AAF Base Unit (Pilot School), 1 May 1944 – 16 May 1945 4124th AAF Base Unit, 16 May – 13 December 1945 63d Air Base Group, 8 January 1953 4037th Air Base Group, 15 October 1953 – 18 November 1953 96th Air Base Group, 18 November 1953 11th Combat Support Gp, 1 March 1959 – 8 July 1968 443rd Air Base (later Combat Support) Group, 8 July 1968 97th Mission Support Group 1 October 1992 – present Major units assigned Army Air Force Pilot School (Advanced Training), 26 June 1942 – 15 May 1945 4124 Army Air Force Base Unit, 15 May 1945 – 13 December 1945 63d Troop Carrier Wing, 8 January 1953 – 14 October 1953 96th Bombardment Wing, 18 November 1953 – 7 September 1957 11th Bombardment Wing, 13 December 1957 – 25 March 1969 340th Air Refueling Wing, 1 July 1977 – 1 October 1992 443d Military Airlift Wing, Training, 5 May 1969 – 1 October 1992 97th Air Mobility Wing 1 October 1992 – present Jackson County Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol SM-65F Atlas Missile Sites The 577th Strategic Missile Squadron operated twelve missile sites, of one missile at each site: 577–1 2.2 mi NNE of Lugert, OK 577–2 3.8 mi SSE of Cambridge, OK 577–3 0.8 mi SE of Mountain Park, OK 577–4 2.1 mi WSW of Cache, OK 577–5 4.0 mi NNE of Manitou, OK 577–6 2.2 mi NNE of Frederick, OK 577–7 4.8 mi SE of Ranchland, TX 577–8 0.6 mi NE of Creta, OK 577–9 3.7 mi NNW of Gould, OK 577–10 6.2 mi SW of Mangum, OK 577–11 1.0 mi NE of Willow, OK 577–12 2.7 mi WSW of Granite, OK Note: The missile at the Frederick, OK, site exploded in May 1964. See also List of United States Air Force installations Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields References Other sources Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, ). Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989 Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force