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576th Flight Test Squadron
576th Squadron LGM-30G Minuteman III test launch at Vandenberg SFB, California, 25 February 2012
Active	1943–1945; 1947–1949; 1958–1966; 1991-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Intercontinental ballistic missile testing
Part of	Air Force Global Strike Command
Garrison/HQ	Vandenberg SFB, California
Motto(s)	Ducimus (Latin for 'We Lead') (since 1959)
Engagements	European Theater of Operations
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Insignia
576th Flight Test Squadron emblem
576th Strategic Missile Squadron emblem
World War II fuselage code	CI

The 576th Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command. The 576th is stationed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The unit was first established in January 1943 as the 576th Bombardment Squadron. After training with Consolidated B-24 Liberators in the United States, the squadron deployed to the European Theater of Operations, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. The squadron was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions in an attack on Gotha, Germany in February 1944. Following V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated. It was again active between September 1947 and November 1949 in the reserve, but does not appear to have been fully manned or equipped with tactical aircraft at this time.

The squadron was redesignated the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron and activated with early model SM-65 Atlas missiles in April 1958. It continued to operate the Atlas until it was phased out and the squadron was inactivated in April 1966.

The squadron was activated in the missile test role in September 1991 as the 576th Test Squadron. It changed to its current designation in 1994, without a change in function.

Mission

The squadron is America's only dedicated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test squadron executing tests that measure the current and future capability of the ICBM force. In executing the ICBM initial operational test and evaluation and force development evaluation programs, the squadron prepares for and conducts ground and flight tests to collect, analyze, and report performance, accuracy, and reliability data for the Joint Staff, United States Strategic Command, the Air Staff and Air Force Global Strike Command. The squadron identifies missile system requirements, demonstrates current and future missile war fighting capabilities and validates missile system improvements and upgrades.

History

World War II

Organization and training

The squadron was first activated at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, on 26 January 1943 as the 576th Bombardment Squadron, one of the four original squadrons of the 392d Bombardment Group. The squadron was equipped with Consolidated B-24 Liberators, completing its training in July. Its ground echelon departed its last training base, Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico on 18 July for the New York Port of Embarkation, sailing on 25 July for the United Kingdom, while the air echelon ferried their Liberators across the Atlantic.

Combat in the European Theater

The ground echelon arrived in the United Kingdom on 30 July and arrived at RAF Wendling, the squadron's combat station, the following day. The air echelon had arrived at the station by 15 August. The squadron flew its first combat mission on 9 September. Most of the established B-24 units of VIII Bomber Command were deployed to reinforce efforts in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations when the squadron began operations, and during September and until the other Liberator units returned in early October, the squadron was primarily involved in flying decoy missions near the North Sea, while the command's main raids were being conducted by its Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses. Until April 1945, the squadron was primarily engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. Strategic targets included an oil refinery at Geilenkirchen, a marshalling yard at Osnabruck, a railway viaduct at Bielefeld, steel plants at Braunschweig an armored vehicle factory at Kassel and gas works at Berlin.

The squadron participated in the heavy attacks against the German aircraft manufacturing industry during Big Week in late February 1944. During this campaign it earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for an attack on a component manufacturing plant for the Messerschmitt Me 210 at Gotha. The squadron formed part of the group leading the second wing in the attack. It began to experience heavy fighter opposition soon after crossing the coast in the Netherlands. Although the trailing elements of the first wing to attack had missed the target when a wounded lead bombardier collapsed and inadvertently toggled the plane's bombs, the 392d Group did not follow that formation, but attacked the Gotha factory with an extremely accurate bomb run with 98% of its bombs falling within 2000 feet of the aiming point. Despite losses, the plant was put out of commission for an estimated six to seven weeks.

The squadron was sometimes diverted from its strategic mission to perform air support and interdiction missions. In preparing for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, it participated in Operation Crossbow, attacking V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket launching sites, and airfields. On D-Day, it struck coastal defenses and choke points. It struck enemy positions opposing Operation Cobra, the breakout at Saint Lo in July 1944. During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and January 1945, it bombed railroads, bridges and highways to break German lines of communication. It supported airborne attacks by dropping supplies, both near Arnhem in the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden in September 1944 and during Operation Varsity, the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945.

