On 1 September 1963, FKG 1 was activated at Saarburg Kaserne in Landsberg am Lech.

The wing received missiles at their Quick Reaction Sites in West Germany on 12 August 1964.

A quick reaction alert (QRA) site was established at Schwabstadl, south of Lechfeld Air Base.

[2] Warheads for FKGrp 12 were controlled by the 82nd United States Army Missile Detachment (82nd USAFAD) and warheads for FKGrp 13 were controlled by the 74th United States Army Missile Detachment from 1965 to 1971.

The Pershing II launcher was designed so that the cradle could be easily repositioned to handle the shorter missile airframe.