echelon) Mediouna Airfield, French Morocco, 18 November 1942 Telergma Airfield, Algeria, 21 December 1942 Berteaux Airfield, Algeria, 1 January 1943 Dar el Koudia Airfield, Tunisia, c. 6 June 1943 Menzel Temime Airfield, Tunisia, c. 5 August 1943 Philippeville Airfield, Algeria, 10 November 1943 Ghisonaccia Airfield, Corsica, c. 10 December 1943 Fano Airfield, Italy, 7 April 1945 Pomigliano Airfield, Italy, c. 15 August – 12 September 1945 Bedford Army Air Field, Massachusetts, 27 December 1946 – 27 June 1949 Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, 28 March 1952 Smoky Hill Air Force Base (later Schilling Air Force Base), Kansas, 4 September 1952 – 25 June 1965 Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 1 September 1991 – 1 July 1993 Falcon Air Force Base (later Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, 1 September 1997 – present Components Wings 40th Bombardment Wing: attached 6 February – 1 May 1953 Groups 310th Operations Group: 1 September 1991 – 1 July 1993, 7 March 2008 – present 710th Operations Group: c. 1 October 2017 – present Squadrons 6th Space Operations Squadron: 1 October 1998 – present 7th Space Operations Squadron: 1 September 1997 – present 8th Space Operations Squadron (later 8th Space Warning Squadron) : 1 September 1997 – 1 October 1998, 1 October 1999 – 7 March 2008 9th Combat Operations Squadron: 1 October 1999 – present 39th Reconnaissance Squadron (later 428th Bombardment Squadron: 15 March 1942 – 12 September 1945, 1 February 1959 – 1 January 1962 40th Air Refueling Squadron: attached 9 September 1952 – 30 April 1953, assigned 1 June 1960 – 15 March 1963 310th Air Refueling Squadron: 8 October 1952 – 25 June 1965 379th Bombardment Squadron: 15 March 1942 – 12 September 1945, 11 June 1947 – 27 June 1949, 28 March 1952 – 25 March 1965 380th Bombardment Squadron: 15 March 1942 – 12 September 1945, 9 August 1947 – 27 June 1949, 28 March 1952 – 25 March 1965 381st Bombardment Squadron: 15 March 1942 – 12 September 1945, 9 August 1947 – 27 June 1949, 28 March 1952 – 25 March 1965 550th Strategic Missile Squadron: 1 April 1961 – 25 June 1965 Aircraft, Missiles, and Satellites Operated North American B-25 Mitchell, (1942–1945) Boeing B-29 Superfortress (1952–1954) Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter (1952–1963) Boeing B-47 Stratojet (1954–1965) CGM-16 Atlas (1962–1965) Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (1964–1965) Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (1997–present) Global Positioning System (1997–present) Space-Based Infrared System (2006–present) List of commanders