Return to the United States and inactivation

The squadron flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945. Flooding in areas of the Netherlands not occupied by the Allies had reduced the Dutch population to near starvation. During the first week of May, the squadron flew missions dropping food for the population. The first squadron Liberators departed for the United States on 29 May 1945. Ground personnel sailed on the RMS Queen Mary on 15 June, arriving at the New York Port of Embarkation on 20 June. After leave, the squadron reassembled at Charleston Army Air Field, South Carolina, to perform airlift duties, but apparently was not fully manned or equipped before inactivating on 13 September 1945.

Reserve operations

The squadron was reactivated at Barksdale Field, Louisiana on 24 September 1947 as a very heavy bombardment squadron. Its training was supervised by Air Defense Command (ADC)'s 174th AAF Base Unit (later the 2509th Air Force Reserve Training Center). In 1948 Continental Air Command assumed responsibility for managing reserve and Air National Guard units from ADC. The May 1949 Air Force Reserve program called for a new type of unit, the Corollary unit, which was a reserve unit integrated with an active duty unit. The plan called for corollary units at 107 locations and was viewed as the best method to train reservists by mixing them with an existing regular unit to perform duties alongside the regular unit. The unit was redesignated as a light bomber unit to become a corollary of the 47th Bombardment Wing in June 1949. However, President Truman’s reduced 1949 defense budget also required reductions in the number of units in the Air Force, and the 47th was inactivated in October. The squadron was inactivated the following month.

Intercontinental ballistic missile operations

The squadron was redesignated the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron and activated on 1 April 1958 at Cooke Air Force Base, where it was assigned to the 704th Strategic Missile Wing. The squadron was initially equipped with the SM-65D Atlas. It was the first Atlas squadron and Strategic Air Command (SAC)'s first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron. It initially had two missile complexes, designated 576A and 576B, assigned, each with its own launch control center. Site 576A had three missiles on gantries, similar to those used in testing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, while 576B's three missiles were housed in above ground "coffins." These missiles were stored horizontally in a blast resistant shelter. The protective roof had to be retracted and the missile erected to a vertical position before it could be launched. The SM-65D was the first operational Atlas, with more powerful engines and improved ground radio/inertial guidance than earlier test models. The squadron later added Site 576C with one buried coffin launcher with an SM-65E and two sites, 576D and 576E, each with one SM-65F in a hardened silo. The missiles could not be launched from inside the silo, but had to be lifted along with the launcher to the top of the silo for launch. The E and F models incorporated all inertial guidance, along with improved engines, survivability, and reentry vehicles.

On 16 October 1958, the Air Force accepted the first Atlas launcher (Site 576A-1) from the contractor. On 18 February 1959, the squadron accepted its first Atlas missile. On 1 July, the 704th Wing was inactivated and the squadron was assigned directly to the 1st Missile Division. The squadron became the first SAC unit to place an ICBM on alert, when it placed one of its Atlas D missiles on alert at site 576A-1 on 31 October 1959 at what was now Vandenberg Air Force Base. The squadron also performed testing of the Atlas. On 22 April 1960, it performed the first successful launch of an Atlas D from a coffin (Site 576B-2).

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, on 20 October 1962, SAC directed that all degraded missile alert sorties be returned to full alert status. The SAC/Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) Agreement for Emergency Combat Capability was invoked. AFSC took immediate measures to turn over its Atlas E and Atlas F missiles at Vandenberg to SAC and two missiles were transferred to the squadron's control. By 15 November, the Atlas missiles had been returned to AFSC. The squadron took its first Atlas D missiles off alert on 1 May 1964. After Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara directed the acceleration of withdrawing Atlas missiles from service, the last D model was off alert by October, the last E model by March 1965, and the last F model by April 1965. On 2 April 1966, the squadron was inactivated.

