It was assigned to the 30th Space Wing, stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

During April–Jul, raided airfields and navy facilities in the Truk Islands to keep them neutralized during the U.S. attack on the Marianas; also bombed Wake, Guam, and Saipan.

From August 1944 until the U.S. took Iwo Jima in early 1945, the group attacked airfields and shipping in the Bonin and Volcano Islands and hit bypassed islands in the Carolines and Marianas until March 1945, when group returned to Hawaii for routine patrols and training until inactivated.

Launched first interceptor missile in Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, September 2006.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency