89th Tactical Missile Squadron
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The 89th Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with the 38th Tactical Missile Wing, based at Wueschheim Air Station, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. It was inactivated on 22 August 1990.

History

Established in early 1941 as at B-18 Bolo
B-18 Bolo
The Douglas B-18 Bolo was a United States Army Air Corps and Royal Canadian Air Force bomber of the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was built by Douglas Aircraft Company and based on its DC-2 and was developed to replace the Martin B-10....

 medium reconnaissance squadron. After the Pearl Harbor Attack, flew antisubmarine missions over the southeast Atlantic coast.

Deployed to the Southwest Pacific in February 1942, flying A-20 Havoc and B-25 Mitchell
B-25 Mitchell
The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades.The B-25 was named...

 medium bomberrs. Mission involved highly-dangerous skip bombings. During the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, engaged in the first sea-level attack by B-25 strafers in World War II and demonstrated that this tactic was extremely effective. The squadron also participated in the raids on Wewak, New Guinea, which were preemptive strikes that virtually ended the threat of enemy offensive air capabilities.

After World War II, moved to Japan and was re-assigned to the 38th Bombardment Group. Performed occupation duty throughout the late 1940s, inactivated in 1949 due to budget reductions.

Reactivated in 1962 as a MGM-13 Mace
MGM-13 Mace
-See also:-External links:* * * * * * *...

 NATO tactical missile squadron, stationed in West Germany. Maintained missiles until Mace was withdrawn from service in 1966.

Reactivated as a BGM-109G Gryphon Cruise Missile squadron in April 1985. Maintained 80 operational missiles in a combat-ready state. Inactivated in August 1990 as a result of the INF treaty and the elimination of the BGM-109G missile from service.

Lineage

  • Constituted 10th Reconnaissance Squadron (Light) on 20 November 1940.
Activated on 15 January 1941
Redesignated: 89th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 14 August 1941
Redesignated: 89th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 28 September 1942
Redesignated: 89th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 25 May 1943
Inactivated on 1 April 1949
  • Redesignated 89th Tactical Missile Squadron, and activated, on 10 September 1962
Organized on 25 September 1962.
Inactivated on 25 September 1966.
  • Reactivated on 1 April 1985
Inactivated on 22 August 1990

Assignments

  • 3d Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941
  • 38th Bombardment Group
    38th Bombardment Group
    The 38th Bombardment Group is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. It was most recently assigned as the operational component of the 38th Bombardment Wing, stationed at Laon-Couvron Air Base, France, where it was inactivated on 8 December 1957.During World War II the 38th Bomb Group...

    , 6 May 1946-1 April 1949
  • United States Air Forces in Europe
    United States Air Forces in Europe
    The United States Air Forces in Europe is the United States Air Force component of U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command, and is one of two Air Force Major Commands outside of the continental United States, the other being the Pacific Air Forces...

    , 10 September 1962
  • 38th Tactical Missile Wing, 25 September 1962–25 September 1966; 1 April 1985-22 August 1990

Stations

  • Hunter Field, Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)
    Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

    , 15 January 1941-20 January 1942
  • Archerfield Airport
    Archerfield Airport
    Archerfield Airport is a small airport located 7 1/2 miles at Archerfield in the south west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. For some time it was the primary airport in Brisbane. During World War II it was used as a Royal Australian Air Force station. Airport traffic peaked in the 1980s...

    , Brisbane
    Brisbane
    Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

    , Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    , 25 February 1942
  • Charters Towers Airfield
    Charters Towers Airport
    Charters Towers Airport is an airport located north of Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.-World War II:During World War II, the United States Army Air Force Fifth Air Force stationed the following units at the airfield:* No...

    , Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    , 8 March 1942
  • Kila Airfield (3 Mile Drome)
    Kila Airfield
    Kila Airfield is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located north of Joyce Bay, three miles from the town of Port Moresby near the village of Kila Kila.The airfield was Port Moresby's first...

    , Port Moresby
    Port Moresby
    Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...

    , New Guinea
    New Guinea
    New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

    , c. 1 September 1942
  • Dobodura Airfield Complex
    Girua Airport
    -History:Girua Airport is located near Dobodura, to the north-east of the Embi Lakes, north-east of Inonda. To the south is Mt. Lamington, a volcano that dominates the skyline. The airport was built during World War II as part of the Dobodura Airfield Complex during late 1942 and early 1943. ...