Intercontinental ballistic missile testing

The squadron was redesignated the 576th Test Squadron and activated on 1 September 1991 as part of the 310th Training and Test Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base. When SAC was disestablished on 1 July 1992, the 310th Wing transferred to Air Force Space Command. One year later, the 310th inactivated and the squadron was reassigned and became an element of the 30th Space Wing. One year after that, the squadron became the 576th Flight Test Squadron and on 22 February 1996, the squadron was reassigned to the Space Warfare Center, located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The following month, the 30th Maintenance Squadron and portions of the 30th Logistics Support Squadron merged into the 576th. This merger aligned all personnel directly involved with ICBM testing at Vandenberg under one commander.

On 1 December 2009 the 576th was reassigned, along with the Air Force's ICBM mission, to Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), reporting to the command director of operations. Although it was reassigned to Twentieth Air Force on 1 October 2016, the director retained operational and functional oversight of the unit. In November 2022, AFGSC formed the 377th Test and Evaluation Group and assigned the 576th to it. The group also includes two new support squadrons to prepare for the development of the LGM-35 Sentinel system.

Lineage

• Constituted as the 576th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 15 January 1943

Activated on 26 January 1943

Redesignated 576th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 20 August 1943

Inactivated on 13 September 1945

• Redesignated 576th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 5 September 1947

Activated in the reserve on 24 September 1947

Redesignated 576th Bombardment Squadron, Light, Jet on 27 June 1949

Inactivated on 10 November 1949

• Redesignated 576th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Atlas) on 6 March 1958

Activated on 1 April 1958

Discontinued and inactivated on 2 April 1966

• Redesignated 576th Test Squadron on 29 August 1991

Activated on 1 September 1991

Redesignated 576th Flight Test Squadron on 1 July 1994

Assignments

• 392d Bombardment Group, 26 January 1943 – 13 September 1945
• 392d Bombardment Group, 24 September 1947 – 10 November 1949
• 704th Strategic Missile Wing, 1 April 1958
• 1st Missile Division (later 1st Strategic Aerospace Division), 1 July 1959
• 392d Strategic Missile Wing, 18 October 1961
• 1st Strategic Aerospace Division, 20 December 1961 – 2 April 1966
• 310th Operations Group, 1 September 1991
• 30th Operations Group, 1 July 1993
• Space Warfare Center, 22 February 1996
• 595th Test and Evaluation Group (later 595 Space Group), 1 August 2002
• Air Force Global Strike Command, 1 December 2009
• Twentieth Air Force 1 October 2016
• 377th Test and Evaluation Group, 2 November 2022 – present

Stations

• Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 26 January 1943
• Biggs Field, Texas, 1 March 1943
• Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, 18 April – 18 July 1943
• RAF Wendling (Station 118), England, 31 July 1943 – c. 9 June 1945
• Charleston Army Air Field, South Carolina, 25 June – 13 September 1945
• Barksdale Field (later Barksdale Air Force Base), Louisiana, 24 September 1947 – 10 November 1949.
• Cooke Air Force Base (later Vandenberg Air Force Base), California, 1 April 1958 – 2 April 1966
• Vandenberg Air Force Base (later Vandenberg Space Force Base), California, 1 September 1991 – present

Aircraft and missiles

• Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945
• SM-65 Atlas Missile, 1958–1966
• Tested LGM-118 Peacekeeper, 1991–2004
• Tested LGM-30G Minuteman III, 1991–present

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer	Award	Dates	Notes
	Distinguished Unit Citation	24 February 1944	576th Bombardment Squadron Gotha, Germany
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 July 1962 – 30 June 1964	576th Strategic Missile Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 September 1991 – 15 May 1993	576th Test Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 November 1991 – 30 September 1993	576th Test Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 October 1996 – 30 September 1997	576th Flight Test Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 September 2004 – 31 August 2005	576th Flight Test Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 September 2005 – 31 August 2006	576th Flight Test Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 September 2006 – 31 August 2007	576th Flight Test Squadron
	Air Force Organizational Excellence Award	1 August 1999 – 31 July 2001	576th Flight Test Squadron
	Air Force Organizational Excellence Award	1 September 2002 – 1 September 2003	576th Flight Test Squadron

Campaign Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
	Air Offensive, Europe	31 July 1943 – 5 June 1944	576th Bombardment Squadron
	Air Combat, EAME Theater	31 July 1943 – 11 May 1945	576th Bombardment Squadron
	Normandy	6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944	576th Bombardment Squadron
	Northern France	25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944	576th Bombardment Squadron
	Rhineland	15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945	576th Bombardment Squadron
	Ardennes-Alsace	16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945	576th Bombardment Squadron
	Central Europe	22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945	576th Bombardment Squadron

