315th Weapons Squadron

315th Weapons Squadron
Col. Robert Garland, USAF Weapons School commandant, activates the 315th Weapons Squadron and Lt. Col. Jason Seyer assumes command, 2 March 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base
Active1958-1993; 2012-present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeSquadron
RoleAdvanced ICBM Combat Crew Training
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQNellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Motto(s)Training – Keystone of Peace (1964-1993)
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Insignia
315th Weapons Squadron emblem (approved 2 March 2012)[1]
4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron emblem(approved 4 May 1964)[1]

The 315th Weapons Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the USAF Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. It is responsible for training a tactics development for the Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile force. From 1958 through the early 1990s, it was the primary missile training activity for Strategic Air Command as the 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron.

History

Established as the first USAF intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) training squadron at Cooke Air Force Base California in May 1958. As the 4315th Student Squadron, and later 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron, the unit was responsible for implementing the Strategic Air Command missile combat crew training program. All USAF ICBM crew personnel (Atlas, Titan I, Titan II, Minuteman I,II, II) up to the inactivation of the 4315th in July 1993 were trained at one time or another by this unit. In 1993, Air Education and Training Command assumed the crew training role from Air Combat Command and activated the 381st Training Group to replace the 4315th.[2]

Re-established as the 315th Weapons Squadron as part of the USAF Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada in 2012. Provides the ICBM Weapons Instructor Course.[3]

Lineage

  • Designated as the 4315th Student Squadron and organized on 1 May 1958
Redesignated 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron on 14 May 1963
Inactivated 1 July 1993[2]
  • Redesignated 315th Weapons Squadron on 20 January 2012
Activated on 2 March 2012[1]

Assignments

Stations

  • Cooke Air Force Base (later Vandenberg Air Force Base), California, 1 May 1958 – 1 July 1993
  • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 2 March 2012 – present[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bailey, Carl E. (26 April 2016). "Factsheet 315 Weapons Sq (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron Lineage and History
  3. ^ "USAF Weapons School factsheet". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

Bibliography

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