24th Tactical Missile Squadron

24th Tactical Missile Squadron
CIM-10 Bomarc missile battery near McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey in 1960
Active	1941-1943, 1957-1958, 1960-1972
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Bombardment, antisubmarine, cruise missile, surface-to-air missile
Size	squadron
Motto(s)	Say When (1960-1972)
Engagements	European Theater of Operations
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
Patch with 74th Air Defense Missile Squadron emblem
24th Tactical Missile Squadron emblem (approved 29 July 1957)
40th Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 7 February 1942)[1]

The 24th Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last active as the 74th Air Defense Missile Squadron assigned to the 23d Air Division of Aerospace Defense Command, stationed near Duluth Municipal Airport, Minnesota, where it was inactivated in 1972. The squadron's earliest predecessor was active early in World War II as an antisubmarine unit in the Caribbean and Europe until its mission was transferred to the United States Navy. During the Cold War it was a training unit for Matador cruise missiles. Its most recently active predecessor was an air defense missile squadron in the northern United States from 1960 to 1972.