Three Titan I missiles on alert at Watkins, Colorado about 1962
Active
1943–1945; 1961–1965
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Intercontinental ballistic missile
Engagements
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
724th Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[1]
Military unit
The 724th Strategic Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 451st Strategic Missile Wing at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, where it was inactivated on 25 June 1965.
The squadron was first activated in May 1943 as the 724th Bombardment Squadron during World War II. After training in the United States, it deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. The squadron earned three Distinguished Unit Citations for its actions during the war. Following V-E Day, the 724th returned to the United States and was inactivated. It was activated again as a missile unit in 1961, when it assumed the assets of another squadron.
^Watkins, pp. 96–97
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