74th Air Defense Missile Squadron Constituted as the 74th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC) on 17 December 1959 Activated on 1 April 1960 Inactivated on 30 April 1972 Consolidated with the 40th Bombardment Squadron and the 24th Tactical Missile Squadron as the 24th Tactical Missile Squadron on 19 September 1985 24th Tactical Missile Squadron Constituted as the 24th Tactical Missile Squadron on 9 November 1956 Activated on 15 March 1957 Inactivated on 15 July 1958 Consolidated with the 40th Bombardment Squadron and the 74th Air Defense Missile Squadron on 19 September 1985 Assignments 13th Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941 (air echelon attached to US Navy Caribbean Sea Frontier, 30 August 1942 - 9 October 1942 and 16 October 1942 - 15 November 1942 and to 99th Bombardment Squadron 9 October 1942 - 16 October 1942) 25th Antisubmarine Wing, 30 November 1942 Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, 8 June 1943 479th Antisubmarine Group, 8 July 1943 - 11 November 1943 589th Tactical Missile Group, 15 March 1957 588th Tactical Missile Group, April 1958 - 15 July 1958 Duluth Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960 29th Air Division, 1 April 1966 23d Air Division, 19 November 1969 - 30 April 1972 Stations Langley Field, Virginia, 15 January 1941 Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, 7 June 1941 Westover Field, Massachusetts, 22 January 1942 Langley Field, Virginia, 16 June 1942 - ca. 6 June 1942 Mitchel Field, New York, 3 August 1942 (part of air echelon operated from Guantanamo, Cuba 30 August 1942, Vernam Field, Jamaica, 14 September 1942, Edinburgh Field, Trinidad, 6 October 1942, Zanderij Field, Surinam, 9 October 1942. Edinburgh Field, Trinidad, 16 October 1942 - 15 November 1942) Gander Airport, Newfoundland, ca. 8 June 1942 -23 June 1943 RAF St Eval, England, 30 June 1943 RAF Dunkeswell, England, 6 August 1943 Poddington, England, November 1943 - 11 November 1943 Orlando Air Force Base, Florida, 15 March 1957 - 15 July 1958 Duluth Municipal Airport, 1 April 1960 - 30 April 1972 Awards and campaigns Aircraft and Missiles B-18 Bolo, 1941–1943 B-24 Liberator, 1943. TM-61 Matador (authorized, but not equipped) IM-99A (later CIM-10) BOMARC, 1960-1972 See also List of United States Air Force missile squadrons References Notes Bibliography Further Reading 024 Military units and formations established in 1941 1941 establishments in Virginia