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Malmstrom Air Force Base

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Malmstrom Air Force Base (mälm`strəm, mălm`–), U.S. military installation, 3,573 acres (1,446 hectares), W central Mont., E of Great Falls; est. 1942. During World War II, it was the takeoff point for Soviet-bound lend-lease lend-lease, arrangement for the transfer of war supplies, including food, machinery, and services, to nations whose defense was considered vital to the defense of the United States in World War II. The Lend-Lease Act, passed (1941) by the U.S.
..... Click the link for more information.  materiel; after the war it was a training base for crews in the Berlin Airlift. The now-dissolved Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC), former command of the U.S. air force (see Air Force, United States Department of the) charged with organizing, training, equipping, administering, and preparing strategic air forces for combat; it was headquartered at Offutt Air Force
..... Click the link for more information.  (SAC) assumed command in 1954; SAC's first Minuteman missile wing was established there in 1961. The missile complex adjoining the base is one of the largest in the world.
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The date is firmly implanted in my memory, it was the night I graduated from Airman Leadership School at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.
The Book 2009 by Scattergood, Stephen; Little, Brian P.; Nedeau, Michael C.; DuBois, Eric / Airman
Think of the Airmen at 341st Space Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base who recently won the Blanchard Trophy for Best Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Wing--a positive example of our reinvigorated nuclear operations effort that directly supports America's deterrence policy.
Air Force enduring contributions to National defense by Schwartz, Norton A. / Air Force Speeches
Cascade County Malmstrom Air Force Base and regional trade and service center activities (including health care and financial services) account for approximately two-thirds of the economic base in the Great Falls area.
Montana's headline-grabbing growth continues by Polzin, Paul E. / Montana Business Quarterly
 
 
 
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