315th Weapons Squadron

315th Weapons Squadron
U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Garland, USAF Weapons School commandant, activates the 315th Weapons Squadron while Lt. Col. Jason Seyer, 315th WS commander, assumes command, March 2, 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Active 1958-Present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Type Squadron
Role Advanced ICBM Combat Crew Training
Part of USAF Weapons School
Garrison/HQ Nellis AFB, Nevada
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (8x) (as 4315th CCTS)[1]
Insignia
315th Weapons Squadron emblem

The 315th Weapons Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the USAF Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nevada.

History

Established as the first USAF ICBM training Squadron at Vandenberg AFB California in May 1958. As the 4315th Student Squadron, and later 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron, the unit was responsible for implementing the SAC Missile Combat Crew Training Program. All USAF ICBM crew personnel (Atlas, Titan I, Titan II, Minuteman I,II, II) up to the inactivation of the 4315th in July 1993 were trained at one time or another by this unit.[2]

Re-established as the 315th Weapons Squadron as part of the USAF Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nevada in 2012. Provides the ICBM Weapons Instructor Course.[3]

Lineage

  • Established by Strategic Air Command as the 4315th Student Squadron, 1 May 1958
Re-designated: 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron, 14 May 1963
Inactivated 1 July 1993[2]
  • Constituted as 315th Weapons Squadron and activated on 2 March 2012
Consolidated with 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron, 2 March 2012[3]

Assignments

Stations

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. ↑ AFP 900-2, Volume II, 22 November 1981
  2. 1 2 3 4 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron Lineage and History
  3. 1 2 3 4 "USAF Weapons School factsheet". Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-17.

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