▁the ▁former ▁site , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁still ▁f enced ▁and ▁are ▁still ▁government ▁owned , ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁natural ▁veget ation ▁is ▁there ▁in ▁aer ial ▁imag ery . ▁ ▁Ro le ▁and ▁operations ▁ ▁L GM - 3 0 G ▁Min ut eman ▁III ▁operations ▁ ▁The ▁ 9 0 th ▁Miss ile ▁Wing ▁was ▁activ ated ▁ 1 ▁July ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁design ation ▁as ▁ 9 0 th ▁Str ateg ic ▁Miss ile ▁Wing . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁first ▁oper ational ▁Inter cont inental ▁Ball istic ▁Miss ile ▁base ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁SM - 6 5 D ▁Atlas ▁miss ile . ▁Today , ▁the ▁ 9 0 th ▁M W ▁oper ates ▁ 1 5 0 ▁L GM - 3 0 G ▁Min ut eman ▁III ▁IC B M s ▁on ▁full , ▁constant ▁alert . ▁ ▁The ▁ 9 0 ▁M W ▁is ▁organized ▁into ▁four ▁groups : ▁▁ 9 0 th ▁Oper ations ▁Group ▁ ▁The ▁ 9 0 th ▁Oper ations ▁Group ▁consists ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 5 0 ▁operators , ▁facility ▁man agers , ▁and ▁support ▁personnel , ▁three ▁miss ile ▁squad rons , ▁an ▁operations ▁support ▁squad ron , ▁a ▁hel ic opter ▁squad ron ▁and ▁a ▁standard ization ▁and ▁evaluation ▁element . ▁Each ▁tact ical ▁miss ile ▁squad ron ▁is ▁responsible ▁for ▁five ▁miss ile ▁alert ▁facilities ▁and ▁ 5 0 ▁Min ut eman ▁III