missile Wing is a component of Twentieth Air Force, stationed at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base and equipped with LGM-30G Minuteman III Missiles. It has served at Warren as a component of Strategic Air Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Space Command and Air Force Global Strike Command since 1963.
43d Bombardment Group (14 September 1942 – 10 December 1943) 90th Bombardment Group (10 February – December 1943) 345th Bombardment Group (5 June 1943 – 18 January 1944) 8th Fighter Group (16 May – 23 December 1943) 49th Fighter Group (9 October 1942 – March 1943) 348th Fighter Group (23 June – 16 December 1943)