    , New Guinea
    New Guinea
    New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

    , c. 9 May 1943
  • Nadzab Airfield Complex
    Lae Nadzab Airport
    Lae Nadzab Airport is a regional airport located in Lae, Papua New Guinea. It is served by regional aircraft with domestic flight.-Airlines and destinations:-History:...

    , New Guinea
    New Guinea
    New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

    , c. 31 January 1944
  • Hollandia Airfield Complex
    Sentani Airport
    Sentani Airport is an airport serving Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. The name of this airport is taken from a lake nearby.-History:...

    , Netherlands East Indies, 13 May 1944
  • Dulag Airfield
    Dulag Airfield
    Dulag Airfield is a World War II airfield located near Dulag in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It was closed after the war.-History:The airfield was built by the Japanese during the Occupation of the Philippines in 1943...

    , Leyte
    Leyte
    Leyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Tacloban City and occupies the northern three-quarters of the Leyte Island. Leyte is located west of Samar Island, north of Southern Leyte and south of Biliran...

    , Philippines
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

    , c. 7 November 1944

  • McGuire Field
    McGuire Field
    For the airport in the United States, see San José International AirportSan Jose Airport , formerly known as McGuire Field, is an airport serving the general area of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro in the Philippines. It is one of three airports in Occidental Mindoro, the others being Mamburao...

    , San Jose
    San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
    San Jose is a 1st class municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 111,009 people in 22,464 households. According to the 2007 census, the population increased to 118,807 people....

    , Mindoro
    Mindoro
    Mindoro is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located off the coast of Luzon, and northeast of Palawan. The southern coast of Mindoro forms the northeastern extremum of the Sulu Sea.-History:...

    , Philippines
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

    , c. 30 December 1944
  • Motobu Airfield
    Motobu Airfield
    Motobu Airfield is a World War II airfield on the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa, near the East China Sea coast. The airfield was deactivated after 1945.-History:...

    , Okinawa, 6 August 1945
  • Atsugi Air Base
    Naval Air Facility Atsugi
    is a naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy air base in the Pacific Ocean and houses the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 5, which deploys with the aircraft carrier...

    , Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

    , 8 September 1945
  • Itazuke Air Base
    Fukuoka Airport
    , formerly known as Itazuke Air Base, is an international and domestic airport located east of Hakata Station in Fukuoka, Japan. It is officially designated a second class airport. It is operating at full capacity, and cannot be further expanded. Flights stop at 10 p.m...

    , Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

    , l0 April 1946
  • Itami Air Base
    Osaka International Airport
    or Osaka-Itami International Airport is the primary domestic airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. It is classified as a first class airport....

    , Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

    , September 1946-1 April 1949
  • Hahn AB, West Germany
    West Germany
    West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

    , 25 September 1962-25 September 1966.
  • Wueschheim AS, West Germany, 1 April 1985-22 August 1990
50°02′37"N 007°25′32"E


Dispersed Mace missile location
  • Site IV "Veronica" - 7 miles (11.3 km) ENE of Hahn AB  49°59′58"N 007°23′58"E
Closed since 1967. Missile shelters torn down, in very dilapidated state, appears to be used as a storage yard.

Aircraft and missiles

  • B-18 Bolo
    B-18 Bolo
    The Douglas B-18 Bolo was a United States Army Air Corps and Royal Canadian Air Force bomber of the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was built by Douglas Aircraft Company and based on its DC-2 and was developed to replace the Martin B-10....

     and A-18 Shrike
    A-18 Shrike
    |-See also:-Bibliography:*Eden, Paul and Soph Moeng, eds. The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. London: Amber Books Ltd., 2002, ISBN 0-7607-3432-1....

    , 1941
  • A-20 Havoc, 1941–1945
  • B-25 Mitchell
    B-25 Mitchell
    The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades.The B-25 was named...

    , 1942

  • A-26 (later B-26) Invader
    A-26 Invader
    The Douglas A-26 Invader was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts...

    , 1945–1949
  • MGM-13 Mace
    MGM-13 Mace
    -See also:-External links:* * * * * * *...

    , 1962–1966
  • BGM-109G Gryphon 1986–1990
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