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This heritage pamphlet from Malmstrom AFB traces the history of the 341st Missile Wing. The unit began as a B-25 bomb group in the China-Burma-India Theater in 1942, then flew B-47s at Abilene AFB before being activated at Malmstrom in July 1961. The pamphlet covers the Minuteman I, II and III deployments, the Cuban Missile Crisis alert, arms-reduction work under START, trophies, wing commanders and a missile field chronology. It also has museum display notes on missiles and the UH-1 helicopter.
341st Missile Wing History capability. The major new features provided by Minuteman II were: - An improved first-stage motor to increase reliability. - A new-technology, single, fixed nozzle with liquid injection thrust vector control (TVC) on a larger secondstage motor to increase missile range. Additional motor improvements to increase reliability. - An improved guidance system, incorporating semiconductor integrated circuits and miniaturized discrete electronic parts. Minuteman II was the first program to make a major commitment to these new devices. Their use made possible multiple target selection, greater accuracy and reliability, a reduction in the overall size and weight of the guidance system, and an increase in the survivability of the guidance system in a nuclear environment. - A penetration aids system to camouflage the warhead during its reentry into an enemy environment. - A larger warhead in the reentry vehicle (RV) to increase kill probability.
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