See also

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• List of United States Air Force missile squadrons

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

1. Approved 2 March 1995.
2. Approved 5 March 1959. Description: On a disc divided per fess enhanced arched, Air Force blue and light blue, an Air Force blue globe, land areas green, surmounted by a white cloud formation issuing from base edged Air Force golden yellow and red; issuing from the cloud an armored hand launching a missile in pale, all white, shaded light blue, outlines and details Air Force blue, the missile trimmed red and leaving trail of red and Air Force golden yellow flame to base, all between two red lightning flashes and two green olive branches radiating from cloud; in dexter chief six stars forming the Southern Cross and in sinister seven stars white forming the Big Dipper and Polaris.,
3. Aircraft is Consolidated B-24H-15-CF Liberator, serial 41-29433. This plane crash landed in England on 29 May 1944. Baugher, Joe (18 April 2023). "1941 USAF Serial Numbers". Joe Baugher. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
4. The Minuteman III is regularly tested with launches from Vandenberg in order to validate the effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system, as well as to support the system's primary purpose - nuclear deterrence. U.S. Air Force photo by SSG Jonathan Snyder.

Citations

1. ^ Bailey, Carl E. (16 May 2008). "Factsheet 576 Flight Test Squadron (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
2. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 669-670
3. Watkins, pp.82-84
4. ^ No byline (13 August 2018). "Fact Sheets: 576th Flight Test Squadron". Air Force Global Strike Command/AF Strat Air. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
5. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 279-280
6. Maurer, Combat Squadrons. pp. 670-671
7. ^ Freeman, p. 256
8. Freeman, pp. 90-91
9. Freeman, pp. 110-111
10. Freeman, p. 230
11. See "Abstract, Quarterly Histories AF Base Units, Tenth AF, Jul-Sep 1947". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 4 November 2021.; Mueller, p. 20.
12. "Abstract, Mission Project Closeup, Continental Air Command". Air Force History Index. 27 December 1961. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
13. Cantwell, p. 73
14. Knaack, p. 25
15. Ravenstein, p.75
16. ^ SAC Missile Chronology, p. 12
17. ^ SAC Missile Chronology, p. 23
18. ^ SAC Missile Chronology, p. 24
19. SAC Missile Chronology, pp. 19, 21
20. Narducci, p. 3
21. Sac Missile Chronology, p. 26
22. Kipp, et al., pp. 66-70
23. SAC Missile Chronology, pp. 43-47
24. ^ Wakefield, Scott (9 November 2022). "ICBM mission enters new era with 377 TEG". 377th Air Base Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
25. Assignment information through May 2008 in Bailey.
26. Station number in Anderson, p. 20.
27. Station information through May 2008 in Bailey, except as noted.
28. "Vandenberg Air Force Base". University of Wyoming. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
29. "Vandenberg Air Force Base launch complexes and facilities". Air Force Space and Missile Museum. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

