Lancer 57th Wing USAF Weapons School 77th Weapons Squadron (GSU)– B-1B Lancer 436th Training Squadron (GSU) Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Tenth Air Force 307th Bomb Wing 489th Bomb Group (GSU) 489th Aerospace Medicine Flight 345th Bomb Squadron – B-1B Lancer 489th Maintenance Squadron Previous names Established as: Abilene Army Air Base, 18 December 1942 Prior to this date popularly known as Tye Field and Tye Army Air Base Abilene Army Airfield, 8 April 1943 – 13 January 1947 Abilene Air Force Base, 1 October 1953 Dyess Air Force Base, 1 December 1956–present Major commands to which assigned Second Air Force, 13 October 1942 Third Air Force, 2 March 1943 Second Air Force, 15 November 1943 Continental Air Forces, 16 April 1945 – 31 January 1946 Strategic Air Command, 1 October 1953 to 31 May 1992 Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 – 30 September 2015 Global Strike Command, 1 October 2015 – present Base operating units 474th HQ and Air Base Sq, 18 December 1942 261st AAF Base Unit, 1 April 1944 233d AAF Base Unit (Det), March 1946-c. January 1947 4021st Air Base Sq, 1 January 1955 341st Air Base Gp, 1 September 1955 819th Air Base Gp, 15 June 1956 (rdsgd 819th Combat Support Gp, 1 November 1958) 96th Combat Support Gp, 25 June 1961 7th Mission Support Group, 1 October 1993–present Major units assigned 69th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 10 September 1943 – 12 November 1943 77th Reconnaissance Group, 6 April-12 September 1943 408th Fighter-Bomber Group, 10 November 1943 – January 1944 341st Bombardment Wing, 1 September 1955 – 25 June 1961 819th Air Division, 1 February 1956 – 2 July 1966 96th Bombardment Wing, 8 September 1957 – 1 October 1993 64th Troop Carrier Wing, 8 February 1961 – 1 January 1963 516th Troop Carrier Wing, 19 July 1962 – 1 June 1972 12th Air Division, 30 September 1976 – 15 July 1988 7th Bomb Wing, 1 October 1993–present SM-65F Atlas missile sites The 578th Strategic Missile Squadron operated twelve missile sites, of one missile at each site. 578–1 1.5 mi SE of Lake Fort Phantom Hill, TX 578–2 1.5 mi S of Albany, TX 578–3 2.5 mi SE of Clyde, TX 578–4 9.6 mi SSW of Clyde, TX 578–5 1.5 mi SE of Lake Coleman, TX 578–6 2.7 mi E of Lawn, TX 578–7 3.4 mi NE of Bradshaw, TX 578–8 4.9 mi ENE of