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The 91st Bombardment Wing was previously stationed at Glasgow Air Force Base in new facilities which were completed in 1960. In February 1961, the 326th Bombardment Squadron, equipped with B-52 aircraft, moved to the base as the nucleus for the organization of the 4141st Strategic Wing. In its first year, this became the top wing in Fifteenth Air Force. The 4141st Strategic Wing inactivated at Glasgow AFB on 01 February 1963 and its aircraft were transferred to the to 322nd Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Wing, at Glasgow AFB. This unit subsequently inactivated in 1968.
Glasgow AFB began shutting down in the late 1960s and for some time was an unfortunate example of failed local policies. When the base closed, 16,000 people left the Glasgow area, a trend that continued among the civilian population. In 1970, Glasgow had an emigration rate of 33 percent; in 1980 the population fell to 4,500, and it was expected to fall below 4,000 in 1990.
Glasgow AFB was briefly reactivated as a SAC dispersal base from 1972 to 1976, and was also used as an Army Safeguard ABM depot supporting construction of a second ABM complex northwest of Malmstrom AFB, which was not completed. When Glasgow AFB finally closed out all USAF activities in 1976, it was so isolated and without business advantages that it sat idle for years until The Boeing Company began testing aircraft there.
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