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Stations United Kingdom Alconbury Aldermaston Andrews Field Atcham Attlebridge Bassingbourn Bodney Bottisham Bovingdon Boxted Bungay Burtonwood Depot Bury St. Edmunds Bushey Hall Chalgrove Cheddington Chelveston Chipping Ongar Daws Hill Debach Debden Deenethorpe Deopham Green Duxford Earls Colne East Wretham Eye Fersfield Fowlmere Framlingham Glatton Goxhill Grafton Underwood Great Ashfield Great Dunmow Halesworth Hardwick Harrington Hethel Honington Horham Horsham St. Faith Ibsley Keevil Kimbolton Kings Cliffe Kirton In Lindsey Knettishall Lavenham Leiston Little Walden Martlesham Heath Membury Mendlesham Metfield Molesworth Mount Farm North Pickenham Nuthampstead Old Buckenham Podington Polebrook Rackheath Ramsbury Rattlesden Raydon Ridgewell Seething Shipdham Snetterton Heath Steeple Morden Sudbury Thorpe Abbots Thurleigh Tibenham Wattisham Watton Wendling Westhampnett Wormingford Okinawa Bolo Ie Shima Kadena Futenma Yontan
Units Commands VIII Air Support VIII Bomber VIII Air Divisions 1st 2nd 3rdf Wings Bombardment 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 12th 316th Fighter 6th 65th 66th 67th 301st Groups Bombardment 34th 44th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 100th 301st 303rd 305th 306th 310th 319th 320th 322nd 323rd 333rd 346th 351st 379th 381st 382nd 383rd 384th 385th 386th 387th 388th 389th 390th 392nd 398th 401st 445th 446th 447th 448th 452nd 453rd 457th 458th 466th 467th 482nd 486th 487th 489th 490th 491st 492nd 493rd 801st (Provisional) Fighter 1st 4th 14th 20th 31st 48th 55th 56th 78th 318th 339th 350th 352nd 353rd 354th 355th 356th 357th 358th 361st 362nd 364th 413th 479th 495th 496th 507th Troop Carrier 60th 62nd 315th Reconnaissance 3rd 7th 25th 67th
United States Army Air Forces First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Twentieth

v t e USAAF Second Air Force in World War II
Airfields	Airfields
Units	Commands II Air Support Command II Bomber Command II Fighter Command IV Air Support Command XX Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command XXII Bomber Command Wings 5th Bombardment 15th Bombardment Training 16th Bombardment Operational Training 17th Bombardment Training 18th Replacement 21st Bombardment 46th Bombardment Operational Training 58th Bombardment 73rd Bombardment 315th Bombardment 316th Bombardment Groups Bombardment 2nd Bombardment 6th Bombardment 7th Bombardment 9th Bombardment 12th Bombardment 16th Bombardment 17th Bombardment 19th Bombardment 25th Bombardment 29th Bombardment 34th Bombardment 39th Bombardment 40th Bombardment 42nd Bombardment 46th Bombardment 47th Bombardment 48th Bombardment 85th Bombardment 86th Bombardment 86th Bombardment 88th Bombardment 94th Bombardment 95th Bombardment 96th Bombardment 99th Bombardment 100th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 302nd Bombardment 303rd Bombardment 304th Bombardment 305th Bombardment 306th Bombardment 307th Bombardment 308th Bombardment 312th Bombardment 330th Bombardment 331st Bombardment 333rd Bombardment 346th Bombardment 351st Bombardment 376th Bombardment 379th Bombardment 381st Bombardment 382nd Bombardment 383rd Bombardment 384th Bombardment 385th Bombardment 388th Bombardment 390th Bombardment 393rd Bombardment 395th Bombardment 396th Bombardment 398th Bombardment 399th Bombardment 400th Bombardment 401st Bombardment 407th Bombardment 415th Bombardment 418th Bombardment 444th Bombardment 445th Bombardment 446th Bombardment 447th Bombardment 448th Bombardment 449th Bombardment 450th Bombardment 451st Bombardment 452nd Bombardment 453rd Bombardment 454th Bombardment 455th Bombardment 456th Bombardment 457th Bombardment 458th Bombardment 459th Bombardment 460th Bombardment 461st Bombardment 462nd Bombardment 464th Bombardment 467th Bombardment 468th Bombardment 469th Bombardment 470th Bombardment 471st Bombardment 472nd Bombardment 484th Bombardment 485th Bombardment 486th Bombardment 487th Bombardment 488th Bombardment 489th Bombardment 490th Bombardment 491st Bombardment 493rd Bombardment 494th Bombardment 497th Bombardment 498th Bombardment 499th Bombardment 500th Bombardment 501st Bombardment 502nd Bombardment 504th Bombardment 505th Bombardment 509th Composite Fighter 20th Fighter 54th Fighter 84th Fighter 85th Fighter 507th Fighter 508th Fighter Reconnaissance 2nd Reconnaissance 3rd Reconnaissance 4th Reconnaissance 5th Reconnaissance 6th Reconnaissance 7th Reconnaissance 8th Reconnaissance 71st Reconnaissance 77th Reconnaissance Troop Carrier 443nd Troop Carrier
United States Army Air Forces First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Twentieth

• Flight test squadrons of the United States Air Force