703rd Strategic Missile Wing

703d Strategic Missile Wing
Active	September 1958- July 1961
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Wing
Role	Missile
Part of	Strategic Air Command
Garrison/HQ	Lowry AFB, Colorado

The 703d Strategic Missile Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Strategic Air Command 13th Air Division, being stationed at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado. It was inactivated on 1 July 1961.

The 703d was planned to be the first HGM-25A Titan I Intercontinental ballistic missile wing. It was activated on 25 September 1958, but never became fully operational. Partial capability was achieved on 10 December 1958, with training on the operation of the Titan I ICBM until March 1960.

The missiles, personnel and facilities of the wing were reassigned to the 451st Strategic Missile Wing on 1 July 1961 and the unit was inactivated.

History

Lineage

• Established as 703d Strategic Missile Wing (ICBM-Titan) on 5 September 1958

Activated on 25 September 1958

Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 July 1961

Assignments

• 1st Missile Division, 25 September 1958
• Fifteenth Air Force, 15 January 1959
• 13th Air Division, 1 July 1959-1 July 1961

Components

• 848th Strategic Missile Squadron: 1 February 1960 - 1 July 1961
• 849th Strategic Missile Squadron: 1 August 1960 - 1 July 1961

Stations

• Lowry AFB, Colorado, 25 September 1958-1 July 1961

Missiles

• HGM-25A Titan I

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.