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394th Strategic Missile Squadron

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unit_name	394th Strategic Missile Squadron
(Later 377th Flight Test Missile Maintenance Squadron)
image	377th Missile Test Maintenance Squadron members test Mark 21 reentry vehicle.png
image_size	300
caption	377th Missile Test Maintenance Squadron members test Mark 21 reentry vehicle
dates	1958; 1960–1994; 2022–present
country
branch
role	intercontinental ballistic missile maintenance
command_structure	Air Force Global Strike Command
garrison	Vandenberg Space Force Base
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award
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identification_symbol	[[File:377 Flight Test Missile Maintenance Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	377th Flight Test Missile Maintenance Squadron emblem
identification_symbol_2	[[File:394 Strat Missile Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	Patch with 394th Strategic Missile Squadron emblem

(Later 377th Flight Test Missile Maintenance Squadron) Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award

The 377th Flight Test Maintenance Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit assigned to the 377th Test and Evaluation Group at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, where it supports test and evaluation of LGM-30 Minuteman and LGM-35 Sentinel missiles. The squadron was first active during 1958 as the 394th Missile Training Squadron, training missile personnel for intercontinental ballistic missiles. It was activated again in 1960 as the 394th Strategic Missile Squadron, and continued training with more modern missiles. In 1976, its mission changed to maintaining missiles used for testing, becoming the 394th Intercontinental Ballistics Missile Test Maintenance Squadron. It became the 394th Maintenance Support Squadron in 1991, and was inactivated in 1993. It was reactivated in 2022 with its current name and mission.

Mission

The squadron provides maintenance support for intercontinental ballistic missile initial operational test and evaluation and force development evaluation programs. It supports ground and flight tests to collect, analyze, and report performance, accuracy, and reliability data for the Joint Staff, United States Strategic Command, the Air Staff and Air Force Global Strike Command.

History

The squadron was first activated at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California in April 1958 as the 394th Missile Training Squadron and assigned to the 704th Strategic Missile Wing. Its mission was to conduct training for SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile operations and maintenance.s. In December of that year, the squadron and the 392d Missile Training Squadron, which was the training unit at Vandenberg for intermediate range ballistic missiles, were inactivated and replaced by a single training squadron, the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron.

The squadron was organized at Vandenberg a second time in July 1960 as the 394th Strategic Missile Squadron and assigned to the 1st Missile Division. The squadron supported all LGM-30 Minuteman test launches. In 1976, its mission shifted to maintenance support for missile testing, and it became the 394th Intercontinental Ballistics Missile Test Maintenance Squadron.

In September 1991, when the Air Force reorganized under the Objective Wing system, the squadron became the 394th Maintenance Support Squadron, and was reassigned to the 310th Maintenance Group. A year later, it was inactivated, and its functions were transferred to the 30th Logistics Support Squadron.

Operational missile testing at Vandenberg had been conducted by the 576th Flight Test Squadron since 1991. Air Force Global Strike Command determined that with the development of the LGM-35 Sentinel missile, the 576th needed expansion, and activated the 377th Test and Evaluation Group. The 394th Squadron was redesignated the 377th Flight Test Missile Maintenance Squadron and again activated at Vandenberg in November 2022

Lineage

Constituted on 6 March 1958 as the 394th Missile Training Squadron (ICBM) : Activated on 1 April 1958 : Inactivated 15 December 1958
Redesignated 394th Missile Training Squadron (ICBM-Minuteman) and activated on 10 June 1960 (not organized)
Organized on 1 July 1960
Redesignated 394th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Minuteman) on 1 February 1964
Redesignated 394th Intercontinental Ballistics Missile Test Maintenance Squadron on 1 July 1976
Redesignated 394th Maintenance Support Squadron on 1 September 1991 : Inactivated on 1 July 1994
Redesignated 377th Flight Test Missile Maintenance Squadron on 4 October 2022
Activated on 1 November 2022

Assignments

704th Strategic Missile Wing: 1 April 1958 – 15 December 1958
1st Missile Division: 1 July 1960
392d Strategic Missile Wing: 18 October 1961
1st Strategic Air Division (later Strategic Missile Center): 20 December 1961
310th Maintenance Group: 1 September 1991
30th Logistics Group: 1 July 1993 – 1 July 1994
377th Test and Evaluation Group: 1 November 2022 – present

Stations

Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1 July 1958 – 15 December 1958
Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1 April 1960 – c. 1 July 1993
Vandenberg Space Force Base, 1 November 2022 – present

Missiles

SM-65 Atlas (1958)
LGM-30 Minuteman I (1960–1976)

Decorations

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes

; Citations

Bibliography

AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 15 June 1971
AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 30 September 1976

References

No byline. (11 July 2024). "377th Test and Evaluation Group". 377th Air Base Wing Public Affairs.
(6 January 2025). "Lineage and Honors History 377 Flight Test Maintenance Squadron (AFGSC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
"Abstract, History 1 Missile Division Jan-Dec 1958". Air Force History Index.
"Abstract, History 704 Strategic Missile Wing Jan-Dec 1958". Air Force History Index.
"Abstract (Unclassified), History 1 Missile Division (Secret) Jul-Dec 1960". Air Force History Index.
"Abstract (Unclassified), History 1 Strategic Aerospace Division (Secret) Jan-Dec 1985". Air Force History Index.

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