43rd MMS

The 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron (43rd MMS) was a United States Air Force unit responsible for the storage, maintenance, and handling of nuclear and conventional munitions during the Cold War. Activated in the 1950s, it was originally assigned to support the 43rd Bombardment Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The squadron played a critical role in ensuring the readiness and reliability of the wing’s Strategic Air Command bombers by maintaining their armament. The unit was inactivated in the late 1960s as part of Air Force restructuring and changes in the nation's strategic deterrence posture.