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+History: Constituted as 741 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 May 1943. Activated on 1 June 1943. Redesignated as 741 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 6 March 1944. Inactivated on 9 September 1945. Redesignated as 741 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 27 May 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 26 June 1947. Inactivated on 27 June 1949. Redesignated as 741 Fighter-Day Squadron on 7 May 1956. Activated on 25 July 1956. Inactivated on 1 July 1957. Redesignated as 741 Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Minuteman), and activated, on 28 June 1962. Organized on 1 December 1962. Redesignated as 741 Missile Squadron on 1 September 1991. Combat in Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) and European Theater of Operations (ETO) during World War II, 12 February 1944-25 April 1945. Not operational, 1956-1957. Missile alert operations, 1963-1991. Maintained missiles for possible alert or use, 1991-.
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+The Emblem was approved on 29 September 1964; revised on 9 March 1995.
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+[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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